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Ebersole and Hess' gerontological nursing & healthy aging, Theris A. Touhy, Kathleen F. Jett

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Ebersole and Hess' gerontological nursing & healthy aging

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Theris A. Touhy, Kathleen F. Jett

section 1. Foundations of healthy aging -- 1. Introduction to healthy aging -- Aging in the United States -- Moving toward healthy aging -- Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs -- 2. Gerontological nursing history, education, and roles -- Care of older adults : a nursing imperative -- History of gerontological nursing -- Gerontological nursing education -- Roles in gerontological nursing -- Gerontological nursing and gerontology organizations -- 3. Care across the continuum -- Elder-friendly communities -- Residential options in later life -- Community and home care -- Acute care -- Nursing home (long-term care facilities) -- Improving transitions across the continuum of care -- 4. Culture and aging -- The gerontological explosion -- Health disparities -- Increasing cultural competence -- 5. Theories of aging and physical changes -- Biological theories of aging -- Physical changes that accompany aging -- 6. Social, psychological, spiritual, and cognitive aspects of aging -- Life span development approach -- Types of aging -- Sociological theories of aging -- Psychological theories of aging -- Spirituality and aging -- Cognition and aging -- Learning in late lifesection 2. Fundamentals of caring -- 7. Assessment and documentation for optimal care -- Assessment tools in gerontological nursing -- Activities of daily living -- Instrumental activities of daily living -- documentation for quality care -- Documentation across health care settings -- Appendix 7-1. Assessment topics are addressed -- 8. Safe medication use -- Pharmacokinetics -- Pharmacodynamics -- Chronopharmacology -- Medication-related problems and older adults -- Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) -- Psychoactive medications -- 9. Nutrition and hydration -- Nutrition -- Age-related requirements -- Obesity (overnutrition) -- Malnutrition -- Factors affecting fulfillment of nutritional needs -- Special considerations in nutrition for older people : hydration, dysphagia, oral care -- 10. Elimination -- Bladder function -- Bowel elimination -- 11. Rest, sleep, and activity -- Rest and sleep -- Activity -- Interventions -- 12. Promoting healthy skin and feet -- Skin -- Healthy feet -- 13. Promoting safety -- Falls and fall risk reduction -- Restraints and side rails -- Environmental safety -- Transportation safetysection 3. Coping with chronic disorders in late life -- 14. Living with chronic illness -- Chronic illness -- Theoretical frameworks for chronic illness -- 15. Pain and comfort -- Acute and persistent pain -- 16. Diseases affecting vision and hearing -- Vision -- Hearing impairment -- 17. Metabolic disorders -- Thyroid disease -- diabetes -- 18. Bone and joint problems -- Musculoskeletal system -- Osteoporosis -- The Arthritides -- 19. Cardiovascular and respiratory disorders -- Cardiovascular disease -- Respiratory disorders -- 20. Neurological disorders -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Parkinson's disease -- Communication and elders with neurological disorders -- 21. Cognitive impairment -- Cognitive assessment -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Caregiving for persons with dementia -- 22. Mental health -- Factors influencing mental health care -- Mental health disorders -- Psychiatric symptoms in older adults -- Schizophrenia -- Bipolar disorder -- Depression -- Suicide -- Substance misuse and alcohol use disorderssection 4. Caring for elders and their caregivers -- 23. Economic and legal issues -- Social Security -- Medicare and Medicaid -- Care for veterans -- Long-term care insurance -- Legal issues in gerontological nursing -- Elder mistreatment and neglect -- Appendix 23-1. Definitions of elder abuse and neglect -- 24. Relationships, roles, and transitions -- Families -- Later life transitions -- Caregiving -- Intimacy and sexuality -- HIV/AIDS and older adults -- 25. Loss, death, and palliative care -- The grieving process -- Dying, death, and palliative care -- Dying and the nurse -- Decision making at the end of life

Gerontological nursing & healthy aging