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1 Perspectives and Theories on Aging 2 The Skin, Hair, and Nails 3 The Musculoskeletal System 4 The Nervous System 5 Dementia and Delirium 6 The Sensory System 7 The Cardiovascular System 8 The Respiratory System 9 The Gastrointestinal System 10 The Urinary System 11 The Reproductive System 12 The Endocrine System 13 The Immune System 14 Aging with Lifelong Disabilities 15 Special Topics 16 Health Promotion and Healthy Aging 17 Complementary and Alternative Therapies 18 Nutrition 19 Medications 20 Teaching Older Adults 21 Gerotechnology 22 Caregiving 23 Death and Grief in the Later Years Appendix A Practical Hints for the Safety of Older Adults Appendix B Resources Glossary
Sue V. Saxon, PhD, is professor emeritus at the School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida. She received her PhD in developmental psychology and counseling from Florida State University and pursued additional graduate work in physiological psychology at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Saxon was a research psychologist for the National Institutes of Health and for the Laboratory of Perinatal Physiology at the University of Puerto Rico Medical School, before joining the faculty in behavioral sciences at the University of South Florida. As a charter faculty member in the Aging Studies program, she has developed and taught numerous courses in aging as well as presented workshops, given in-service training, and authored a number of books and book chapters on aging. She has been designated a Gerontological Pioneer for outstanding achievement and exemplary contributions to the field of gerontology by the Southern Gerontological Society. Mary Jean Etten, EdD, GNP, CMP, FT, has been a tenured full professor in the College of Nursing at St. Petersburg College, where she taught nursing, gerontology, and thanatology and developed an innovative curriculum teaching hospice care to nurses. She is currently an adjunct lecturer in thanatology in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida. Dr. Etten received her doctoral degree in education from Nova Southeastern University and master's degrees in gerontology, counseling, and nursing from the University of South Florida. Dr. Etten is also a gerontological nurse practitioner. She is a fellow in thanatology and is board certified as a music practitioner. She has authored several books and manuals, as well as journal articles. She was a founder of Suncoast Hospice in 1978 and has remained on its boards for more than 43 years. In 2012 a building at Suncoast Hospice was dedicated in her honor. Dr. Etten serves on the Empath Health board and several other boards. Recently she co-authored the book A Caring Sanctuary: Forty Years of Caring. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tampa Bay Business Journal in 2013. Elizabeth A. Perkins, PhD, RNLD, FAAIDD, FGSA, is a research associate professor and associate director of the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities--a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities--at the University of South Florida (USF). She has a PhD in aging studies from the School of Aging Studies at USF. Dr. Perkins is also an RNLD (a registered nurse in the field of developmental disabilities) who trained at the Hereford and Worcestershire College of Nursing and Midwifery in England. She has published numerous journal articles on topics ranging from aging, aging with intellectual and developmental disabilitiles, and caregiver quality of life. She was a guest editor for a Special Issue on Aging and End-of-Life for the American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Perkins is a fellow and past president of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), and previously chaired AAIDD's Gerontology Division. Dr. Perkins is also a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), and a former co-convener of their Special Interest Group on Lifelong Disabilities. In 2020, she was a National Honoree of the National Historic Recognition Project for her significant contributions to the field of intellectual and development disabilities (IDD) in the United States between 2000 and 2020.