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9780803622456

The Nurse's Role in Promoting Optimal Health of Older Adults Thriving in the Wisdom Years

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803622456

  • ISBN10:

    0803622457

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-09-02
  • Publisher: F.A. Davis Company

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Why focus on the negative aspects of growing old while most older adults are leading positive, fulfilling, and active lives even while dealing with the changes associated with aging and chronic illnesses?Promote healthy aging; learn what it means to age successfully; and develop the tools and resources that can optimize well-being during the later years in life with the guidance you'll find inside.The author, a nationally recognized expert in the field of gerontology addresses the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of older adults based on a holistic, mid-range nursing theory of successful aging. Contributions from healthcare professionals in exercise physiology, nutrition, pharmacy and elder law help you understand how these disciplines work together to benefit patients.

Table of Contents

Unit 1. Thriving in Old Age
1.What Does it Mean to Age Successfully?
2.Mid-range Theory of Successful Aging
3.Understanding Older Adults: US and Global Perspectives
4.Opportunities and Challenges of Growing Old
5.An Evidence-Based Team Approach to Optimal Wellness
6.Engaging Older Adults as Partners in Their Care

Unit 2. Optimizing Physical Health & Functioning
7.Health Priorities for the Older Adult
8.Challenges to Physical Health
9.Assessing the Older Adult: What's Different?
10.Staying Physically Fit as We Age
11.Assistive Technology to Optimize Physical Functioning
12.Optimizing Rest and Sleep Patterns
13.Intimacy, Sexuality, and Aging
14.Healthy Eating
15.Using Medications Safely and Effectively

Unit 3.Optimizing Economic and Social Well-Being
16. Economic Considerations of Aging
17. Living Safely in the Environment
18. Legal Considerations
19.Older Adults as Caregivers and Care Recipients
20.Relating to Older Adults in a Culturally Diverse World
21.Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults

Unit 4. Optimizing Mental Well-Being and Spiritual Fulfillment
22.Challenges to Mental Wellness
23.Spirituality in Aging
24.Planning for the End of Life
25.International Perspectives on Aging

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