Amy S. Kelley • Diane E. Meier Editors 2014 Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness—whatever the diagnosis or stage of illness. The goal is to […]

Tomas Lindor Griebling Editor 2014      

Eckehard Fozzy Moritz Editor 2014 The Development of a Communication Device for the Elderly with Complementing Illustrations and Examples Dear Reader, Yes, it is nice to have the Head of an AAL funding unit, a science minister or even Barack Obama write a preface; giving a book, and in our case also the related project, a high standing. […]

Sauro Longhi • Pietro Siciliano Michele Germani • Andrea Monteriù Editors 2014 The concept of ‘‘Ambient Assisted Living’’ (AAL) has become deeply relevant for the present and future challenges. This is strongly motivated by the fact that the annual growth of the older population is significantly higher than that of the total population. For this reason, good aging […]

Ronan M. Factora Editor 2014 Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources Retirement is often seen by working elders as a culmination of years of work and a time to enjoy the fruits of decades of labor. It is meant to be a time of enjoyment, reflection, and low stress. Increasingly, elders have been targeted […]

Michael L. Malone • Elizabeth A. Capezuti Robert M. Palmer Editors 2014 A Model for Interdisciplinary Care “I flew across the Atlantic Ocean seventy times” said my patient when he introduced himself to me. His name was Will. I met him in our clinic office. He wore a suit and was accompanied by his wonderful wife and […]