Introduction to Aging: A Positive, Interdisciplinary Approach

by Judith A. Sugar, Robert J. Riekse, Henry Holstege

Book Overview

This new textbook creates a paradigm shift with a very practical approach to problem solving. Aging is an asset. Its focus on well care rather than just sick care by understanding physical fitness, sexual fitness, consumer fitness, nutritional fitness and social fitness among others, all point to aging as an asset leading to civic fitness and the potential for intergenerational support. This text may help springboard Gerontology into the 21st...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826108806
• ISBN13: 9780826108807
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.9"