Toward Healthy Aging
Mosby (Verlag)
978-0-8151-2879-3 (ISBN)
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With a focus on wellness and healthy aging, this fifth edition emphasises the individuality of the aged and the humanistic and spiritual potential for further development in late life. Disease processes are discussed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support and responsibilities. The text is organised from the basic to the complex in terms of understanding the aged and their needs. Extensive current references, nursing care plans, case studies, student activities, research questions, resources, and appendices are included in each chapter.
Part One: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS . Aging Today . Theories of Aging . Health and Wellness . Age-Related Changes . Laboratory Values and Implications for the Aged . Part Two: BASIC BIOLOGIC NEEDS . Managing Basic Physiologic Needs . Biologic Maintenance Needs . Common Chronic Problems and the Management . Comfort and Pain Management . Pharmacology and Drug Use . Mobility . Maximizing Sensory Function . Part Three: SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS . Environmental Safety and Security . Health Care, Economic, and Legal Concerns of the Aged . Frailty, Vulnerability and Neglect . Part Four: THE NEED TO BELONG . Intimacy, Sexuality, and Aging . Relationships and Their Significance . Isolation, Loneliness, Alienation, and Stigmatization . Part Five: SELF-ESTEEM . Crisis and Stress Management . Transitions and Role Changes . Mental Health and Mental Disorders . Cognition: Function and Dysfunction in Old Age . Psychotropic Drug Management . Gender, Cohort, and Culture . Part Six: SELF-ACTUALIZATION . Actualizing the Self . Death, Dying and Grief . Transcendence, Spirituality, and Legacies . The Professionalization of Gerontic Nursing
| Zusatzinfo | 260 illus |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 2580 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Altenpflege | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8151-2879-7 / 0815128797 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8151-2879-3 / 9780815128793 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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