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As Western society faces a fast-approaching tidal wave of seniors, this palsied opus proves merrily that the best way to relieve the stiff upper lip is with a smile.

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Long description: Viele alte Menschen leiden an Schlafstörungen. Das ist nicht nur leidvoll, sondern hat auch Konsequenzen für die pflegerische Versorgung: Aus Schlafproblemen leiten sich gravierende pflegerische Risiken wie Dehydratation, Mangelernährung oder Adipositas und Stürze ab. Mit Know-how und dem richtigen „Handwerkszeug“ können Pflegende hier helfen. Denn mit geeigneten Interventionen können Schlafstörungen vermieden oder verringert werden. Dafür müssen Pflegekräfte Ursachen und Folgen von Schlafstörungen kennen. Dieses Wissen sowie die entsprechenden Gegenmaßnahmen liefert dieses Buch – u.a. mit Checklisten und erfolgreichen Praxisbeispielen. Auf den Punkt gebracht: Menschen mit Schlafstörungen kompetent begleiten. Praktische Hilfe für Pflegekräfte. Mit vielen Best-Practice-Beispielen.

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Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is frequently seen as a problem to be solved and death as a harsh reality to be masked. In part, our cultural confusion is rooted in an inadequate conception of the human person, which is based on a notion of absolute individual autonomy that cannot but fail in the face of the dependency that comes with aging and decline at the end of life. To help correct the ethical impoverishment at the root of our contemporary social confusion, The Evening of Life provides an interdisciplinary examination of the challenges of aging and dying well. It calls for a re-envisioning of cultural concepts, practices, and virtues that embraces decline, dependency, and finitude rather than stigmatizes them. Bringing together the work of sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians, and medical practitioners, this collection of essays develops an interrelated set of conceptual tools to discuss the current challenges posed to aging and dying well, such as flourishing, temporality, narrative, and friendship. Above all, it proposes a positive understanding of thriving in old age that is rooted in our shared vulnerability as human beings. It also suggests how some of these tools and concepts can be deployed to create a medical system that better responds to our contemporary needs. The Evening of Life will interest bioethicists, medical practitioners, clinicians, and others involved in the care of the aging and dying--from back cover.

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This book will serve to raise awareness of ways of healthy ageing that are facilitated by different forms of, and approaches to, physical activity, exercise and recreation. It presents a collection of studies focusing on the effectiveness of different methods that promote an active lifestyle among communities and older people in general. The contributions draw upon qualitative and quantitative paradigms that have 'active ageing' at the core of their investigations. The book imparts knowledge about recent advances in physical activity, recreation and wellbeing initiatives that will benefit the academic community and the wider public. It will also dispel myths about ageing and physical activity, 'trouble' popular notions of ageing, and present different intervention strategies and approaches that will serve to improve older peoples' lives and develop an understanding of active and healthy ageing. Examples are drawn from both global and local perspectives, walking initiatives, exercise classes for the over 50s, a 'dancing the tango for the D/deaf' project, an inter-generational dance project, 'Movers and Shakers' exercise intervention studies, and yoga/swimming and windsurfing case studies.

Aging --- Anti-aging --- Prevention.