Healthy ageing and aged care /
edited by Maree Bernoth and Denise Winkler.
- xxvi, 465 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), photographs ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Guided tour -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Author profiles -- The context of aging : -- The profile of older people in Australia and New Zealand -- The policies influencing ageing and aged care in Australia and New Zealand -- The experience of ageing as an Indigenous Australian and Maori peoples -- The personal perspective of ageing in a complex world -- The social aspects of aging : -- Family relationships and informal care -- Intimate relationships -- Ageing in rural areas -- Vulnerabilities and abuse -- Volunteer relationships and older people in the work force -- Leisure and recreation in the lives of older people -- Previously unrecognised issues: managing the heath of an ageing prison and homeless population -- The clinical aspects of aging and aged care : -- The impact of physiological changes on older people: implications for nursing practice -- The older person in acute care -- Maintaining mental health through the ageing experience -- Dementia -- Pharmacology -- Optimal nutrition and hydration -- Mobility and falls prevention -- Managing multiple chronic conditions (multimorbidity) -- End-of-life care -- Glossary -- Index to case studies -- Subject index. Part 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part 3. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
"Healthy Ageing and Aged Care takes an inter-disciplinary approach to supporting older people within the community and in care. It represents current Australian and New Zealand policies and practices and takes a holistic view of the older person, and emphasises the positive aspects of the ageing process, maintaining that people age in healthy ways and continue to be an integral part of their families and communities. This is one of the rewarding aspects of working with older people—assessing accurately and collaboratively putting in place strategies that can maintain the person’s quality of life. The goal is for you to be able to develop those skills by engaging with the material in this book."--Publisher's website.