SAGE Reference is proud to announce the Encyclopedia of Health and Aging. This one-volume encyclopedia presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts on health and aging. The 250 entries and relevant appendices cover: biological; psychological; social; and economic aspects of health and aging and impacts within health-care systems.
As an ever increasing percentage of the population of western societies enters `old age', health issues grow in importance in terms of the well-being of this population, economic impact within the health-care system, impacts on families and family relationships and in so many other ways.
The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging covers issues including:
- acute illness;
- Alzheimer's disease;
- bereavement;
- cataracts;
- centenarians;
- dementia;
- economic;
- dependency;
- exercise;
- health care costs;
- health promotion;
- hospice care;
- long-term care;
- managed care;
- medications;
- menopause;
- nursing homes;
- nutrition;
- obesity;
- optimal aging;
- osteoporosis;
- Parkinson's disease;
- public policy;
- `quality of life';
- religiosity;
- sexual function;
- sleep disturbances;
- smoking;
- spousal care-giving;
- stroke;
- widowhood;
- wisdom.
Also included are landmark studies: Duke Longitudinal Study of Aging; Framingham Heart Study; MacArthur Study of Successful Aging; Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE); Health and Retirement Study (HRS); and National Long-Term Care Survey, as well as important social and health programmes including: social security, `meals on wheels' and Medicaid/Medicare.
The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging is cross-disciplinary, with contributions from the fields of: gerontology; epidemiology; health psychology; biology; sociology; health and medicine; and public policy.