Health and Illness in Older Adults

Sue Brown, James Cook University
Title Health and Illness in Older Adults
Edition 1st
ISBN 9780733978722
ISBN 10 073397872X
Published 07/06/2007
Published by Pearson Australia
Pages
Format Paperback
In stock
 
Total Price $71.95 Add to Cart
Description
For courses in Nursing Older Adults, Gerontological Nursing and Aged Care.
 
As the current Australian population ages, care of older adults is becoming increasingly important. For nurses, this provides career opportunities that can encompass advanced nursing practice, management, education and policy governance.
 
This text introduces the many screening, assessment and interventions nurses use on a daily basis in their care delivery to older adults in Australia. Each chapter includes information on data collection and the development of a portfolio to aid a student’s career planning, by demonstrating through reflection and organisation their previous experience and learning opportunities.
Table of contents

Introduction
Section One: The Big Issues
1. Continence
2. Falls
3. Dementia
4. Quality Use of Medicines
Section Two: The Hidden Issues
5. Sexuality
6. Abuse of Older People
7. Alcohol and Other Drugs
8. Australian Population Mix
Section Three: Wide Ranging Issues
9. Chronic Disease
10. Palliative Care
11. Mental Health
Index

Features & benefits
  • Examples of the instruments and tools to assist in holistic care are demonstrated along with evidence-based findings on various care applications.
  • Scenarios are presented at the end of each chapter to prompt discussion.
  • Multiple choice questions are included for revision purposes.
  • Each chapter concludes with a section on portfolios. Students learn the skills to develop a portfolio that keeps track of lifelong learning – what has been achieved, how it was achieved, why it was achieved and when it was achieved – thereby maintaining a continuous development of professional practice strengths, identifying areas of growth and ability along with determining areas needing improvement.
  • References for further reading, including current websites.
Author biography
Before arriving in Australia over 10 years ago, Sue Brown practised as a nurse in both the UK and South Africa. Concentrating firmly on the area of wellness in the older adult, Sue completed a Doctor of Nursing (La Trobe University) and went on to take up a position at James Cook University, Cairns. She acts as a consultant to aged care facilities and is a member of the editorial committee of Geriaction and the Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal.
 
Susan Hunt, contributing author to Chapter 4, is senior lecturer in the School of Nursing at The University of Notre Dame, Sydney. She has worked in the areas of incontinence and Quality Use of Medicines, and is a director of the National Prescribing Service.