Health issues and care system for the elderly. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Masakazu Washio, Chikako Kiyohara, editors.
• Editors: Washio, Masakazu; Kiyohara, Chikako
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 196 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 618.9700952; Geriatrics -- Japan; Older people -- Care -- Japan; Older people -- Diseases -- Japan; MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics; Geriatrics; Older people -- Care; Older people -- Diseases; Japan; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811317620; 9811317623
• Related ISBNs: 9789811317613
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 7, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.