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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461384903321

Titolo

Cognitive aging : progress in understanding and opportunities for action / / Committee on the Public Health Dimensions of Cognitive Aging, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Dan G. Blazer, Kristine Yaffe, and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-309-36863-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Disciplina

612.8/233

Soggetti

Aging

Cognition

Medical policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Characterizing and assessing cognitive aging -- Population-based information about cognitive aging -- Risk and protective factors and interventions : lifestyle and physical environment -- Risk and protective factors and interventions : health and medical factors -- Risk and protective factors and interventions : general cognitive aging interventions and next steps -- Health care response to cognitive aging -- Community action : health, financial management, driving, technology, and consumer decisions -- Public education and key messages -- Opportunities for action.