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Older people : issues and innovations in care. Rhonda Nay ; Sally Garratt ; Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chatswood, N.S.W. : Elsevier Australia [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 4th edition / Rhonda Nay, Sally Garratt, Deirdre FetherstonhaughDescription: 544 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780729541633 (pbk.) :
  • 9780729541633 (paperback)
  • 0729541630 (paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Nursing older people
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.970231 23
LOC classification:
  • RC954
Contents:
Section 1. Contextual issues and innovations. Caring for older people: issues for consumers -- Public health for an ageing society -- Redefining 'old age': the centenarians -- Ageing in rural areas -- Younger people in residential aged care facilities -- Community support for older Australians: issues and future directions -- Section 2. Practice issues and innovations. Person-centred care -- Upholding rights and managing risk while improving quality of care -- Health and care of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples -- Working with families: evidence, tools, implementation and evaluation -- Older people and acute care -- Person-centred comprehensive geriatric assessment -- Alzheimer's dementia: neuropsychology, early diagnosis and intervention -- Depression and suicide in older people -- Persistent pain in older people -- Sexuality, ageing and health professionals -- Intervention in a situation of elder abuse and neglect -- End-of-life decision making for older people -- Section 3. Innovations in action. Self esteem, dignity and finding meaning in dementia -- Accreditation: compliance or the pursuit of excellence? -- Environments that enhance dementia care: issues and challenges -- Assistive technology: opportunities and implications -- Innovative responses to a changing healthcare environment -- My journey of heartbreak: my parents and Alzheimer's disease -- Visionary leadership for a 'greying' healthcare system.
Summary: This title focuses on issues and innovations in aged care, with evidence-based examples and clinical vignettes included throughout the new edition.
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Previous edition: Sydney : Churchill Livingston Elsevier, c2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Contextual issues and innovations. Caring for older people: issues for consumers -- Public health for an ageing society -- Redefining 'old age': the centenarians -- Ageing in rural areas -- Younger people in residential aged care facilities -- Community support for older Australians: issues and future directions -- Section 2. Practice issues and innovations. Person-centred care -- Upholding rights and managing risk while improving quality of care -- Health and care of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples -- Working with families: evidence, tools, implementation and evaluation -- Older people and acute care -- Person-centred comprehensive geriatric assessment -- Alzheimer's dementia: neuropsychology, early diagnosis and intervention -- Depression and suicide in older people -- Persistent pain in older people -- Sexuality, ageing and health professionals -- Intervention in a situation of elder abuse and neglect -- End-of-life decision making for older people -- Section 3. Innovations in action. Self esteem, dignity and finding meaning in dementia -- Accreditation: compliance or the pursuit of excellence? -- Environments that enhance dementia care: issues and challenges -- Assistive technology: opportunities and implications -- Innovative responses to a changing healthcare environment -- My journey of heartbreak: my parents and Alzheimer's disease -- Visionary leadership for a 'greying' healthcare system.

This title focuses on issues and innovations in aged care, with evidence-based examples and clinical vignettes included throughout the new edition.

Text in English.

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