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Health needs of the elderly / Gill Garrett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Essentials of nursing | The Essentials of nursingPublication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1987.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii,128p. : ill(some col.) ; 30cmISBN:
  • 9780333440773 (pbk) :
  • 0333440773 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.7365 GAR
LOC classification:
  • RC954
Contents:
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.
Summary: The future of our ageing society is considered, alongside the necessity to prepare nurses to meet the future health needs of the elderly.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 610.7365 GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 113825

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.

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