Life transitions in the older adult
Subtitle: issues for nurses and other health professionals
By: Elizabeth A. Swanson, Toni Tripp-Reimer, editors.
Contributors: Swanson, Elizabeth A.; Tripp-Reimer, Toni, 1946-
Series: Advances in gerontological nursing,; v. 3
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: lad
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Geriatric nursing.; Change (Psychology).; Adjustment (Psychology).; Life change events -- Psychological aspects.; Adaptation, Psychological -- Nurses' Instruction.; Life Change Events -- Nurses' Instruction.; Geriatric Nursing -- Nurses' Instruction.
Genres: Nurses' Instruction.
Description: "Nurses and other health care professionals can play an important role in helping older adults cope with transitional periods, and in minimizing or preventing their health consequences. This book examines the types of major transitions for the elderly - such as relocation, retirement, institutionalization, bereavement and loss - and their common implications for health.

The contributors show how nursing interventions with older adults coping with change can mediate and even prevent adverse health consequences."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Helping elderly persons in transition: a framework for research and practice / Karen L. Schumacher, Patricia S. Jones, Abaf Ibrahim Meleis; title: Retirement: health issues, perspectives, and policy considerations / Lorraine T. Dorfman, Carla Gene Rapp; title: Helping older adults adjust to relocation: nursing interventions and issues / Rebecca A. Johnson; title: Relocating elderly persons with dementia: the experience of special care units / Janet P. Specht ... [et al.]; title: Coping with death: grief and bereavement in elderly persons / Richard H. Steeves, David L. Kahn; title: Grandparents in the contemporary family: the impact of adult children's divorces and surrogate parenting / Colleen L. Johnson, Barbara M. Barer; title: Cultural aspects of grandparents raising grandchildren: intergenerational issues in African-American and Anglo-American families / Janet C. Mentes; title: Legal and ethical issues for older adults in transition / Kay Weiler, Perle Slavik Cowen.