Caring for Older People in the Community (eBook)

Angela Hudson, MSC (Gerontology), PG Dip HE, BA (Hons) Open, RN, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol. Angela's background is in working with older people in rehabilitation settings. Her interests lie with long-term conditions and their impact on the older person's health and well-being. She is currently Project Lead for a Blended Learning Project within the university focusing on the provision of education for long-term conditions. Angela has been involved in a number of projects including the facilitation of Action Learning Sets with four groups of community matrons. She is currently working with two local primary care trusts to deliver case management workshops. Lesley Moore, MA, RN, Diploma of Nursing (Wales), Cert Ed (FE), RNT, Florence Nightingale Scholar, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Churchill Fellow, National Teaching Fellow, FRSA, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol. Lesley's background was in intensive care and recovery nursing for both the NHS and military sectors before becoming a clinical teacher and a nurse teacher. After majoring in social ethics, Lesley's research interests have focused on ethics and work-based learning. As an informal carer, she supported a close relative at home having renal haemodialysis. As a result of this experience, she is aware of the vulnerability of the older person with a long-term condition being cared for in the community during the transition of change in the NHS.

List of contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

Introduction.

SECTION 1: PAST AND CURRENT INFLUENCES ON PRACTICE.

Chapter 1: Historical perspectives from past to present (Robin Means).

Chapter 2: Older People's Experiences: Social context and contemporary social policy (Grace Boddy and Tina Fear).

Chapter 3: Ethical tensions (Lesley Moore).

SECTION 2: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES.

Chapter 4: Healthy Ageing, Active Ageing: The Challenges (Jane Buswell, Natalie Godfrey, and Angela Hudson).

Chapter 5: Working with older people with a learning disability in the community setting (Kim Scarborough).

Chapter 6: Working with people with dementia in the community setting (Mary Marshall).

SECTION 3: FUTURE CHALLENGES.

Chapter 7: Future Trends (Lesley Moore and Angela Hudson).