Health Issues and Care System for the Elderly

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Washio, Masakazu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kiyohara, Chikako (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine,
• Subjects: Health promotion.; Geriatrics.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

This book sheds new light on health issues that concern both aging patients and their caregivers, and provides practical and in-depth insights. The respective chapters address various topics including locomotive organ disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease and mor...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Burden among family caregivers of older people who need care in Japan
• Health promotion and long-term care for the elderly in rural areas of Hokkaido, Japan
• Prevention Strategy for Frailty
• Epidemiology of the locomotive organ diseases
• Epidemiology of dementia in a community: the Hisayama Study
• Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
• Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
• Stroke in the Elderly Population
• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) as an emerging risk factor in the elderly
• Lung cancer in the elderly: the most dominant cause of cancer death in Japan
• Influenza and influenza vaccination in Japanese elderly
• The Great East Japan Earthquake, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, and the Elderly Health.