Healthy aging challenges and solutions edited by Ken Dychtwald.
Detalles de publicación: Gaithersburg, Md. Aspen Publishers 1999.Descripción: xvii, 415 p. ill. 23 cmISBN:- 083421363X
- 0834210428
- Aged -- Health and hygiene
- Aging -- United States
- Health behavior -- in old age -- United States
- Longevity -- United States
- Health Services for the Aged -- United States
- Health Policy -- United States
- Health behavior -- Aged -- United States
- Aging -- physiology -- United States
- Aging
- Aged -- Medical care
- Health Policy -- United States
- Health Services for the Aged -- United States
- 362.19897 H4348 21
- RA777.6 .H45 1999
- 1999 B-992
- WT 104
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : healthy aging or Tithonius' revenge / Ken Dychtwald. I. The science of healthy aging. Revolution in longevity / Robert N. Butler -- Successful aging / John W. Rowe and Robert L. Kahn -- The case for healthy aging and the compression of morbidity / James F. Fries -- Do physical activity and physical fitness avert premature mortality? / I-Min Lee and Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr. -- The case for preventing decline in the aging brain / Zaven S. Khachaturian -- Biotechnology : molecular engineering for healthy aging / Ronald W. Eastman. II. Gerontologizing the practice of health care. The future of geriatrics : a call to action / Robert N. Butler -- The past, present and future of gerontologic nursing / May L. Wykle and Patricia E. McDonald -- The geriatric evaluation and treatment unit : a model site for acute care of frail elderly patients, education and research / Howard M. Fillit and Myron Miller -- Creativity and healthy aging / Gene D. Cohen -- New models of health care for elders at risk / Chad Boult and James T. Pacala -- Geriatric assessment and managed care / Howard M. Fillit ... [et al.] -- Older, sicker, smarter, and redefining quality : the older consumer's quest for service / Bruce Clark.
III. Making healthy aging a key priority of healthcare financing. The political economy of health care for the elderly population / Uwe Reinhardt -- Healthy aging in the national interest : the politics of research / Daniel Perry -- The insurer's role in shaping a new health care agenda / Patrick G. Hays -- The growing pains of aging : disability, aging and baby-boomers / Fernando Torres-Gil and Michelle Putnam -- Long-term care choice : a simple, cost-free solution to the financing puzzle / Stephen A. Moses -- The media's role : behond the medical model of journalism on aging / Paul Kleyman. IV. Wellness and self-care : the next generation. The past, present and future of self-care / Molly K. Kettler -- Lifestyle and longevity : mind over matter / Kenneth R. Pelletier -- Exercise, nutrition and healthy aging : establishing community-based exercise programs / William J. Evans -- Reversing disease through diet and exercise : the Pritkin approach / Robert Pritkin -- Toward appropriate use of medical care among the aged / Donald M. Vickery -- Community-wide prevention programs--they work / John W. Farquhar, Caroline Schooler and June A. Flora.
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- Introduction: Healthy Aging of Tithonius' Revenge
- Part 1 The Sciences of Health Aging Revolution in Longevity Successful Aging
- The Case for Healthy Aging and the Compression of Morbidity
- Do Physical Activity and Physical Fitness Avert Premature Mortality?
- The Case for Preventing Decline in the Aging Brain Biotechnology:
- Molecular Engineering for Healthy Aging
- Part 2 Gerontologizing the Practice of Health Care
- The Future of Geriatrics: A Call to Action
- The Past, Present, and Future of Gerontologic Nursing
- The Geriatric Evaluation and Treatment Unit:
- A Model Site for Acute Care of Frail Elderly Patients, Education and Research Creativity and Healthy Aging
- New Models of Health Care for Elders Geriatric
- Assessment and Managed Care Older, Sicker, Smarter, and Redefining Quality:
- The Older Consumer's Quest for Service
- Part 3 Making Healthy Aging a Key Priority of Healthcare Financing
- The Political Economy of Health Care for the Elderly Population Healthy
- Aging in the National Interest: The Politics of Research
- The Insurer's Role in Shaping a New Health Care Agenda
- The Growing Pains of Aging: Disability, Aging and Baby Boomers Long-Term Care
- Choice: A Simple, Cost-Free Solution to the Financing Puzzle
- The Media's Role: Beyond the Medical Model of Journalism on Aging
- Part 4 Wellness and Self-Care: The Next Generation
- The Part, Present and Future of Self-Care Lifestyle and Longetivity:
- Mind over Matter Exercise, Nutrition and Healthy Aging:
- Establishing Community-Based Exercise Programs Reversing
- Disease through Diet and Exercise: The Pritikin Approach Toward Appropriate
- Use of Medical Care among the Aged Community-Wide Prevention Programs--They Work