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Pages: 240
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Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-01 - Publisher: Springer

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Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform provides an introduction to the principles
The Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce for Older Adults
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Institute of Medicine
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-26 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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At least 5.6 million to 8 million-nearly one in five-older adults in America have one or more mental health and substance use conditions, which present unique c
Families Caring for an Aging America
Language: en
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Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an old
Retooling for an Aging America
Language: en
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Authors: Institute of Medicine
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As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprep
Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
Language: en
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Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-14 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximat