HEALTHY AGING. PRINCIPLES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE FOR CLINICIANS

SECTION I - CHRONIC ILLNESS

Chapter 1 Advanced Practice for Geriatric Clinicians
Chapter 2 Healthy People 2020 Implications for Practice
Chapter 3 Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments
Chapter 4 Heart Disease
Chapter 5 Skin Cancers
Chapter 6 GI
Chapter 7 Neurological Disorders (Stroke & Parkinson’s)
Chapter 8 Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 9 Diabetes
Chapter 10 Nutrition and the Older Adult
Chapter 11 Exercise
Chapter 12 Osteoporosis
Chapter 13 Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Gout & Pain
Chapter 14 Kidney Disease
Chapter 15 Septicemia & Infection
Chapter 16 Anemia &Leukemia
Chapter 17 Chronic Wounds
Chapter 18 Medications Safety in the Older Adult

SECTION II - MENTAL HEALTH

Chapter 19 Assessment & Diagnostic Evaluation
Chapter 20 Psychosocial Challenges
Chapter 21 Alcoholism
Chapter 22 Substance Abuse
Chapter 23 Dementia
Chapter 24 Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 25 Schizophrenia
Chapter 26 Depression
Chapter 27 Suicide
Chapter 28 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 29

End of Life

Meet the challenges of caring for today’s fastest-growing health care population

Older adults are among the fastest growing age groups, and according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it is anticipated that more than 37 million people in this group will manage more than 1 chronic condition or related disability by 2030, including diabetes mellitus, arthritis, congestive heart failure, and dementia.

Healthy Aging: Principles and Clinical Practice for Clinicians, provides a fresh perspective and evidence-based approach for helping older adults maintain healthy lifestyles, adapt to normal age-related changes, and manage acute and chronic illnesses. This brand new text, divided into chronic illness both physical and emotional, covers only the most common illnesses of older adults and incorporates the holistic framework that comprises geriatric care in partnership with physicians, gerontologists and nurses while addressing the Healthy People 2020 objectives that all practitioners must incorporate into their practice.

With so many factors affecting the health, function, and quality of life of older adults, the goal of this text is to provide clinicians with the tools they need to improve the health, function, and quality of life of older adults. Taking a cross-functional approach to the graying of America, Healthy Aging covers important topics clinicians regularly encounter including promoting a healthy lifestyle, preventative care, assessment, nutrition, medication, sexuality, caregiving, abuse, and end-of-life care.

About The Author`s

Virginia Burggraf
Marcella J. Griggs Endowed ChairGerontological Nursing Coordinator Graduate ProgramRadford UniversityRadford, Virginia

Kye Y Kim MD
Professor and Director, Academic AffairsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral MedicineVirginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineRoanoke, Virginia

Aubrey L Knight MD
Associate Dean for Student AffairsProfessor of Medicine and Family & Community MedicineVirginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineRoanoke, Virginia