Perspectives on Gerontological Nursing

by Baines, Elizabeth Murrow

• ISBN13: 9780803937222
• ISBN10: 0803937229
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-05-01
• Publisher: Sage Pubns

Summary

Written by experts involved in the health care of older adults, this volume addresses both illness care and wellness as necessary components of gerontological nursing. It includes chapters on social problems in ageing, cross-national trends in health care of the aged, nutrition, physiological and psychological illnesses, rehabilitation, ethical, legal and policy issues that affect health care for older adults and the role of the gerontological nurse.

Table of Contents

Foreword

The Promotion of Healthful Aging and the Role of the Gerontological Nurse

Introduction to Gerontological Nursing Historical and Futuristic Perspectives on Aging and the Gerontological Nurse

Building Theory for Gerontological Research

Developmental Perspectives on Aging Wellness and Aging

Walker Sleep in Old Age

Sexuality in Aging

Leisure in Later Life

Health Education of the Older Client

Multiple Meanings of Death for Older Adults

Sociocultural Perspectives Affecting the Nursing Care of Older Adults Public Policy Impacting on Nursing Care of Older Adults

Economics of Aging

Living Environments of Older Adults

Social Problems in Aging

Cultural Diversity Among Older Americans

Cross-National Trends in the Health-care of the Aged

The Maintenance, Treatment and Restorative Nursing Care of Older Adults Who Have Actual or Potential Health Care Problems

Illness in Aging and Gerontological Nursing Conceptualizaton of Chronicity in Aging

Physiological Illness in Aging

Psychological Illness in Aging

Haight Nutrition and Aging

Alterations in Elimination

Urinary Incontinence Rehabilitation of Older Adults

Selected Ethical and Legal Issues in Aging

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