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Summary
Summary
"Aging and Chronic Disease" provides new perspectives on how aging is affected by chronic disease. The book focuses on how chronic disorders, such as diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and cancer influence stress, coping, and quality of life among older adults. The book emphasizes how management of risk factors for chronic diseases, new treatment and rehabilitation outcomes, social support, and patient education can reduce health care costs and improve coping strategies, quality of life, and longevity of older adults. Covering a wide range of topics from health care disparities, costs, new trends in disease risk factors, cognitive changes in older adults, and disability outcomes, this book will be relevant to a wide range of professionals and students in the fields of gerontology, public health, mental health, social work, health administration, and social sciences.
Author Notes
Stephen J. Morewitz has over 18 years experience as a behavioral/public health scientist, university faculty member, and consultant. He runs a research institution in San Francisco supervising faculty research on the epidemiology and psychosocial aspects of the lower extremity disease/injury, disability, diabetes, and arthritis, and more. He has been on the staff or faculty of Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine & School of Public Health, DePaul University, Argonne National Laboratory, & the California College of Podiatric Medicine.
Mark L. Goldstein, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in Illinois. Dr. Goldstein has a private practice specializing in forensic psychology and counseling. He is also an adjunct professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and consultant to a suburban school system. Dr. Goldstein received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida and was previously a core faculty member at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and Roosevelt University. He is the editor of a book, Behavioral Science Education, and the author of numerous professional articles.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
The authors have amassed a vast amount of information regarding the incidence and consequences of chronic illness in aging individuals. The first five chapters focus largely on the total elder population, and address the incidence and consequences of specific chronic conditions, health care utilization, costs of health care for the elderly, cognitive changes of aging, and psychological problems commonly experienced by the aging. The authors briefly discuss the impact of chronic illness on elders' quality of life. The remaining chapters describe the consequences of common chronic conditions including diabetes mellitus, several orthopedic/rheumatologic disorders, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Actual discussion is minimal. Instead, the book presents strings of facts; at times the information is repetitive, and in at least one case, identical information from the same source appeared in two adjacent paragraphs. Notably missing is material from the rich body of qualitative research that has provided glimpses into the experience of aging for people with chronic illness. This book will be only a starting place for students in health care and gerontology. Of particular use is the substantial list of references. Summing Up: Recommended. Libraries that serve academic programs in gerontology and other health care disciplines; lower-/upper-level undergraduates, practitioners, and general readers. T. D. DeLapp emerita, University of Alaska Anchorage
