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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453099203321

Titolo

Women and healthy aging : living productively in spite of it all / / J. Dianne Garner, Alice A. Young, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993, 2013

ISBN

1-56023-049-5

1-315-82061-7

1-317-82339-7

1-317-82340-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GarnerJ. Dianne

YoungAlice Adam

Disciplina

362.1/9897/0082

Soggetti

Older women - Diseases

Adjustment (Psychology) in old age

Older women - Health and hygiene

Older women - Mental health

Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age

Older women - Medical care - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First publisbed 1993 by The Haworth Press, Inc.

Women and healthy aging : living productively in spite of it all has also been published as Journal of women & aging, volume 5, numbers 3/4, 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Introduction; Adaptations; Healthy Older Women-In Spite of It All; After Menopause; Menopause; Osteoporosis and Older Women: Productive Lifestyle Strategies; Living Productively with Arthritis; The Older Woman with Diabetes Mellitus; Heart Disease and Older Women; Women, Aging, and Cancer; Alzheimer's Disease and Older Women; Living Productively with Sensory Loss; Discrimination Against Older Women in Health Care; Public Policy, Health Care and Older Women; Women and Healthy Aging: Conclusion; At Eighty



Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores what is known about healthy living among older women, emphasizing overcoming illness and adversity. Women and Healthy Aging focuses on common age-related changes and illnesses that frequently occur among women in the later years. It describes these diseases and changes, provides treatment options, highlights preventative measures, and offers suggestions for continued productive living as women age. Since some of the barriers to effective diagnoses, treatments, and implementation of productive living strategies are institutional, two chapters explore public health policies wh