The Aging Intellect

Powell, Douglas H.

ISBN 10: 0415996856 / ISBN 13: 9780415996853

Published by Routledge, 2011

About this Item

Suitable for professionals caring for independently living older people, this title provides them with an array of suggestions (beyond exercising and eating right) that can improve, maintain or maximize the quality of their clients' mental abilities for as long as possible. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JMD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578. . 2011. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Aging Intellect
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415996856
• ISBN 13: 9780415996853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Habits such as regular exercise are well known to be linked to better health in older adults. Far less is understood about behaviors that contribute to the optimally aging mind. This may be a reason why only about 25% of elders meet the standards for optimal cognitive aging. The Aging Intellect describes more than a dozen specific characteristics that distinguish older people who remain cognitively vigorous from the majority who are aging normally or are at risk for cognitive impairment. In addition, this book provides professionals with evidence-based recommendations that can help their aging patients and clients minimize the effects of predictable cognitive changes and more fully use their mental abilities. The Aging Intellect is also written for people of all ages interested in maximizing their cognitive vigor. Dr. Powell has encouraging words for those who know they are not aging optimally, but are willing to modify one or two habits that can improve their mental powers.

Richly illustrated with clinical examples and case studies, The Aging Intellect includes topics rarely discussed in book form.

• specifies lifestyle habits and attitudes linked to three levels of cognitive aging: optimal, normal, and at risk for cognitive impairment
• describes evidence based strategies that minimize mental decline
• warns of normal cognitive changes that increase the chances of elders making poor financial decisions
• identifies intellectual qualities that strengthen with age.

About the Author

Douglas H. Powell, Ed.D., ABPP, is a Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and a Consultant in Psychology at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. He has worked with older people as a therapist, teacher and researcher for more than two decades. Author of two previous books on aging, he is also the co-author of MicroCog, a computerized test designed to diagnose mild cognitive impairment. The Aging Intellect evolved from the author’s lecture notes for students in his classes at Harvard and at Florida Gulf Coast University.