Описание: Covers such topics as: Doing Dementia Better - Anthropological Insights, Update on teaching in the Long-Term Care Setting, Pneumonia in the Long-Term Resident, Palliative Care for Patients with Dementia in Long Term Care, Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care Residents, and Nausea and Other Non-Pain Symptoms in Long-term Care.
The evidence-based protocols are designed as a primary reference and are useful, substantive, and timely...The broader contributions of useful format and succinct review of the evidence make it likely that this text will continue to be the leading resource in nursing education and practice."
--The Gerontologist
As a gerontological clinical educator/research nurse, I will often use this as a reference. The format and the content are good, and the explanations of how to best use the evidence simplify the process of sifting through mountains of information to figure the best practice. Score: 97, 5 Stars.
--Doody's
The new fifth edition of one of the premier references for geriatric nurses in hospital, long-term, and community settings, delivers current guidelines, real-life case studies, and evidence-based protocols developed by master educators and practitioners. With a focus on improving quality of care, cost-effectiveness, and outcome, the fifth edition is updated to provide the most current information about care of common clinical conditions and issues in older adults. Several new expert contributors present current guidelines about hip fractures, frailty, perioperative and postoperative care, palliative care, and senior-friendly emergency departments. Additionally, chapters have been reorganized to enhance logical flow of content and easy information retrieval.
Protocols are organized in a consistent format and include an overview, evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies, and an illustrative case study with discussion. Additionally, protocols are embedded within chapter text, providing the context and detailed evidence for each. Chapter objectives, annotated references, and evidence rating for each protocol are provided along with resources for additional study.
New to the Fifth Edition:
Reorganized to enhance logical flow of information and ease of use
Updated and revised
Includes new contributions from expert educators and practitioners
Provides new chapters on perioperative and postoperative care, general surgical care, care of hip fracture, palliative care, and the senior-friendly emergency department
Key Features:
Delivers evidence-based, current guidelines and protocols for care of common clinical conditions in the elderly
Illustrates application of clinical protocols to real-life practice through case studies and discussion
Edited by nationally known geriatric leaders who are endorsed by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Written for nursing students, nurse leaders, and practitioners at all levels, including those in specialty roles
Описание: This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, devoted to Alzheimer's and Other Dementias, is guest edited by Dr. John E. Morley of Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
Articles in this important issue include: An Overview of Cognitive Impairment in Geriatrics; Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Geriatrics; Treatable Dementias; Mild Cognitive Impairment in Geriatrics; Alzheimer's Disease; Vascular Dementia; Lewy-Body Dementia; Traumatic Brain Injury in Geriatrics; Diabetes and Dementia; Behavioral Problems and Dementia; Cognitive Stimulation Therapy in Geriatrics; Cognitive Frailty in Geriatrics; and Nutrition and Alzheimer's.
Автор: Walston, James Название: Frailty, An Issue Of Clinics In Geriatric Medicine,27-1 ISBN: 1437724523 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781437724523 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 12084.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Feature such article topics as - Frailty and Late Life Decline; The Epidemiology of Frailty and Late Life Vulnerability; The Physiology of Frailty; Frailty and Muscle Mass Decline; Frailty and Anemia; Immune System Alterations in Frailty; CMV/ Viral Infections and Frailty; Frailty and Chronic Disease; and, Aging Biology and Frailty.
Описание: Features topics such as: Epidemiology of Falls in Older Adults; Exercise for Fall Prevention; Cardiac Causes of Falls and their Treatment; Medications and Falls; Vision and Fall Prevention; Preventing Falls in the Hospital; and, Public Health Approach to Falls on a State and National Level.
Описание: Includes such articles as Aging Male - Demographics and Unique Aspects; Sexuality and Aging Male; Late Life Onset Hypogonadism; Erectile Dysfunction; Benign Prostate Hypertrophy; Prostate Cancer; Lower Urinary Tract Symptomatology; Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome; Frailty; Nutritional Aspects; and, Osteoporosis in Older Males.
Описание: Examines what is a healthy aging brain and covers preventive measures for successful cognitive aging. This book covers such topics as: a road map to healthy aging brain; cardiovascular risk factors, cerebrovascular disease burden and healthy aging brain; and, healthy aging brain - impact of head injury, alcohol and environmental toxins.
Описание: Examines critical aspects of renal disease from anatomic and physiologic changes in the aging kidney, to ethical issues in elderly with patients with renal disease. This title covers such topics as: drug dosing and the elderly kidney, diabetic nephropathy, renal replacement therapy, glomerular diseases in the elderly, and urinary incontinence.
Описание: With cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, the topic of preventive cardiology deserves intense examination. This title explores important topics, such as the burden of cardiovascular disease, updates on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, geared towards the elderly patient.
Описание: Focuses on the home health care, a subspecialty of Geriatric Medicine. This title describes the population in need (age range, numbers, projected growth), range of service needs, social verses medical models of care, international and state-to-state comparisons to show the wide range of strategies that have been tried.
Автор: Gammack, Julie Название: Sleep, An Issue Of Geriatric Medicine Clinics,24-1 ISBN: 1416060502 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781416060505 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 12378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Discusses the spectrum of sleep-related changes and disease states. This book summarizes the evaluation of insomnia in the context of the elderly individual. It reviews sleep disturbances in various care settings and disease states. It also discusses both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of sleep disorders.
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