Health needs of the elderly /
Gill Garrett.
- 2nd ed.
- Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1987.
- xii,128p. : ill(some col.) ; 30cm.
- The Essentials of nursing .
- The Essentials of nursing .
Previous ed.: 1983.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part 1: Ageing:- 1.The reality of ageing -- 2.The physiology of ageing:- Biological clock theory--Error accumulation theory--Waste product accumulation theory--Chemical cross-linkage theory--Auto-immune theory--The musculo-skeletal system--The excretory systems - skin and renal tract--The gastro-intestinal tract--The cardiovascular system--The respiratory system--The nervous system--The reproductive systems -- 3.The psychology of ageing:- Personality--Memory--Learning--Creativity--Intelligence -- 4. Sociological aspects of ageing:-Retirement--Family changes--Loneliness--Role reversal -- 5. Demographic and economic aspects of ageing:- How many elderly people?--Where are they now?--How well off are they?-- Part 2: Approaches to ageing: evolution of care:- 6. Family and welfare approach:- Family care -- 7. Health services approach -- Part 3:Sharing the caring:-8. Community Care:- Maintenance of health and independence--Provision of community services--When the time comes . . . -- 9.Hospital provision:-Placing of elderly care beds--Assessment and rehabilitation--Continuing care--Day hospitals--Other provision--Liaison between hospital and community -- 10. Nursing approach:- Preservation of dignity and individuality--Promotion of effecive communication--Self-care--Education of the patient and his family--Multi-disciplinary teamwork -- Part 4. Individualised care-:- 11. Nursing process:- Assessment--Planning care--Implementation--Evaluation -- 12. Illness in the elderly:-The components of basic nursing care--Intellectual failure--Instability and immobility--Incontinence -- 13. Surgery and the elderly:- Assessment and pre-operative care--Emergency surgery--Anaesthesia--Post-operative management--14. Drugs and the elderly:- The altered presentation of disease--Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics--Multiple pathology and multiple medication--Correct drug-taking-- 15.Dying and death:- Bereavement--The last achievement-- Part 5:-Conclusion: a future for old age -- 16.Towards the twenty-first century:- Implications for planning--Preparing nurses to meet future needs.
The future of our ageing society is considered, alongside the necessity to prepare nurses to meet the future health needs of the elderly.