"This ground-breaking book expertly brings together the many effective dementia interventions to reduce the symptoms of this debilitating condition and also, for the first time, a cost-benefit analysis of those interventions to establish whether the benefits outweigh the costs. Focussing on new...

Introduction. New Perspectives on Caregiving -- Reformulating Stress and Burden -- Challenging the Medical Model of Dementia -- Looking to the Past: What the Nineteenth Century Can Tell Us -- The Elder Care Crisis: The Tyranny of the Family Responsibility Ethic -- "That Was No Respite for Me!":...

"Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to develop a better and sustainable future for the world and the goals are part of an action plan to address poverty, hunger, health, gender equity and various pressing world issues. One of these goals looks at health and wellness. Ageing populations...

We find that long-term exposure to fine-particulate air pollution (PM2.5) degrades health and human capital among older adults by increasing their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. We track U.S. Medicare beneficiaries' cumulative residential exposures to PM2.5 and...