July 31, 2008
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Health Care Stakeholder Discussion: Prevention and Wellness
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Four Directions management traineeship for Native Americans in aging services : final report (SuDoc HE 1.1002:N 21/3) … |
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Needs of older Americans, Maricopa County, Arizona … |
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Final report: The Arizona Nursing Assistant Training Project … |
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Aging $5.48 NEW edition! More than any other social gerontology texts available, addresses issues of diversity in aging by race, ethnicity, social class, and gender throughout. Offers a coherent narrative, organized around broad sociological themes. What integrates this text overall is the discussion of how we socially construct aging, how different societies at different times construct aging, and what those changes say about our society. Shows students that they are part of the larger social process of aging, shaped by the context in which they live – by the people, groups, agencies, and governments surrounding them. Students thus become part of the picture, rather than outsiders looking in. Woven throughout chapters are profiles on specific theories that have been developed for or applied to the study of aging. The applications are set off and optional for instructors, but are written so that students see the connection to their everyday lives as well as the practical and powerful value theory has to illuminate important social issues. Contains lively, speculative essays on topics not traditionally covered in gerontology texts (see Table of Contents), causing students to use their imaginations in applying aging to new and unusual problems. What is new to this Second Edition? Updated information on topics such as Social Security and global aging has been added. The biology and psychology chapters have been edited to flow more coherently with the rest of the text. Significant new material on memory / memory loss has been added to the psychology of aging chapter, and the chapter on biology of aging has been updated. Some areas of the text have been reorganized to avoid duplication and overlaps. In addition, there is a new section on death and dying Close to one half of the topical essays are new. New use of photos and cartoons are contained throughout the text, as well as added and new web sites for students, and updated graphics. Questions for thought and discussion have been added at the end of each chapter. |
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Neurocognitive Disorders in Aging $62.48 "This comprehensive and lucid book provides a unified and principled look at neurogenic disorders in aging. Nothing quite like it exists. Many professions provide service to individuals with such problems. Similarly, many professions are involved in furthering research with them. But they seldom speak a common language or a share a common understanding of them. Dr. Kempler’s book provides the way for all of us to interact . . . and it follows naturally, that individuals who have these disorders should benefit." -Audrey L. Holland, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona "Kempler has accomplished a great deal with this book. It provides comprehensive, sophisticated, and highly accessible coverage of a vast and important area. Clinicians, researchers, and students from several disciplines will find this text extremely useful due to its thoroughness and scope. And, almost as important in practical terms, the book is easy to read." -Hiram Brownell, Ph.D., Boston College "Daniel Kempler’s book has a wonderfully clear, smooth teaching voice which brings clarity to difficult topics. The emphasis on treatment strategies in addition to assessment strategies stands out, as does the attention to successful and normal aging as well as pathology. The book serves well as an introduction for practitioners and students who are working with the elderly and want to expand their knowledge of neurobehavioral issues, as well as a refresher or quick reference for more advanced readers." -Laura M. Clark, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Neurocognitive Disorders in Aging offers an excellent introduction to the common disorders that cause cognitive and related behavioral impairments in older people. The book prepares readers to readily identify abnormal behavior and make inferences about the underlying pathology, likely diagnoses, and possible treatment of those disorders. Throughout the book, author Daniel Kempler emphasizes the links between brain dysfunction, cognitive impairment, diagnosis, and treatment. Neurocognitive Disorders in Aging begins with an introduction to the basic concepts necessary to understand symptoms and diseases of aging including basic neuroanatomy, the pathophysiology underlying focal brain damage, and the differences between younger and older adults that affect clinical evaluations and treatments. The book then moves on to examine specific cognitive and behavioral disorders such as those that occur after an injury to a localized region of the brain, issues of memory loss, and several common movement disorders associated with aging. The examination of each disorder looks at areas of normal function, changes in healthy aging, and common behavioral systems of the disease, followed by diagnostic and treatment issues. Key Features Integrates both the behavioral and clinical aspects of aging disorders Allows students to easily study a particular topic since… |
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Arizona $12.41 This guide features more than fifty of the states greatest mountain bike rides from the Grand Canyon country in the north down to the Sky Islands area |
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