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is highly technical, but certainly appropriate to the topics at hand. A good understanding of many of the chapters, however, requires a fairly high level of sophistication in the hearing sciences.
John A. Ferraro, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Hearing and Speech Department, Associate Dean, School of Allied Health University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas
Human Aging and Chronic Disease Cary Kart, Eileen Metress and Seamus Metress Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts,
Human Aging and Chronic Disease focuses on aging. The book illustrates to the reader the multiple influences that affect how a person ages. A major emphasis of the book is understanding that a person’s culture, environment, lifestyle, and belief system play a major role in the normal aging process.
Through 17 chapters the reader is brought up to date on aspects associated with aging. Topics covered vary from cognitive and biological changes, sexuality, nutrition, exercise, common chronic diseases, drugs, and societal expectations of elders. The authors emphasize the importance of individual assessment in terms of functional status. How an elderly person functions in terms of activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, cooking, shopping, or transportation are critical factors to assess. Because myths about aging proliferate, the authors stress that each person ages differently. Colorful examples are used throughout the book to illustrate these myths. The major strength of the book is the broad perspective used to explain aging; the biological, social, cultural, environmental, and
1992, 335 pp.
psychological parameters are presented throughout the book. The bibliography is extensive and helpful. The graphs are useful and clear and a glossary and index are included. An advanced level student or professional working with the elderly could benefit from this book. The holistic perspective is a welcome change from narrower treatments. The major weakness of the book is the vast amounts of information presented. Each chapter could be expanded into a book itself. The reader encounters a mountain and some climbers may be lost. Another weakness is that although the book is interdisciplinary, it uses a cure model in dealing with the aged. Thinking only with a curative manner limits the book immensely. Living with and adjusting to chronic disease, aging changes and potential is a narrow view to use when working with the elderly,
Lois A. Moushey, RN, BSE, BSN, MA Home Health Nurse, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Kansas City
is highly technical, but certainly appropriate to the topics at hand. A good understanding of many of the chapters, however, requires a fairly high level of sophistication in the hearing sciences.
John A. Ferraro, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Hearing and Speech Department, Associate Dean, School of Allied Health University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas
Human Aging and Chronic Disease Cary Kart, Eileen Metress and Seamus Metress Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts,
Human Aging and Chronic Disease focuses on aging. The book illustrates to the reader the multiple influences that affect how a person ages. A major emphasis of the book is understanding that a person’s culture, environment, lifestyle, and belief system play a major role in the normal aging process.
Through 17 chapters the reader is brought up to date on aspects associated with aging. Topics covered vary from cognitive and biological changes, sexuality, nutrition, exercise, common chronic diseases, drugs, and societal expectations of elders. The authors emphasize the importance of individual assessment in terms of functional status. How an elderly person functions in terms of activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, cooking, shopping, or transportation are critical factors to assess. Because myths about aging proliferate, the authors stress that each person ages differently. Colorful examples are used throughout the book to illustrate these myths. The major strength of the book is the broad perspective used to explain aging; the biological, social, cultural, environmental, and
1992, 335 pp.
psychological parameters are presented throughout the book. The bibliography is extensive and helpful. The graphs are useful and clear and a glossary and index are included. An advanced level student or professional working with the elderly could benefit from this book. The holistic perspective is a welcome change from narrower treatments. The major weakness of the book is the vast amounts of information presented. Each chapter could be expanded into a book itself. The reader encounters a mountain and some climbers may be lost. Another weakness is that although the book is interdisciplinary, it uses a cure model in dealing with the aged. Thinking only with a curative manner limits the book immensely. Living with and adjusting to chronic disease, aging changes and potential is a narrow view to use when working with the elderly,
Lois A. Moushey, RN, BSE, BSN, MA Home Health Nurse, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Kansas City