Nazarko, Linda.

Nursing in care homes / Nursing in nursing homes Linda Nazarko. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Blackwell Science, 2002. - xiii, 397 p. ; 25 cm.

Previous ed.: published as Nursing in nursing homes, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The legal framework--2. Needs assessment and funding care--3. Confusion and dementia--4. Medication management--5. Infection control--6. Wound care--7. Continence promotion--8. Management of incontinence--9. Risk management--10. Preventing pressure sores--11.Nutrition--12. Stroke--13. Accessing community services--14. Palliative care--15. Diabetes--16. Respite care--17. Rehabilitation--18. Maximising ability--19. The way forward.

Fully revised and updated in light of recent legislation, this text considers the specific needs of this growing group of specialist nurses.

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Geriatric nursing.
Aged--Long-term care
Nursing home care.
Older people--Long-term care--Great Britain
Geriatric nursing--Great Britain
Nursing home care--Great Britain.
Geriatric nursing
Health and Wellbeing.
Geriatric Nursing--methods--Great Britain
Homes for the Aged--Great Britain
Nursing Homes--Great Britain

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