书目名称 | Understanding Ageing for Nurses and Therapists |
编辑 | Wilfred McSherry,Linda Rykkje,Susan Thornton |
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概述 | Addresses some of the most neglected contemporary issues associated with ageing.Engages nurses and therapist to enhance the care they provide for older people in an interactive way.Focuses on positive |
丛书名称 | Perspectives in Nursing Management and‘Care for Older Adults |
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描述 | This volume is a practical resource for all those responsible for caring for older people across health and social care. It provides a comprehensive and holistic approach helping nurses, therapists and social care professionals to better understand the impact of ageing upon the person and wider society. A unique feature of this text is the focus upon positive ageing and the attempt to dispel and challenge some of the myths, prejudices and negative attitudes that still prevail towards ageing and older people. A key objective of the book is to introduce practitioners to some of the neglected or under-addressed aspects of ageing such as spirituality, sexuality, and LGBT..Chapters are written in an engaging and interactive style and where appropriate draw upon case studies and scenarios to maximize engagement developing competence, by informing knowledge, attitudes and skills. The text introduces the practitioner to key dimensions of what it is to be a person, physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually and how these contribute to the ageing process and can enhance the quality of life of older people..Irrespective of whether one cares for older people in an acute hospital s |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
关键词 | Positive ageing; Holistic care; Person-centred; Dispelling myths; Comprehensive; geriatric psychiatry; gen |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40075-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-40074-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-40075-0Series ISSN 2522-8838 Series E-ISSN 2522-8846 |
issn_series | 2522-8838 |
copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 |