Nursing older people / edited by Sally J. Redfern, Fiona M. Ross.
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TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2006.Edition: 4th edDescription: xi, 778 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780443074592 (pbk.) :
- 0443074593 (Paper)
- 0443074593
- 9780443074592 (Paper)
- 610.736522 RED
- RC954
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Previous ed.: Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SECTION 1: AGEING AND OLD AGE:- 1. Introduction--2. What is old age?--3. Demographic and eqidemiological trends in ageing--4. The psychology of human ageing--5. The biology of human ageing--SECTION 2: POLICY CHANGE AND CONTEXTS OF CARE:- 6. Policy developments in the organization of support for older people--7. Health and social care for older people in the community--8. Nursing older people in hospital--9. Intermediate and long-term care provision for older people--SECTION 3:-NURSING OLDER PEOPLE: INDEPENDENCE, AUTONOMY AND SELF-FULFILMENT:- 10. Communication challenges and skills--11. Hearing--12. Eyesight and older people--13. Promoting safe mobility--14. Care of the foot--15. Breathing--16. Eating and drinking--17. Elimination--18. Maintaining body temperature--19.maintaining healthy skin--20. Sleep and rest--21. Sexuality and relationships in later life--22. Pain and older people--23. Delirium (acute confusional states) in later life--24. Person-centred dementia care--25. Depression in older people--26. Dying, bereavement and loss--27. Drugs and older people--SECTION 4: CURRENT ISSUES AND REFLECTIONS ON CARING FOR OLDER PEOPLE:- 28. Assessment of older people--29. Health care for older homeless people--30. Health promotion for older people--31. Complementary therapies--32. Abuse of older people--33. Carers and lay caring--34. Reflections.
This is a comprehensive textbook of nursing care of older people based on British practice. The emphasis on caring for individual people has been retained in this edition whilst full account has been taken of 'The National Service Framework for Older People' offering readers the most up-to-date information available.