Frailty in Aging. Biological, Clinical and Social Implications. Introduction.

K. Rockwood, O. Theou
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Frailty represents an important challenge for aging populations. As a concept it is full of ‘known unknowns’ such as which mechanisms lead to frailty and how it is best managed. In order to examine these circumstances, the new science of understanding and managing frailty requires an appropriate framing of the problem. This publication investigates the biology and management of frailty and its social aspects. It considers these and related questions: How can we recognize frailty? How does an understanding of frailty increase our comprehension of the aging process? What are its implications for health care systems, including primary care, hospitals and rehabilitation? How will a growing number of frail older adults affect society more generally? The book focuses on frailty as a state of vulnerability, which is related to aging, but which can occur across the life course, and aims to improve the life of frail people and those around them. The book is highly recommended to researchers in aging, health science researchers, health care professionals and anyone interested in the understanding of the aging process.
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衰老中的脆弱。生物学、临床和社会意义。介绍。
虚弱是老龄人口面临的一个重要挑战。作为一个概念,它充满了“已知的未知”,例如哪些机制会导致脆弱,以及如何最好地管理它。为了检查这些情况,理解和管理脆弱的新科学需要对问题有一个适当的框架。该出版物调查了脆弱的生物学和管理及其社会方面。它考虑了这些和相关的问题:我们如何认识到脆弱?对脆弱的理解如何增加我们对衰老过程的理解?它对卫生保健系统,包括初级保健、医院和康复有什么影响?越来越多体弱多病的老年人将如何更广泛地影响社会?这本书关注的是脆弱的状态,它与衰老有关,但它可以发生在整个生命过程中,旨在改善弱者及其周围人的生活。这本书强烈推荐给老龄化研究人员,健康科学研究人员,卫生保健专业人员和任何有兴趣了解衰老过程的人。
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Interdisciplinary topics in gerontology and geriatrics
Interdisciplinary topics in gerontology and geriatrics Medicine-Geriatrics and Gerontology
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期刊介绍: At a time when interest in the process of aging is driving more and more research, ''Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics'' offers investigators a way to stay at the forefront of developments. This series represents a comprehensive and integrated approach to the problems of aging and presents pertinent data from studies in animal and human gerontology. In order to provide a forum for a unified concept of gerontology, both the biological foundations and the clinical and sociological consequences of aging in humans are presented. Individual volumes are characterized by an analytic overall view of the aging process, novel ideas, and original approaches to healthy aging as well as age-related functional decline.
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