Cutting-edge, evidence-based strategies to help older adults thrive and optimize their health throughout the aging process.
Connects research, policy, and practice for promoting wellness in old age. Readers will learn how to assess risks and apply interventions across systems, settings, and populations. The ninth edition includes critical updates on digital health tools, pharmacological advances, volunteering, and international perspectives-making it ideal for those working in gerontology, public health, and interprofessional aging services.
What's New:
Expanded analysis of wearable tech, digital health literacy, and their applications in aging care
New material on geroscience and evolving Medicare coverage for health promotion
Insight into brain training, pharmacotherapies, and evidence-based cognitive strategies
Updated discussions on encore careers, volunteering, and the aging services network
Integration of Healthy People 2030 objectives and global perspectives on aging
Key Features:
Explores health risks, resilience strategies, and optimal aging approaches grounded in current scientific evidence
Prepares students and professionals to design, implement, and evaluate interventions for healthy aging across disciplines
Includes instructor resources, test banks, and real-world tools to enhance learning and course integration
Written by a leading gerontology scholar and GSA Fellow with deep interdisciplinary expertise and editorial leadership
Autorentext
Steven M. Albert, PhD, FGSA (Behavioral and Social Sciences), FAAN (Neurology), is Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health and has 35 years of research experience in aging, neurologic disease, and interventions to change health behavior.