Health and well-being for older people : foundations for practice / Anne Squire ; foreword by Ina Simnett.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION 1. HEALTH PPROMOTION CONCEPTS AND OLDER PEOPLE:-1. What affects the health of older people?:- The demography of an ageing population--Age as a determinant of health--Defining old age--The ageing process--The health status of older people--Social and economic influences-- National and international perspectives on older people--Conclusion; Summary--2. The scope, goals and values of health promotion with older people:- What is health?--Health education and health promotion with older people--values, attitudes and beliefs about older people--Ageism--The goals and values of health promotion with older people--The scope of health promotion with older people--health promotion and health gain--The changing roles of health promoters--The value of health promotion with older people--Ethical dilemmas--Positive ageing; Conclusion, summary--3. Who promotes the health of older people?:- The concept of caring--Lay and family carers (informal carers)--Statutory care--What do carers do?--Professional carers and health promoters--Promoting the health of informal carers--Assessment of carers\' health and social needs--Voluntary organizations--Health promotion with formal carers--Conclusion--Summary--SECTION 2: FACILITATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING:- 4. Helping older people towards healthier living:- Changing health-related behaviour--Health promotion models--Self-empowerment--Strategies for changing behaviour--Conclusion-- Summary--5. Planning and evaluating health promotion with older people:-Planning health promotion with older people--Quality issues and good practice in health promotion--Planning models--Health needs assessment--Empowerment, equity and partnership--Group and population health needs--The evaluation of heaalth promotion--Methods, theories and purpose of evaluation in health promotion--Political, economic and ethical dimensions of evaluation--Assuring quality in planning and evaluation--Conclusion--Summary--6. Working in partnership with others:- Partnership and empowerment--Benefits of networking and partnerships--Working in teams--Promoting alliances with workers in areas of high social deprivation--Implications for health promotion practice and health promoters--Older people in the community--Conclusions--Summary--Appendix 6.1 Discussion document by Gwynedd Local Health Alliance 2001.--7. Using effective communication tools with and for older people--Aims and objectives when using resources--Communication-- media influences on and about older people--Written communication tools--Information technology--Conclusion--Summary--SECTION 3: WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS:- 8. Working with older people in community settings-- What is the community? Health promotion in the community--Principles and practice of community health promotion--Community participation and empowerment--Community profiling--Community mental health--Exercise in the community--Conclusion--Summary--Appendix 8.1 Brockenhurst Healthy Village and community participation--9. Working with older people in hospital settings--Introduction--The context of the health-promoting hospital--The intended outcomes of health promotion in hospital--Assessment/needs/planning and organization of health promotion in the hospital--Issues affecting outcomes and practice of health promotion in the hospital--Health promotion activities in hospital--Discharge planning and liaison for older people between hospitals and the community--Conclusion--Summary--10. Working with older people in residential settings:-The context of residential care--The costs of residential homes and nursing homes--Choosing residential care--United nations outcomes for older people--Assessing, planning and evaluating for older people\'s health and social care--The empowerment approach--Perceptions of morale and power--Individualized care--The RCN assessment tool--Health promotion outcomes--The practice of health promotion in residential settings--Values and attitudes to long-term care--Conclusion--Summary-- Appendix 10.1 Residential care in France--SECTION 4: THE WAY FORWARD: CHALLENGES IN THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH OF OLDER PEOPLE:-11. Life, work and livelihood in the Third age:- Review of the previous chapters--Expanding health and social care services available to the older person--Reaching older people who use the health and social care services least often--Strategies for self-empowerment and community empowerment of older people and carers in the future--Political, economic and social context of health for the older person in the future--The way forward for health promotion policy and practice--Conclusion--Summary--12. Resources:- Videos--Teaching packs--Health promotion leaflets, books and reports--Useful addresses--Websites.

This textbook looks at foundations for practice in the health and well-being of older people. It includes sections on health promotion concepts and older people, facilitating health and well-being, and working with older people in different settings.