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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatricsby Mary Palmer; Peggye Dilworth-Anderson
Springer Publishing Company 2011; US$ 95.00This unique volume, with its person- and context-centered focus, is the only book to emphasize the need to incorporate social, cultural, and demographics into transitional care protocol for elderly patients. It encompasses the larger context of life experience in order to provide optimal pathways through transitions of care for elderly patients and has broad implications for shaping policy and future research. A consideration of contextual factors for both patients and caregivers is woven throughout the book. Chapters focus on physical and complex health problems shaping transitions of care, legal, ethical, and decision-making issues including informed consent and end of life, the impact of the current fragmented healthcare system on transitions... more...
Elderly Medicineby Gurcharan S Rai; Graham P Mulley
Informa Healthcare 2001; US$ 114.95This lively guide to active learning focuses on day-to-day management issues providing practical evidence-based advice on common problems encountered in older people. It also includes topics that may perplex both trainee and experienced physician. more...
Aged Care Nursingby Susan Carmody; Sue Forster
Ausmed Publications 2004; US$ 34.95Overview Care of the aged has a long and noble history within the nursing profession. Respect for the dignity of the elderly and a commitment to their well-being have inspired generations of nurses. But it is only in more recent times that aged-care nursing has really 'come of age' with the provision of sound evidence-based nursing practice. The traditional ethical approach to aged-care nursing has thus become combined with sound scientific knowledge in a modern holistic model of care. Aged Care Nursing: A Guide to Practice is written by clinicians for clinicians. Each chapter describes contemporary nursing practice in a specific area of aged care. The inclusion of evidence-based and outcome-based practices throughout... more...
Nursing Documentation in Aged Careby Christine Crofton; Gaye Witney
Ausmed Publications 2004; US$ 34.95Overview Nursing documentation is often perceived as a tiresome chore. Although this perception of documentation is understandable, Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: A Guide to Practice is written from a different perspective. The title of the book is carefully chosen. All of the contributors to this book firmly believe that nursing documentation in aged care - if performed with pride and professionalism - is truly a guide to practice. In striving for the highest standards of professionalism in all that they do, nurses are increasingly recognising that documentation is a wonderful opportunity to record and reflect upon all that is good in nursing. In addition to their ethical and professional responsibilities, caring... more...
Dependence and Autonomy in Old Ageby George Agich
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 71.00In this influential book, George Agich abandons comfortable abstractions to reveal the concrete threats to personal autonomy in long-term care. His book therefore offers a framework for carers to develop an ethic of long-term care within the complex environment in which many dependent and aged people find themselves. more...
Falls in Older Peopleby Stephen R. Lord; Catherine Sherrington; Hylton B. Menz
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 63.00This book provides a survey of the most recent developments in the area. Coverage includes epidemiology, critical appraisal of the roles of exercise, environment, footwear, and medication, evidence-based risk assessment, and falls-prevention strategies. Falls in Older People will be invaluable to clinicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, and researchers. more...
Acute Emergencies and Critical Care of the Geriatric Patientby Thomas T. Yoshikawa; Dean C. Norman
Informa Healthcare 2000; US$ 169.95A review of the diagnosis and treatment of common surgical and medical emergencies in elderly patients. It examines drug therapies and drug prescribing protocols, identifies life-threatening drug reactions, weighs ethical issues, and addresses methods of profiling patients for nursing care. more...
Infection Management for Geriatrics in Long-term Care Facilitiesby Thomas T. Yoshikawa; Joseph G. Ouslander
Informa Healthcare 2002; US$ 179.95This volume addresses issues such as demographics, epidemiology, host resistance, clinical manifestations, nursing care, ethics, outbreak investigation and antimicrobial therapy. more...
Human Factors Interventions for the Health Care of Older Adultsby Wendy A. Roger
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2002; US$ 99.95This work represents the culmination of discussions that took place at the Conference on Human Factors and Health Care Interventions for Older Adults. The relevance and contributions of the field of human factors to health care interventions is the unifying theme of the book. more...
Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicineby M.S. John Pathy; Alan J. Sinclair; John E. Morley
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2006; US$ 960.00The fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine provides an account of the fundamental changes associated with ageing, which are essential to our understanding and management of the elderly sick population. The title has been extensively revised and updates to reflect the enormous changes in treatment options and medical conditions emerged since publication of the third edition. Written by worldwide experts of international repute, this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive single reference source currently available. Principles & Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Fourth Edition incorporates: More than 30 new chapters, including: Preventive geriatrics, Anorexia of... more...









