Healthy ageing and aged care / edited by Maree Bernoth and Denise Winkler.
Material type: TextPublisher: South Melbourne, Victoria : Oxford University Press 2017Description: xxvi, 465 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780195597585 (pbk.) :
- 0195597583
- Older people -- Health and hygiene -- New Zealand
- Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Australia
- Older people -- Home care -- New Zealand
- Older people -- Home care -- Australia
- Older people -- Medical care -- New Zealand
- Older people -- Medical care -- Australia
- Geriatric nursing -- New Zealand
- Geriatric nursing -- Australia
- Aging -- New Zealand
- Aging -- Australia
- Older people -- Care -- New Zealand
- Older people -- Care -- Australia
- Older people -- Government policy -- New Zealand
- Older people -- Government policy -- Australia
- Aging
- Health and Wellbeing
- Aging
- Geriatric nursing
- Older people -- Health and hygiene
- Older people -- Home care
- Older people -- Medical care
- Social services & welfare, criminology
- Care of the elderly
- Personal & public health
- Health systems & services
- Nursing
- Geriatric nursing
- Australia
- New Zealand
- [618.97 BER 23
- HV1490
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 618.97 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 220088 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Guided tour -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Author profiles -- Part 1 The context of aging 1 The profile of older people in Australia and New Zealand 2 Policies influencing ageing and aged care in Australia and New Zealand 3 The experience of ageing for indigenous Australians and Ma�ori peoples 4 The personal perspective of ageing in a complex world -- Part 2 The social aspects of aging 5 Family relationships and informal care 6 Intimate relationships 7 Ageing in rural areas 8 Vulnerabilities and abuse 9 Volunteer relationships and older people in the work force 10 Leisure and recreation in the lives of older people 11 Previously unrecognised issues: managing the heath of an ageing prison and homeless population -- Part 3 The clinical aspects of aging and aged care 12 The impact of physiological changes on older people: implications for nursing practice 13 The older person in acute care 14 Maintaining mental health through the ageing experience 15 Dementia 16 Pharmacology 17 Optimal nutrition and hydration 18 Mobility and falls prevention 19 Managing multiple chronic conditions (multimorbidity) 20 End-of-life care -- Glossary -- Index to case studies -- Subject index
'Healthy Ageing and Aged Care' takes an inter-disciplinary approach to supporting older people within the community and in care. The text takes a holistic view of the older person, and emphasises the positive aspects of the ageing process, maintaining that people age in healthy ways and continue to be an integral part of their families and communities.