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Health and illness in older adults / Sue Brown.

By:

Brown, Sue, Dr [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education Australia, 2007Description: xvi, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

073397872X
9780733978722

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

613.04380994 22

Contents:

Section I. The big issues -- 1. Continence -- 2. Falls -- 3. Dementia -- 4. Quality use of medicines -- Section II. The hidden issues -- 5. Sexuality -- 6. Abuse of older people -- 7. Alcohol and other drugs -- 8. Australian population mix -- Section III. Wide ranging issues -- 9. Chronic disease -- 10. Palliative care -- 11. Mental health.

Scope and content: "In Health and Illness in Older Adults, Sue Brown introduces nursing students to the many screenings, assessments and interventions nurses use on a daily basis in their care delivery to older adults in Australia. A unique focus of this book is the development of a portfolio to aid a student's career planning, by means of reflecting and organising details of their previous experience and learning opportunities. The book contains: examples of instruments and tools to assist in holistic care, along with evidence-based findings on various care applications; a series of problem-solving scenarios at the end of each chapter to prompt discussion; multiple-choice questions for revision purposes." - back cover.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In Health and Illness in Older Adults, Sue Brown introduces nursing students to the many screenings, assessments and interventions nurses use on a daily basis in their care delivery to older adults in Australia. A unique focus of this book is the development of a portfolio to aid a student's career planning, by means of reflecting and organising details of their previous experience and learning opportunities. The book contains: examples of instruments and tools to assist in holistic care, along with evidence-based findings on various care applications; a series of problem-solving scenarios at the end of each chapter to prompt discussion; multiple-choice questions for revision purposes." - back cover.

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