Editor: Jeremy W. Grabbe

Series Title: Recent Advances in Geriatric Medicine

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Medicine

Volume 2

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Library License: US $316
ISSN: 2468-2241 (Print)
ISSN: 2468-225X (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-452-7 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-451-0 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2017
DOI: 10.2174/97816810845101160201

Introduction

According to the National Institute of Aging there are more than half a billion people over the age of 65 across the globe. This has led to a need for medical and psychiatric care on a scale unprecedented in history. In light of this increase in the global elderly population, the field of geriatric medicine has expanded and become multidisciplinary to accommodate the need of the elderly in the 21st century.

This volume highlights research in geriatric medicine across different disciplines. Chapters of this volume cover public health and economic consequences of aging in USA, cognitive impairment in old age, geriatric ophthalmology, osteoporosis, sleep disorders, speech-language pathology and geriatric care. Readers – both medical students and researchers – will find these topics useful for understanding issues in geriatric medicine and can use this information to improve geriatric programs in the healthcare sector.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Jeremy W. Grabbe
The State University of New York, Plattsburgh
Department of Psychology
101 Broad St.
Plattsburgh, NY 12801
USA




Contributor(s):
Ann McCarthy
John Carroll University
1 John Carroll Blvd, University Heights
OH 44118
USA


Caitlin Murphy
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


Daniela Fabiani-Longo
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


James Mullen
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


Jeremy W. Grabbe
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901
USA


Jesselee Allen
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


Jocelyn Dismore
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


Kate Hood
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
1270 Belmont Ave, Schenectady
NY 12308
USA


Kathyrn McGeoch
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


Kayla Bishop
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


Paul D. Loprinzi
The University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
USA


Rashmita Basu
Texas A & M Health Science Center 8447 TX-47
Bryan
TX 77807, USA


Robert E. Davis
The University of Mississippi
University
MS 38677
USA


Susan E. Lowey
State University of New York College at Brockport
350 New Campus Dr, Brockport
NY 14420
USA


Tamara Pobocik
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA


Virginia Cornelius
The State University of New York
Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St. Plattsburgh
NY 12901, USA




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