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Healthy ageing and aged care / edited by Maree Bernoth and Denise Winkler.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: South Melbourne, Victoria : Oxford University Press 2017Description: xxvi, 465 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195597585 (pbk.) :
  • 0195597583
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [618.97 BER 23
LOC classification:
  • HV1490
Contents:
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
Summary: '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.
List(s) this item appears in: Nutrition
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
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.

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