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Healthy ageing : nursing older people / Hazel Heath, Irene Schofield.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Mosby, 1999.Description: viii, 556p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780723429524 (pbk.) :
  • 0723429529 (pbk) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.7365 HEA
Contents:
Part I: Theoretical foundations -- 1.Perspectives on ageing and older people -- 2.Theories of ageing -- 3.Health and wellness -- 4.Age-related changes -- 5.Laboratory values and implications -- Part II:Basic biological needs -- 6.Biological support need s-- 7.Neglected areas: dental health, food care and skin care -- 8.Common chronic problems and their management -- 9.Pain and comfort -- 10.Pharmacology and medications -- Part III.Safety and security needs -- 11.Mobility -- 12.Sensory and perceptual issues of ageing -- 13.Environmental safety and security -- 14.Frail and vulnerable older people -- Part IV: Belonging -- 15.Intimacy and sexuality -- 16.Relationshps, communication and social support -- Part V: Self-esteem -- 17.Transitions -- 18.Mental health -- 19.Cohorts, gender and ethnicity -- Part VI: Self-actualisation -- 20.Achieving self-actualisation through learning and creativity -- 21.Towrds the end of life: dying and death, transcendence and legacies -- 22.The development of nursing with older people.
Summary: This text outlines the theoretical foundations which underpin caring for elderly people, before moving on to consider the specific physiological and psychological problems that the elderly face and that those caring for them have to deal with.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 610.7365 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 121529
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 610.7365 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127547
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 610.7365 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126164
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 610.7365 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126163
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 610.7365 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 126162
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 610.7365 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00211576

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Theoretical foundations -- 1.Perspectives on ageing and older people -- 2.Theories of ageing -- 3.Health and wellness -- 4.Age-related changes -- 5.Laboratory values and implications -- Part II:Basic biological needs -- 6.Biological support need s-- 7.Neglected areas: dental health, food care and skin care -- 8.Common chronic problems and their management -- 9.Pain and comfort -- 10.Pharmacology and medications -- Part III.Safety and security needs -- 11.Mobility -- 12.Sensory and perceptual issues of ageing -- 13.Environmental safety and security -- 14.Frail and vulnerable older people -- Part IV: Belonging -- 15.Intimacy and sexuality -- 16.Relationshps, communication and social support -- Part V: Self-esteem -- 17.Transitions -- 18.Mental health -- 19.Cohorts, gender and ethnicity -- Part VI: Self-actualisation -- 20.Achieving self-actualisation through learning and creativity -- 21.Towrds the end of life: dying and death, transcendence and legacies -- 22.The development of nursing with older people.

This text outlines the theoretical foundations which underpin caring for elderly people, before moving on to consider the specific physiological and psychological problems that the elderly face and that those caring for them have to deal with.

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