Ageing : the facts / Nicholas Coni, William Davison, Stephen Webster.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]) and index

World grows grey -- Benefits of an ageing society -- Retirement: the opportunity of age -- Living arrangements -- Physical disability -- Servicing an ageing society -- Biology of ageing -- Normal ageing -- Body's chemical and physical composition -- Ageing brain -- Age-related psychological problems -- Stroke, Parkinson's disease, and motor neurone disease -- Mobility -- Nutrition and digestion -- Bladder and its control -- Heart, blood vessels, and lungs -- Eyes, ears, teeth, skin, and feet -- Cancer -- Medicines -- Caring for an infirm elderly person at home -- Death -- Bereavement.