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As the older adult population increases, so does the demand for fitness professionals who understand the capabilities and special needs of seniors with illnesses, disabilities, chronic disorders, and sedentary lifestyles. Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, is the only ex…
"Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, emphasizes balance and features over 150 photos illustrating the design and implementation of a safe and effective exercise program to improve range of motion, strength, and aerobic endurance for frail elders and older adults with spec…
As the older adult population increases, so does the demand for fitness professionals who understand the capabilities and special needs of seniors with illnesses, disabilities, chronic disorders, and sedentary lifestyles. Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, is the only ex…
Exercise for Frail Elders, Second Edition, emphasizes balance and features over 150 photos illustrating the design and implementation of a safe and effective exercise program to improve range of motion, strength, and aerobic endurance for frail elders and older adults with speci…
Segal (psychology, U. of Colorado at Colorado Springs) et al. provide a revised and updated edition of their introduction to aging and mental health for psychology students, academics, and practitioners in gerontology, as well as service providers in psychology, psychiatry, soci…
This new open access edition supported by the Fragility Fracture Network aims at giving the widest possible dissemination on fragility fracture (especially hip fracture) management and notably in countries where this expertise is sorely needed. It has been extensively revised an…
This book describes the issues and challenges that clinicians encountered in the management of older critically ill patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, and offers practical information on how to manage them. Older adults are more susceptible to complications such as acute res…
Table of Contents: Frailty : from awareness to identity Living well with frailty : from identity to care Evidence-based practice in frailty : falls and activity Surgical outcomes, cognitive frailty and delirium Sarcopenia and frailty Interventions in frailty care and enhancing i…
Frailty : from awareness to identity -- Living well with frailty : from identity to care -- Evidence-based practice in frailty : falls and activity -- Surgical outcomes, cognitive frailty and delirium -- Sarcopenia and frailty -- Interventions in frailty care and enhancing indep…
Increasingly, we question 'what makes us healthy?', as well as 'what makes us ill?'. What does this shift mean for frailty? Almost wholly defined in negative terms, the term 'frail' tends to refer to a group of older people who are at highest risk of adverse outcomes such as fal…
Increasingly, we question 'what makes us healthy?', as well as 'what makes us ill?'. What does this shift mean for frailty? Almost wholly defined in negative terms, the term 'frail' tends to refer to a group of older people who are at highest risk of adverse outcomes such as fal…
Frailty Phenotype -- Gait Disorder -- Falls -- Immobility Syndrome -- Incontinence -- Interrelationship Between Geriatrics and Renal Syndromes -- Frailty Evaluation -- Frailty in Chronic Kidney Disease -- Frailty in Acute Kidney Injury -- Frailty in Chronic Dialysis -- Frailty i…
This unique book reviews the information available in the literature regarding the new syndrome, frailty, in patients with various renal conditions, such as acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, as well as dialysis and transplant patients. The topic is of importance in ne…