Cognitive aging : progress in understanding and opportunities for action /
Committee on the Public Health Dimensions of Cognitive Aging, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Dan G. Blazer, Kristine Yaffe, and Catharyn T. Liverman, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
- 1 online resource (330 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Characterizing and assessing cognitive aging -- Population-based information about cognitive aging -- Risk and protective factors and interventions : lifestyle and physical environment -- Risk and protective factors and interventions : health and medical factors -- Risk and protective factors and interventions : general cognitive aging interventions and next steps -- Health care response to cognitive aging -- Community action : health, financial management, driving, technology, and consumer decisions -- Public education and key messages -- Opportunities for action.