Designated a Doody's Core Title
" This] volume contributes useful knowledge not only to the
field of aging studies, but to multiple disciplines and public
policy. Anyone interested in aging studies or health care would
find this volume useful and enlightening."--Anthropology and Aging
Quarterly
This 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 of care, educating the workforce in transitions of
care, and planning for future pathways of transition that will
accommodate the rapidly growing elderly population. The volume will
be of interest to researchers, practitioners, educators, policy
makers, students, elderly patients, and their caregivers. Key
Features:
Describes a person- and context-centered focus emphasizing
social demographics and geographic location in understanding
transitions of care among older adults. Based on the most current
research on critical issues in transitional care for the elderly
Written by a multidisciplinary cast of highly respected authors
Includes case studies and discussion of how specific conditions
affect transitions of care in different ways Addresses the physical
and emotional effects of transitions on patients and caregivers
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