书目名称 | Fragility Fracture Nursing |
副标题 | Holistic Care and Ma |
编辑 | Karen Hertz,Julie Santy-Tomlinson |
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概述 | Provides a comprehensive discussion of nursing the frail older person with a fragility fracture across Europe.Based on a two-day workshop of like-minded specialist and advanced nurses from over 20 cou |
丛书名称 | Perspectives in Nursing Management and‘Care for Older Adults |
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描述 | This open access book aims to provide a comprehensive but practical overview of the knowledge required for the assessment and management of the older adult with or at risk of fragility fracture. It considers this from the perspectives of all of the settings in which this group of patients receive nursing care. .Globally, a fragility fracture is estimated to occur every 3 seconds. This amounts to 25 000 fractures per day or 9 million per year. The financial costs are reported to be: 32 billion EUR per year in Europe and 20 billon USD in the United States. As the population of China ages, the cost of hip fracture care there is likely to reach 1.25 billion USD by 2020 and 265 billion by 2050 (International Osteoporosis Foundation 2016). Consequently, the need for nursing for patients with fragility fracture across the world is immense. Fragility fracture is one of the foremost challenges for health care providers, and the impact of each one of those expected 9 million hip fractures is significant pain, disability, reduced quality of life, loss of independence and decreased life expectancy. .There is a need for coordinated, multi-disciplinary models of care for secondary fracture preve |
出版日期 | Book‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ 20181st edition |
关键词 | Open Access; Frail older person; Osteoporosis; Orthogeriatric nursing; Elderly trauma; Hip Fracture |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76681-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-09553-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-76681-2Series ISSN 2522-8838 Series E-ISSN 2522-8846 |
issn_series | 2522-8838 |
copyright | The Editor(s)(if applicable) and the Author(s) 2018 |