Aging Well
Solutions to the Most Pressing Global Challenges of Aging
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-62634-695-6 (ISBN)
Description
A Comprehensive Review of Innovative Solutions to Address Global Aging Challenges.
Meeting the healthcare and social needs of the older population is a personal challenge for millions of Americans and billions more worldwide. It is also a growing global public health challenge. Aging Well identifies and analyses policies and practices in the United States that serve as models of excellence in elder care and optimal aging. It is a comprehensive study on how to support the health and wellbeing of older adults. The book is a must-read for every person caring for aging relatives or loved ones with disabilities.
For those who read and enjoyed Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, Aging Well is the perfect accompaniment. The book provides intimate glimpses into the real-life challenges facing older adults today such as loneliness, community connection, aging in place, and the need for emergency care in the hospital and the home. Aging Well also offers caregivers, policymakers, and healthcare leaders insights into sustainable models of excellence that can reduce health spending while improving the health, wellbeing, and quality of life for older adults.
Meeting the healthcare and social needs of the older population is a personal challenge for millions of Americans and billions more worldwide. It is also a growing global public health challenge. Aging Well identifies and analyses policies and practices in the United States that serve as models of excellence in elder care and optimal aging. It is a comprehensive study on how to support the health and wellbeing of older adults. The book is a must-read for every person caring for aging relatives or loved ones with disabilities.
For those who read and enjoyed Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, Aging Well is the perfect accompaniment. The book provides intimate glimpses into the real-life challenges facing older adults today such as loneliness, community connection, aging in place, and the need for emergency care in the hospital and the home. Aging Well also offers caregivers, policymakers, and healthcare leaders insights into sustainable models of excellence that can reduce health spending while improving the health, wellbeing, and quality of life for older adults.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Austin
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-62634-695-6 (9781626346956)
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William A. Haseltine is the Chair and President of ACCESS Health International, a non-profit organization that works to ensure that all people, no matter their age or where they live, have access to high quality affordable healthcare. He has an active career in science, business, and philanthropy. He is known for his pioneering work on cancer, HIV/AIDS, and genomics. Dr. Haseltine was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health and founder of its Division of Biochemical Pharmacology and Division of Human Retrovirology. He has founded twelve biotechnology companies, including Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Eight pharmaceutical products from companies he founded are currently approved by US and international regulatory agencies