Ageing Well : Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Alan Dangour
- ناشر : Hoboken : Taylor & Francis
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9781420007565
Description
Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Editors; Contributors; chapter one. Introduction; chapter two. Nutritional concerns in old age; chapter three. Regular exercise-the best investment for our old age; chapter four. Major eye diseases of later life: cataract and age-related macular degeneration; chapter five. Reminiscence in everyday talk between older people and their carers: implications for the quality of life of older people in care homes; chapter six. Retention of cognitive function in old age: why initial intelligence is important; chapter seven. Health inequalities in old age in Britain. chapter eight. Demographic change, family support, and ageing well: developed country perspectiveschapter nine. Energy efficiency and the health of older people; chapter ten. Ageing, health, and welfare: an economic perspective; chapter eleven. Methodological issues in assessing the cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve the health of older people; chapter twelve. Minimum income for healthy living: old.
Providing an overview of current public health research on ageing, Ageing Well: Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions explores the application of this research to public policy. The book focuses on the biological issues in ageing: diet, exercise, and cognitive health. It offers an in-depth exploration of social issues relevant to policy, discussing social inequalities, economics, the importance of quality housing, quality of life, cost of living, and social support for older people. Consisting of proceedings from the annual symposium of the Society for the Study of Human Biology, this in.
