Aging and Chronic Disorders [Paperback]

Aging and Chronic Disease provides new perspectives on how aging is affected by chronic disease. The book focuses on how chronic disorders, such as diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and cancer influence stress, coping, and quality of life among older adults. The book emphasizes how management of risk factors for chronic diseases, new treatment and rehabilitation outcomes, social support, and patient education can reduce health care costs and improve coping strategies, quality of life, and longevity of older adults. Covering a wide range of topics from health care disparities, costs, new trends in disease risk factors, cognitive changes in older adults, and disability outcomes, this book will be relevant to a wide range of professionals and students in the fields of gerontology, public health, mental health, social work, health administration, and social sciences.

Chronic Disorders in an Aging Population: Epidemiology.- Elders and Health Care Utilization and Costs.- Chronic Disease and Quality of Life in Older Adults.- Psychological Problems in the Elderly.- Cognitive Changes in Older Adults.- Seniors with Diabetes Mellitus.- Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, and Low Back Pain in Older Adults.- Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly.- Seniors with Cancer.

From the reviews:

Focuses on the most prevalent conditions affecting older adults. Topics include elders and health care utilization and costs, chronic disease and quality of life, psychological problems, and cognitive changes. Academia: an online magazine and resource for academic libraries, Nickis Picks, September, 2007

Consultant Morewitz and practitioner Goldstein locate the eight chronic diseases most closely associated with old age and focus on how they affect the patient, including in terms of cost, independence and comfort...Although written for students and clinicians, this is alsq