Ageing Well - Nutrition, Health, and Social Interventions

List of contents

Introduction, Nutritional Concerns in Old Age, Regular Exercise—the Best Investment For Our Old Age, Major Eye Diseases of Later Life: Cataract and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Reminiscence in Everyday Talk Between Older People and Their Carers: Implications for the Quality of Life of Older People in Care Homes, Retention of Cognitive Function in Old Age: Why Initial Intelligence is Important, Health Inequalities in Old Age in Britain, Demographic Change, Family Support, and Ageing Well: Developed Country Perspectives, Energy Efficiency and the Health of Older People, Ageing, Health, and Welfare: An Economic Perspective, Methodological Issues in Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve the Health of Older People, Minimum Income for Healthy Living: Physical Activity, Anti-ageing, Autonomy, Responding to Increasing Human Longevity: Policy, Practice, and Research, Index

About the author

Alan D. Dangour

Summary

Offering an overview of public health research on ageing, this book explores the application of this research to public policy. It focuses on the biological issues in ageing. It offers an exploration of social issues relevant to policy, discussing social inequalities, economics, quality of life, cost of living, and social support for older people.

Product details

• Authors: Alan D. Dangour, Alan D. (Lshtm Dangour, Alan D. Grundy Dangour, Emily M. D. Grundy, Fiona Wilson
• Assisted by: Alan D. Dangour (Editor), Dangour Alan D. (Editor), Astrid E. Fletcher (Editor), Fletcher Astrid E. (Editor), Emily M. D. Grundy (Editor), Grundy Emily M. D. (Editor), Noel Cameron (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138430570
• ISBN: 978-1-138-43057-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Society for the Study of Human Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics