Reviews for Sixty plus

The average rating for Sixty plus based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-12-06 00:00:00 Jon Aarbakke I assigned this textbook for an undergraduate gerontology class "The Biology of Aging." I studied the 5th addition as a graduate student and found it readable for students studying the social sciences. Consequently, I selected this as the main textbook. The book has 23 chapters. Most are organized according to a system (such as the urinary system). These chapters start with an overview of the anatomy with an explanation of how things work normally. Then the chapter discusses specific age-related challenges. Frequently, there are sections about diseases that are common among older adults. There are also discussions of prevention and treatments. Some chapters focus on multisystem issues such as falls, dementia, nutrition, and medications. As you can imagine, it's hard to write a book like this without having a lot of overlap, so some issues are spread across multiple chapters. Nevertheless, there's a strong table of contents, good headings, and a detailed index. My students found the book accessible. Their majors included community health, health administration, physical therapy, and sociology (with the intent of going to grad school in psychology). If I teach this class again in a couple of years, I'll most likely use this textbook again.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-09-27 00:00:00 John Balgalvis WT 104 S273p 2015