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Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Geriatric nursing
This issue of Psychiatric Clinics, edited by Drs. Dan Blazer and
Susan Schultz, will cover a number of important aspects of
Geriatric Psychiatry. Topics in this issue include, but are not
limited to: Delirium in the elderly; Depression and cardiac disease
in later life; Schizophrenia in later life; Anxiety Disorders in
later life; Neurological changes and depression; Behavioral Changes
with Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia; Palliative Care in
Dementia and Chronic Mental Illness; Collaborative Care for the
elderly with psychiatric disorders; and Post Traumatic Stress
Disorders in the elderly.
Rehabilitation of the geriatric patient poses a unique set of
challenges and conditions often not seen in younger patients, but
which are common among older adults. This quick, practical resource
helps physiatrists and other members of the rehabilitation team
overcome these challenges, covering the wide range of topics
necessary to provide the highest level of care to this rapidly
increasing population. Presents practical guidance on arthritis and
joint replacement, polypharmacy and mobility, swallowing
dysfunction, nutritional recommendations, psychiatric and cognitive
disorders, assistive technology, and more. Covers the physiologic
changes and epidemiology of aging, osteoporosis and fragility
fractures, fall prevention and intervention, and prevention of
hospital-acquired deconditioning. Consolidates today's available
information on geriatric rehabilitation into one convenient
resource.
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Key to Success for the Adult-Gerontology and Family Nurse
Practitioner Certification exams! Adult-Gerontology and Family
Nurse Practitioner Self-Assessment and Exam Review is the perfect
way to prepare for the Adult-Gerontology and Family Nurse
Certification exams. This powerful study guide delivers everything
you need to pass in one convenient resource: clinical pearls,
learning objectives, exam tips, comprehensive practice exams, and
clinical cases. The user-friendly, time-efficient format
conveniently condenses and simplifies must-know, high-yield content
most relevant to passing the exam and real-world clinical practice.
Features: * Chapters are an engaging mix of Q&A and narrative,
leading you step-by-step through the process of presentation of
symptoms to treatment and referral * Includes exam tips and
clinical pearls for exam success and real-world application *
Covers all major content areas of the exam blueprints for both the
AANP and ANCC * Up-to-date coverage of critical issues in NP
practice, including coordination of care, health promotion/disease
prevention, therapeutic communication, standards of practice, and
current health care policy issues
Falls are a widespread public health problem, affecting many age
groups from children through older adults, from public to patient
settings. In the healthcare setting, all persons involved in the
delivery of healthcare - from administration through hands-on
healthcare providers and professionals - have a responsibility for
providing patient safety in preventing falls. This shared goal and
responsibility for providing patient safety and in preventing
falls. This shared goal and responsibility for fall prevention (and
management) is echoed in the Joint Commission Standards - affecting
all participating hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living
facilities, ambulatory care settings or any place where patient
falls can occur. Learn how to prevent or manage falls with current
information and case studies. Learn how to analyze liability
associated with falls.
Esta investigaci n presenta una propuesta de trabajo con adultos
mayores a partir de un Modelo de Atenci n para el cuidado de
adultos mayores a partir del m todo Montessori. El Modelo est
siendo utilizado en una casa de cuidado de adultos mayores en el
Estado de Colima, en el cual se han ido modificando las estrategias
de atenci n en donde se busca principalmente el desarrollo de
habilidades sociales, a partir de actividades l dico-recreativas,
que les permite interactuar entre ellos. Adem?'s se destaca la
importancia de la relaci n del cuidador-adulto mayor, y de la
necesidad de contar con personal profesional. Este trabajo de
investigaci n muestra la aplicaci n del Modelo haciendo al final
una propuesta de actividades as como de la creaci n de una ludoteca
para adultos mayores. Invitamos a los lectores a revisar el
documento, as como a proponer acciones en beneficio de los adultos
mayores, particularmente de los institucionalizados, para que se
generen programas sociales; de igual forma a quienes cuidan adultos
mayores para que se preparen cada d a y puedan brindar un servicio
con calidad y calidez, finalmente para los profesionistas quienes
tienen una gran oportunidad de generar cambios en la atenci n de
este grupo etario, que muchas veces se encuentra abandonado.
As communication skills decline in people with dementia, a
supportive environment becomes crucial to a resident's ability to
express needs and desires. But how do you recognise what physical
and social changes will help improve functioning, communication,
and quality of life? The Environment & Communication Assessment
Toolkit (ECAT) for Dementia Care is your answer. This
evidence-based toolkit includes the tools you need to assess,
intervene, and modify on an individualised basis to ensure the
quality of life for people with dementia. Use the validated
Assessment Forms, and in three easy-to-follow steps you will be
able to assess activity performance with quick yes/no questions;
evaluate the environment to identify barriers and problems; and
pinpoint individualised recommendations for intervention. ECAT's
developers are researchers and experienced clinicians who have made
sure that ECAT integrates effortlessly into evaluation and
treatment sessions; helps keep up case load demands with creative
solutions; satisfies regulatory requirements; leads to
straightforward functional therapeutic interventions; and
identifies low-cost, person-centred environmental modifications.
ECAT for Dementia Care has more than 300 specific recommendations
for interventions and modifications that will reduce typical
problems encountered during routine activities of daily living for
people with dementia. With the ECAT's functionally based assessment
and intervention system, you will be fully equipped with solutions.
Environment & Communication Assessment Toolkit for Dementia
Care Toolkit (ECAT) Card Pack contains 25 cards (24 full-colour
Sequencing Cue Cards and 1 double-sided single colour card (Gray
Scale Contrast Tool and Type Size Reading Test).
Will you be ready when it's time...?
Whether whittling down to the essentials for a parent moving into
a room or two or downsizing for ourselves, ignoring the spirit and
basing decisions on health and safety alone could have devastating
results.
In this hope filled book you will learn how to:
Identify needs and desires to create a quality new life Cope with
the Depression Era mind-set Create emotionally sustaining
environments to nurture the soul Ready and sell the family home Ask
the RIGHT questions to help divest of treasures Manage your energy
and spirit throughout the process Determine when it's time to
consider alternative placement Perform the ordinary in a
non-ordinary way -- allowing you to preserve and heal family
relationships
Expert's Acclaim for Moving Your Aging Parents
"A creative and inspiring godsend for helping Mom and Dad
transition to the next phase of life. Valuable for caregivers,
healthcare professionals, and seniors interested in aging with
independence, dignity and grace."
--Jacqueline Marcell, author Elder Rage, host of Coping With
Caregiving radio show
"What a truly remarkable and elegantly written book. The
information is relevant for every relocation regardless of the age
or circumstances of the client."
--Sally B. Yaryan, Director, Professional Development &
Education; Austin Board of REALTORS (r)
"As a thirty-five year plus veteran of health care practice as a
Registered Nurse, specializing in the care of the elderly, I offer
my heart-felt endorsement of this excellent book. It offers
concrete plans to follow and emphasizes the emotional and spiritual
counterparts that transform seemingly difficult chores into acts of
mutual joy, growth, and love."
--Mary Durfor for Rebecca Reads
Learn more about this author at www.FocusOnSpace.com
From the Aging With Grace Series at Loving Healing Press
www.LovingHealing.com
Geropsychiatric And Mental Health Nursing, Second Edition Addresses
The Knowledge And Skills Necessary In The Assessment And Nursing
Care Of Older Adults Experiencing Common Late Life Mental Health
And Psychiatric Problems. This Text Features Experts In
Gerontological Nursing And Geropsychiatric Fields And Provides
Essential Information For Advanced Practice And Professional
Nurses, As Well As Graduate And Undergraduate Nursing Students.The
Second Edition Has Been Completely Revised And Updated To Include
Crucial Areas Like Assessment, Diagnosis, Psychopharmacology, And
Behavioral Management Strategies In Nursing Care Of Older Adults.
New To This Edition Are Case Studies In Each Chapter In Addition To
Discussion Questions. This New Edition Also Presents The Work Of
The Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative (GPNC) In Its Entirety.
The Focus Of The GPNC Is To Improve The Education Of Nurses Who
Care For Elders Suffering From Depression, Dementia, And Other
Mental Health Disorders. The Collaborative Effort Enhances Extant
Competencies For All Levels Of Nursing Education, Focusing On Older
Adults With Mental Health/Illness Concerns. Shared In The Appendix
Are The Competency Statements Developed For Basic, Graduate,
Post-Graduate, And Continuing Education Nursing Programs.
Medical Spanish: A Guide for Geriatrics, is the most extensive
medical Spanish resource ever created for geriatrics. At 684 pages,
it is so complete that no one practicing geriatrics will ever want
to work without it again. History: Step-by-step phrases for taking
a complete geriatric history. Don't know much Spanish? No problem.
If you speak English, you can take a history from Spanish-speaking
patients with this book. It is that complete and easy to use.
Evaluation: Just as easy are the step-by-step phrases for
performing a complete geriatric evaluation. Do you want your
patients to hold their breaths, perform specific tests, or just be
quiet? No matter what your Spanish level, this book orients the
evaluation to the way you think in English. Diagnosis: A virtual
cookbook for instructing patients about numerous diagnostic issues.
Want the diagnosis in technical terms? Want the diagnosis in lay
terms? And want the diagnosis explained in the kind of Spanish,
which your patients understand? Procedures: Need to explain the
procedures you need to perform? Just pick your topic. Treatment and
Explanations: A whole host of treatments and their explanations -
from cardiac disorders and depression to a whole host of acute and
chronic diseases . Vocabulary: From soups to nuts - literally - all
of the vocabulary needed to practice geriatrics well is in this
book. Uncommonly simple - and utilitarian. This book has it all.
These are exciting and challenging times for gerontological
nursing. N urses are at center stage for defining and improving
health care for o ur nation's older adults. "Ways of Knowing and
Caring for the Older Ad ult" is a powerful resource on the broad
range of issues that face nur ses seeking excellence in this
increasingly important specialty. Any h ealth care professional who
works with the elderly will benefit greatl y from this outstanding
collection of scholarly and experiential paper s.
Caring for older people encompasses complex physical, social and
psychological needs, and poses many diverse challenges for nurses.
Caring for Older People in the Community provides nurses with an up
to date practical resource that explores these challenges.
Throughout the book the use of reflection points and scenarios
enable the reader to reflect on current issues and consider how
underpinning theory supports practice. Each chapter is evidence
based and fully referenced, with full contact details of charities.
This book will appeal to health and social care practitioners
working in community settings, and will help nurses meet the
challenge of nursing and the ageing population with empathy and
understanding of diverse needs.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Among the most critical issues facing society today is the
provision of community support for people of all ages who require
assistance in performing daily living tasks. Researchers have
documented the support systems and needs of older persons, children
with special health care needs, and young persons transitioning
into adulthood. While the United States may not yet have solved
many of the challenges of providing adequate supports to these
populations, researchers at least have a good sense of the nature
of those challenges and are working toward that end. Somewhat
surprising, then, is the nearly complete lack of knowledge about
the support systems and needs of a rapidly growing population of
adults who are not yet considered old but who nevertheless need
help due to traumatic injury, the congenital illnesses of childhood
and young adulthood, and/or the early onset of chronic diseases
typically associated with later life (e.g., arthritis, heart
disease and cancer). Specifically, researchers know little about
the millions of Americans who require assistance during the period
of late middle age, a transition phase between middle age and the
older years, when activity limitations associated with a chronic
condition escalate sharply. The largest generation in American
history to date--the baby boom generation--has begun to enter late
middle age, the oldest of whom turned sixty in 2006. While the
research community looks ahead to the likely strains this
generation will place on the formal long-term care system,
Medicare, and the Social Security system in the near future, those
who find themselves in need of personal care in late middle age
must first pass through a particularly vulnerabletime before they
are eligible to benefit from the safety net these systems afford.
Because late-middle-aged adults are often considered the "carers"
of society (many caring for dependent children or aging parents,
and often both), we do not often think of this group as vulnerable
and in need of help themselves. They, more than others, are left to
rely on their own financial and family support systems to get
through their difficult time, while at the same time planning and
preparing for the possibility of living another 20 years or more
with chronic illnesses and conditions. Up until now, we have known
very little about how, and how well, they manage. In this first
critical study of the availability and receipt of care for
late-middle-aged adults, Julie Lima and Susan Allen uncover a host
of vulnerabilities that challenge the wellbeing of those who find
themselves in need of personal assistance at a critical point in
their lives. Using a lifecourse approach, they outline the care
needs of older adults in various stages of life, as well as the
sociodemographic and policy trends that influence the amounts and
types of care that are available, and that will likely be available
in the near future. Since so little was known about the care needs
of this group prior to this work, this book is largely descriptive
in nature, and the authors intend for it to lay the groundwork for
future work in this area. This is an important book for all
gerontology, disability, and lifecourse collections.
Slowakisch/Deutsch, Deutsch/Slowakisch - Woerterbuch fur
slowakische Pflegende, Senioren und Angehoerige: Eine grosse
Herausforderung fur viele slowakische Pflegekrafte im
deutschsprachigen Raum ist die Verstandigung im Alltag der
hauslichen Pflege. Dieser einfache Sprachfuhrer ist ein
unverzichtbarer Helfer im direkten Gesprach. Begriffe und einfache
Satze aus dem Alltag werden in beiden Sprachen angefuhrt und
erleichtern die Kommunikation zwischen allen Beteiligten. Haufig
verwendete Vokabeln, medizinische Fachwoerter und einfache Dialoge
werden zu Alltagsthemen zusammengetragen, wie z.B.: Koerperhygiene,
Haushalt, der menschliche Koerper, Wohlbefinden, Arztbesuch,
Gesundheit und Krankheit, Ernahrung. Zahlreiche Abbildungen
unterstutzen ebenfalls das Einander-Verstehen. Fur slowakische
Pflegekrafte, die in Deutschland, OEsterreich oder in der Schweiz
arbeiten, Vermittlungsagenturen und Arbeitgeber im
Gesundheitswesen, die mit slowakischen Fachkraften
zusammenarbeiten. Aber auch Senioren und Angehoerige, die dankbar
sind uber die Unterstutzung im hauslichen Umfeld, finden in diesem
Alltagswoerterbuch eine wirklich praktische Hilfe.
The transformation in the health care industry, begun over a decade
ag o, will continue well into the 21st century. And the dominant
theme in the new millennium is likely to be collaborative practice
and outcome s-based health care delivery. A collection of the most
current and inn ovative presentations in path-based, collaborative
practices, this boo k focuses on the design, implementation and
analysis of outcomes for t he heavy volume DRGs. For each DRG, the
authors present two to three s tandard clinical pathways, and then
show how those pathways can be man ipulated to alter outcomes.
Health Care Outcomes covers topics in Resp iratory,
Neonatal/Pediatric, General Surgery, Orthopaedic, and Geriatr ic
Care. A comprehensive collection of critical pathways and outcomes
maps being used by leading hospitals and health care agencies
around t he country, this is an important reference for developing
path-based c are models, or revising critical paths and outcomes
maps.
Whether whittling down to the essentials for a parent moving into a
room or two or downsizing for ourselves, ignoring the spirit and
basing decisions on health and safety alone could have devastating
results.
In this hope filled book you will learn how to:
Identify needs and desires to create a quality new life Cope with
the Depression Era mind-set Create emotionally sustaining
environments to nurture the soul Ready and sell the family home Ask
the RIGHT questions to help divest of treasures Manage your energy
and spirit throughout the process
Expert s Acclaim for Moving Your Aging Parents
"A creative and inspiring godsend for helping Mom and Dad
transition to the next phase of life. Valuable for caregivers,
healthcare professionals, and seniors interested in aging with
independence, dignity and grace."
--Jacqueline Marcell, author Elder Rage, host of Coping With
Caregiving radio show
"What a truly remarkable and elegantly written book. The
information is relevant for every relocation regardless of the age
or circumstances of the client."
--Sally B. Yaryan, Director, Professional Development &
Education; Austin Board of REALTORS (r)
"As a thirty-five year plus veteran of health care practice as a
Registered Nurse, specializing in the care of the elderly, I offer
my heart-felt endorsement of this excellent book. It offers
concrete plans to follow and emphasizes the emotional and spiritual
counterparts that transform seemingly difficult chores into acts of
mutual joy, growth, and love."
--Mary Durfor for Rebecca Reads
Learn more about this author at www.FocusOnSpace.com
From the Aging With Grace Series at Loving Healing Press
www.LovingHealing.com
Many are disquieted by how we care for older persons today. This
book documents an example of care practices and management
infrastructure that restore dignity and wholeness to the elderly.
Updated 2006 Caregivers find JOY caring for loved ones with
Alzheimer's despite losing them day-by-day. ..".comforting,
spiritually healing book filled with touches of wry humor..."
Midwest Book Review "We laugh so we won't cry," explain caregivers.
..".a breath of fresh air...The lovingly told humorous stories and
anecdotes prove once again that laughter is good medicine..." B.J.
FitzRay, Author, Alzheimer's Activities Watch for Finding the JOY
in CAREGIVING--the third in this series of Finding the JOY titles.
Written by an author team from a top-ranked nursing program, this ground-breaking new text, presents state of the art guidelines for geriatric care for the advance practice nursing student. Practical, logically organized, and complete, this text features;
* Expert guidelines, strategies, protocols, and principles for working with older adults
* Essential coverage of diagnosis, treatment standards, management, special concerns, judgment calls, and more, organized by body system
* Unique coverage of pain management, care for the dying, palliative care, and advance directives
* Hands-on help with evaluation and treatment of cardiovascular, respiratory, genitourinary, GI, thyroid, gynecological, musculoskeletal, and CNS disorders, as well as diabetes mellitus
* In-depth guidance on problems such as falls, sensory deficits, pressure injuries, and elder abuse and neglect
Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, this text is sure to become an essential component of your nurse practitioner curriculum.
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