The Practical Guide to Aging: What Everyone Needs to Know - Hardcover

Cassel, Christine K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081471515X ISBN 13: 9780814715154

Publisher: NYU Press, 1999

Synopsis

A comprehensive and user-friendly reference for aging

One of the most daunting aspects of growing older is the torrent of advice we face about maintaining our physical health and our mental acuity. Entire books have been written on how to manage finances, how to avoid falls, how to care for aging parents. Yet, too often, the advice offered is overwhelmingly complicated or diffuse and difficult to locate precisely when it is needed most.

In this comprehensive reference, authorities in their respective fields discuss topics such as the normal processes of aging, how laws affect the elderly, what forms of exercise are most beneficial at various stages of life, family issues, and more. Informative charts and graphs supplement the concise, accessible chapters, which are followed by a comprehensive listing of major national and regional organizations serving the elderly.

Ideal as an upbeat, forward-looking gift or as a personal resource, The Practical Guide to Aging is a user-friendly book for young and old, a helpful guide regardless of age or circumstance.

About this title

About the Author

Christine K. Cassel, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Geriatrics and Human Development at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. She has also been Director of the Center on Aging, Health, and Society, and George M. Eisenberg Professor in Geriatrics at the University of Chicago.

From the Back Cover

At last, there exists a single, accessible manual that covers every aspect of getting older. Written by the top experts in their respective fields, A Practical Guide to Aging asks, and answers, the questions that concern us all. Informative charts and graphs supplement concise, sensibly structured chapters on individual subjects, making the book well-suited both for casual reading and handy reference. A comprehensive listing, organized by category and with vital information, of major national and regional organizations that deal with aspects of aging is also included, as is an annotated bibliography that steers readers to other works of interest written for a general audience.

Reviews

The medical, legal, financial, psychological, social, and ethical aspects of aging are covered in this guide, edited by the chair of the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. Specialists offer chapters full of sound practical advice and tips for dealing with the many problems encountered as one ages. For example, the chapter "Managing Medicine" provides suggestions for keeping track of multiple medications; "Living Arrangements" reviews options for housing. Cassel clearly states that this book "cannot be expected to serve as the last word on the subject, nor can it completely cover everything to the depth the reader might require." However, it does provide a basis from which to begin further exploration. A brief annotated bibliography and a listing of major national and regional organizations point toward other resources. For all consumer health and gerontology collections.AJodith Janes, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Edition details

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081471515X
• ISBN 13: 9780814715154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340