Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging
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With a strong focus on health and wellness, this gerontological nursing text offers you a holistic perspective to caring for older adults. Designed to facilitate the healthiest adaptation possible, this text identifies potential problems that may occur and the means to address complications, alleviate discomfort, and help older adults lead healthy lives. Disease processes are discussed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support, and nursing responsibilities to help you gain an understanding of your clients’ experience.• Focus on health and wellness establishes a positive perspective to aging. • Careful attention to age, cultural, and gender differences are integrated throughout to help you understand these important considerations when caring for older adults. • Healthy aging strategies maximize the healthiest behaviors of clients with dementia and their caregivers. • Consistent chapter organization includes learning objectives, research, and study questions/activities to make information easy to find and use. • Incorporates assessment guidelines throughout provide useful tools for practice. • End-of-chapter activities and discussion questions help you expand your knowledge and understanding of the content. • Resource lists provide you with additional means to explore ways to care for the older adult.• Incorporates the core competencies identified by the AACN and the Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. • Healthy People 2010 boxes assist you in integrating knowledge about healthy aging considerations. • Evidence-Based Practice boxes summarize research findings that confirm effective practices or identify practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects. • Expanded sexuality-related content includes older adults living with AIDS and STDs. • Genetics section reflects the emergence of the role of genetics in gerontological assessment.
Section 1 Foundations of Healthy Aging1 Introduction to Healthy Aging 1Aging in the United States 1Healthy, Wellness, and Aging 2Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs 42 Gerontological Nursing History, Education, and Roles 9Gerontological Nursing: Growth of a Specialty 10Gerontological Nursing Education 15Roles in Gerontological Nursing 16Gerontological Nursing and Gerontology Organizations 213 Communicating with Elders 25Communicating with Elders: General Principles 25Communication with Elders with Neurological Disorders 33Communication with Elders with Cognitive Impairment 36The Life Story 384 Culture and Aging 48The Gerontological Explosion 49Health Disparities 49Increasing Cultural Competence 495 Documentation for Optimal Care 61Documentation 61Documentation Across Health Care Settings 62Section 2 Changes of Aging6 Theories and Physical Changes of Aging 66Biological Theories of Aging 67Physical Changes that Accompany Aging 687 Social, Psychological, Spiritual, and Cognitive Aspects of Aging 84Social, Psychological, Spiritual, and Cognitive Aspects of Aging 85Life Span Development Approach 85Types of Aging 85Sociological Theories of Aging 86Psychological Theories of Aging 88Spirituality and Aging 90Cognition and Aging 91Learning in Late Life 958 Nutritional Needs 101Nutrition and Aging 101Factors Affecting Fulfillment of Nutritional Needs in Aging 104Health Conditions Affecting Nutrition 114Malnutrition 1219 Fluids and Continence 130Fluids 131Continence 13310 Rest, Sleep, and Activity 148Rest and Sleep 148Activity 15611 Promoting Healthy Skin andFeet 163Integument 163Healthy Feet 17412 Maintaining Mobility and Environmental Safety 179Mobility, Safety, and Satisfaction 179Falls and Risk Reduction 181Environmental Safety 19613 Assessment Tools in Gerontological Nursing 205Assessment Tools in Gerontological Nursing 20514 Safe Medication Use for Older Adults 219Pharmacokinetics 220Pharmacodynamics 223Chronopharmacology 225Medication Issues and Older Adults 226Psychotropic Medications 232Section 3 Coping With Chronic Disorders In Late Life15 Living with Chronic Illness 239Chronic Illness 239Theoretical Frameworks for Chronic Illness 24416 Pain and Comfort 259Acute and Persistent Pain 26117 Diabetes Mellitus 272Diabetes 27218 Bone and Joint Problems 281Musculoskeletal System 281Osteoporosis 282Arthritis 28519 Diseases Affecting Vision and Hearing 291Diseases Affecting Vision 292Diseases of the Ear 29920 Cardiac and Respiratory Disorders 303Cardiovascular Disorders 304Respiratory Disorders 30921 Cognitive Impairment 317Overview of Cognitive Impairment 318Overview of Dementia 328Caregiving for Persons with Dementia 348Section 4 Caring For Elders And Their Caregivers22 Economic and Legal Issues 355Social Security 356Medicare and Medicaid 357Care for Veterans 360Long-Term Care Insurance 361Legal Issues in Gerontological Nursing 362Elder Mistreatment and Neglect 364Appendix 22-A The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study 371Appendix 22-B Abuse and Neglect Assessment 37323 Relationships, Roles, and Transitions 374Relationships, Roles, and Transitions 375Families 375Late Life Transitions 378Caregiving 383Intimacy and Sexuality 391AIDS and the Elderly 40024 Mental Health and Wellness in Late Life 406Mental Health and Wellness in Late Life 407Suicide 423Substance Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorders 424Appendix 24-A Depression Rating Scales 43325 Loss, Grief, Dying, and Death in Late Life 434Death and Dying 441The Needs of the Dying and Their Families and Implications for Gerontological Nursing 442Dying and the Nurse 444Decision Making at End of Life 44626 Care Across the Continum 450Residential Options in Late Life 450Improving Transitions Across the Continuum of Care 460
