Lifelines: Living Longer, Growing Frail, Taking Heart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish date: 01/01/2006
Description:
A Specialist in elder care, Dr. Muriel Gillick examines the complications of lives lived far longer than ever before. This book aims to help the frail elderly and their families cope with the often unforeseen dilemmas of aging: the most common chronic ailments, the acute problems, and their impact on living options. Tracing the stories of four people, Dr. Gillick highlights the various challenges and decisions that arise when frailty develops and discusses the importance of prevention and social responsibility in assessing, treating, and living with frailty.
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