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“jon hendricks, phd”

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  • Enduring Questions in Gerontology

    Edited by Debra J. Sheets, RN, PhD, Dana Burr Bradley, PhD, Jon Hendricks, PhD ...
    Enduring Questions in Gerontology provides a comprehensive perspective on the abiding issues in gerontology. Both current and future gerontologists will find this book useful in examining emerging dilemmas and creating a context for further progress in the field of aging.The most creative thinkers contributing to the gerontological literature reflect on their disciplines, consider how key ... Read more

    $127.99 CAD

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    Understanding age-related memory loss

    by Kirk R. Daffner, MD ...
    In many ways, our memories shape who we are. They make up our internal biographies—the stories we tell ourselves about what we've done with our lives. They tell us who we're connected to, who we've touched during our lives, and who has touched us. In short, our memories are crucial to the essence of who we are as human beings. Age-related memory loss, then, can represent a loss of self. It also ... Read more

    $8.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fractures in the Elderly

    A Guide to Practical Management

    Edited by Mary Ann Keenan, Nader M Hebela, Robert J. Pignolo ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Fractures in the Elderly: A Guide to Practical Management provides geriatricians and other medical specialists who provide care for older adults with the vital guidance and most current data and opinions regarding the treatment of elderly patients who sustain a variety of fractures. It also provides orthopedic surgeons with the necessary information and most current data and opinions regarding ... Read more

    $286.99 CAD

  • Cardiovascular Disease and Health in the Older Patient

    Expanded from 'Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Fifth Edition'

    Edited by David J. Stott, Gordon D. O. Lowe ...
    As improvements in living conditions and advances in modern medicine lead to increased life expectancy and the number of older adults world-wide continues to grow, so the number of older individuals with cardiac and cerebrovascular disease is rising. Over eighty per cent of all cardiovascular disease-related deaths now occur in patients aged sixty five or older. The high prevalence of co ... Read more

    $135.99 CAD

  • Whole Person Care

    A New Paradigm for the 21st Century

    Edited by Tom A. Hutchinson ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    A ground-breaking new volume and the first of its kind to concisely outline and explicate the emerging field of whole person care process, Whole Person Care: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century organizes the disparate strains of literature on the topic. It does so by clarifying the concept of 'whole person' and also by outlining the challenges and opportunities that death anxiety poses to the ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • Alzheimer's: Through My Mother's Eyes

    by Suzette Brown ...
    This book is for all of the caregivers out there who slowly found themselves in the position of taking care of a loved one who may no longer even recognize them due to the ravages of Alzheimer's. Through Brown's experience watching from the sidelines as her mother slowly declined, to the day-to-day struggles she faced and the lessons she learned about meeting the very special needs of someone who ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD

  • Perioperative Care of the Elderly Patient

    Edited by Sheila Ryan Barnett, Sara E. Neves ...
    Older patients carry some of the highest risks of suffering an adverse event or death following anesthesia and surgery. They are inherently vulnerable, presenting with numerous comorbidities and reduced physiological reserve, requiring 'gero-centric' perioperative care for everything from routine eye surgery to major cardiac surgeries. Dementia, frailty, and the need for palliative care and pain ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions

    Edited by Eric A Coleman ...
    Learn how to ensure quality and safety for vulnerable older adults Transitional care is crucial to older adults with complex care needs who are moving between different locations or different levels of care. Charting a Course for High Quality Care Transitions addresses this problem by providing leading experts and leaders in the field dis ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Manual of Geriatric Anesthesia

    Edited by Sheila Ryan Barnett ...
    The Manual of Geriatric Anesthesia is a practical guide for physicians, residents, and students interested in the care of the elderly patient undergoing surgery. Although primarily written for anesthesiologists, other perioperative physicians and nurses will also find the information highly valuable. Highlights of the text include concise and clear discussions of preoperative assessment, ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Cardiac Rhythm Disorders in Older Adults, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

    by Michael W. Rich, Win-Kuang Shen ...
    Series Book Volume 28-4 - The Clinics: Internal Medicine
    This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine focuses on the pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and device therapies in the medical management of cardiac rhythm disorders in the elderly population. It also reviews the epidemiology of arrhythmias and conduction disorders in older adults, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: stroke prevention, bradyarrhythmias and conduction disorders, and ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Disaster Preparedness for Seniors

    A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals

    Edited by Charles A. Cefalu ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Disaster Preparedness for Seniors: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals outlines specific disaster scenarios for homebound, community, hospitalized, long term care, homeless and aged veterans. Chapters are written by a diverse group of authors, all of whom offer insight and expertise in training healthcare professionals in preparing for disasters. Topics include myths and realities ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Caregiving Across the Lifespan

    Research • Practice • Policy

    Edited by Ronda C. Talley, Lydia LaGue ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Most scholars do not consider the long-term nature of caregiving, but rather focus on a specific developmental period (e.g., old age) or a specific disability (e.g., cancer). Yet the most important lessons about caregiving may occur at any age, regardless of disabilities or other limitations. Caregiving is a lifelong process. It begins in a mother’s womb, continues throughout the lifespan, and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD