authors:- Redfern, Sally J.
- Ross, Fiona, 1951-
subjects:publishers:- Elsevier Churchill Livingstone,
ISBN:- 0443074593 (pbk.)
- 9780443074592
notes:- Previous ed.: Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1999.
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- List of contributors vii; Preface xi; 1. Introduction 1; SECTION 1 Ageing and old age 5; 2. What is old age? 7; 3. Demographic and epidemiological trends in ageing 23; 4. The psychology of human ageing 39; 5. The biology of human ageing 57; SECTION 2 Policy change and contexts of care 83; 6. Policy developments in the organization of support for older people 85; 7. Health and social care for older people in the community 103; 8. Nursing older people in hospital 123; 9. Intermediate and long-term care provision for older people 139; SECTION 3 Nursing older people: independence, autonomy and self-fulfilment 163; 10. Communication challenges and skills 165; 11. Hearing 183; 12. Eyesight and older people 199; 13. Promoting safe mobility 219; 14. Care of the foot 245; 15. Breathing 259; 16. Eating and drinking 279; 17. Eliminating 315; 18. Maintaining body temperature 339; 19. Maintaining healthy skin 373; 20. Sleep and rest 413; 21. Sexuality and relationships in later life 437; 22. Pain and older people 457; 23. Delirium (acute confusional states) in later life 475; 24. Person-centred dementia care 491; 25. Depression in older people 529; 26. Dying, bereavement and loss 555; 27. Drugs and older people 583; SECTION 4 Current issues and reflections on caring for older people 601; 28. Assessment of older people 603; 29. Health care for older homeless people 629; 30. Health promotion for older people 645. 31. Complementary therapies 669; 32. Abuse of older people 687; 33. Carers and lay caring 713; 34. Reflections 729; Index 745.
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