Care of older adults
By: guest editors, Mathey Mezey, Elizabeth Capezuti, Terry Fulmer.
Contributors: Mezey, Mathy Doval.; Capezuti, Liz.; Fulmer, Terry T.
Series: The nursing clinics of North America -- v. 39, no. 3 (September 2004)
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 679
Subjects: Older people -- Care -- United States; Geriatric nursing; Nursing -- Practice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nurse competence in aging overview / Jessica Scholder, Sarah Kagan, and Mary Jean Schumann; title: Home care nursing for older adults: state of the science / Karen L. Schumacher and Joan Marren; title: Critical care nursing for older adults: pathophysiological and functional considerations / Diane J. Mick and Michael H. Ackerman; title: State of the science for care of older adults with heart disease / Christi Deaton, Jill A. Bennett, and Barbara Riegel; title: Nursing intervention and older adults who have cancer: specific science and evidence based practice / Meg Bourbonniere and Sara H. Kagan; title: Overview of Alzheimer's disease / Elaine Souder and Cornelia Beck; title: Dementia and serious coexisting medical conditions: a double whammy / Katie Maslow; title: The evolving role genomics in shaping care for persons with dementia / Debra L. Schutte; title: Pain assessment and management in persons with dementia / Ann L. Horgas and Amanda Floetke Elliott; title: Feeding and hydration issues for older adults with dementia / Elaine J. Amella; title: Minimizing the use of restrictive devices in dementia patients at risk for falling / Elizabeth Capezuti; title: Technology to promote safe mobility in the elderly / Audrey Nelson, Gail Powell-Cope, Deborah Gavin-Dreschnack, Pat Quigley, Tatjana Bulat, Andrea S. Baptiste, Shawn Applegarth, and Yvonne Friedman.