Gerontology

Taking a unique look at health promotion and aging in Canada, this edited collection uses the action framework in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion to explore the factors and issues related to the health of older adults. The book is organized...

Ensure you thoroughly understand the intricate details of providing effective care for adults as they age. Ebersole & Hess' Toward Healthy Aging, 10th Edition is the only comprehensive gerontological nursing text that effectively communicates how to...

En esta nueva edicion, Enfermeria gerontologica se actualiza con los nuevos conocimientos incorporados a la especialidad y que transforman su aplicacion practica. El texto recoge un amplio numero de aspectos y desgrana en detalle los conocimientos que...

Demographically, the care of older people is a growing area of concern. The growth in nursing care in this area has been tremendous both within and without the NHS. Nursing texts have tended to be limited to medical aspects of ill-health, but nursing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323829663Author Theris A TouhyImprint ElsevierPublisher ElsevierWeight(grams) 1070g

Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients continues to explore the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice in an updated new edition. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of...

Provide optimal, evidence-based triage assessment, advice, and protocols, with Triage Protocols for Aging Adults .The 190 evidence-based protocols offered here address a wide range of symptoms, disorders, and emergencies affecting those 50 and older...

The dental needs of people living with dementia are often overlooked, particularly in the care home and hospital community. It is challenging to maintain good standards of oral care with people living with dementia, and poor care can increase the fear...

As developing countries increasingly confront the issues of an aging population, this important book identifies the key period in the life cycle in which changes to the body, as well as concomitant psychological developments, result in the entering of a...

This volume explores different models of regulating the use of restrictive practices in health care and disability settings. The authors examine the legislation, policies, inspection, enforcement and accreditation of the use of practices such as...

Gerontological nursing remains a critical specialty area for the profession of nursing, especially as the older adult population grows. The Fifth Edition of Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care takes a holistic approach and teaches students how...

Nursing care of older people provides a new, contemporary, evidence based and practical guide to meeting the holistic health needs of older patients. With a clear and engaging style, the authors outline a rigorous and robust account of underlying...

Social workers often have to handle a great deal of negativity in their working lives. This book celebrates social work practice at its most positive and influential and, in doing so, contributes to a growing literature on critical best practice. ...

Medication Management in Care of Older People is an accessible introduction to medication management and its role in the management of older people and their medicines. It addresses key issues in medication management, evaluates professional roles and...

The author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side. Instead he provides an account of the battle through the overarching nature of the relationship between the...

For the estimated six million carers in the UK today, Mary Jordan has once again brought together a wealth of practical information, supported it with numerous sources of extra help, and illustrated the practical issues with personal stories that...

Much has been written about healthcare for older people, but the ageing process affects people of all ages. Ageing, rather than old people, has received scant attention within healthcare literature. This book addresses this paucity. It explores key...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for AJN Book-of-the-Year Award Winner: Gerontologic Nursing 2020 (United States).Book InformationISBN 9780826188144Author Marie BoltzFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Health resources are becoming increasingly constrained. So it is essential that professionals, and the public, recognise the need to work together in establishing local priorities and collaborate in their implementation. Priority Setting and The Public...

Lubkin's Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention, Tenth Edition is an essential text for teaching nursing students the impact of chronic Illness on both patients and families. This is the only text of its kinds that truly addresses not only the physical...

Focusing on the content that students need to know for effective practice, this text offers evidence-based coverage of the aging process, factors contributing to healthy aging, and unique aspects of disease presentation and management in older adults...

Driven by the recommendations for the National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, this new book is written in collaboration with EMAP Healthcare Open Learning. Nursing students will be given a solid grounding in what is involved in nursing older...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805240198Author James Scott BahohFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint CerebratePublisher CerebrateWeight(grams) 549g

This innovative book provides a new conceptual analysis of loneliness – a condition associated with severe health consequences, including increased morbidity and early death.Arguing that social connection is not the only answer, it explores pathways for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599323480Author Nancy Banfield JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Advantage Media GroupPublisher Advantage Media GroupWeight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932690545Author Nancy WessonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Loving Healing PressPublisher Loving Healing PressWeight(grams) 520g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780887375934Author Mary BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 143Imprint National League for Nursing,U.S.Publisher National League for Nursing,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Ensure you thoroughly understand the intricate details of providing effective care for adults as they age. Ebersole & Hess' Toward Healthy Aging, 10th Edition is the only comprehensive gerontological nursing text that effectively communicates how to...

- Awarded first place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Award in Gerontologic Nursing Category - 4 Stars from Doody's Review Service Cultivate confident, wellness-oriented care for older adults across a changing healthcare environment with the latest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804674819Author Patty JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 460g

As the fastest growing population sector worldwide, older adults are seen in almost every care setting in which clinicians practice. Developed as a resource for advanced practice nurses in any setting, Case Studies in Gerontological Nursing for the...

Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients explores the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice. This text helps nurses define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various patient...

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: A Case-Based Approach Studying for AGACNP/DNP certification, or looking to strengthen your adult-gerontology acute care skills? Grab the know-how, support, and practical guidance you...

Covering a wide range of topics, this collection of original essays deals with the consequences and challenges of our growing aging population on society. It emphasizes aging as a developmental process while addressing the future of the practice of...

Compassionately care for the aging population with Gerontologic Nursing, 6th Edition, uniquely known for its comprehensive coverage of the most common medical-surgical problems associated with older adults. Organized by body system for easy retrieval of...

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! and Awarded Second Place in the 2021 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Gerontologic NursingFocusing on the content that students need to know for effective practice, this text offers evidence-based coverage of the...

This book will enable readers to understand the principles underpinning the management of pain which a particular emphasis upon the care of the older adult. The chapters will explore concepts that are recognised to be involved in the pain experience but...

The notion of quality of life has for several decades been well-established in ethical debate about health care and the care of older people. Dignity in Care for Older People highlights the notion of dignity within the care of the elderly, focusing on...

Textbook of Dementia Care: An Integrated Approach gives an overview of dementia care at a level appropriate to health and social care students, as well as providing an update to experienced practitioners. Authors come from a variety of backgrounds...

This convenient and easy-to-use pocket-sized reference provides gerontology nurses with the foundational knowledge they need to provide all aspects of safe, effective care to older patients. It contains crucial evidence-based information that enables...