Nursing Older People, 5th Edition

SECTION 1 Ageing and Old Age
1 Introduction
2 What Is Old Age?
3 Demographic and Epidemiological Trends in Ageing
4 The Psychology of Human Ageing
5 The Biology of Human Ageing
6 Nursing the Older Person Living With Frailty
SECTION 2 People, Policy and the Place of Care
7 Policy Context of Nursing in Health and Social Care
8 Public Health: Healthy Ageing and Well-Being
9 Health and Social Care for Older People in the Community
10 Nursing Older People in Hospital
11 Care Home Nursing Is ‘Maxi-Nursing’: The Value and Contribution of Nursing Older People in Long-Term Care Settings
12 Meeting the Health Needs of Older People Experiencing Homelessness and Other Inclusion Health Groups
13 Informal, Unpaid Carers
14 Abuse and Safeguarding
SECTION 3 Independence and Maintaining Function
15 Communication Challenges and Skills
16 Older People and Hearing
17 Older People’s Eye Health
18 Promoting Safe Mobility for Older People
19 Care of the Foot
20 Breathing
21 Eating and Drinking
22 Bladder and Bowel Health
23 Infection Prevention and Control and Thermoregulation in Older People
24 Maintaining Healthy Skin
25 Sleep and Rest
26 Sexuality and Relationships in Later Life
27 Pain and Older People
28 Delirium: Diagnosis, Management and Care for Older People
29 Care of the Person Living With Dementia
30 Depression in Older People
31 Medicine Management
32 Alcohol Misuse and Ageing
33 Nursing Older People With Intellectual Disabilities
34 End-of-Life Care: Dying, Bereavement and Loss
35 The Role of Technology and Digital Tools in the Care and Support of Older People
SECTION 4 Postscript: New Directions and Reflections on Caring for Older People
36 New Directions and Reflections on Caring for Older People
Index

Fiona M. Ross, CBE,PhD, BSc, RN, Professor Emerita Health and Social Care,Kingston University, Ruth Harris, BSc (Hons) MSc PhD RN, Professor of Health Care for Older Adults, Care for Long Term Conditions Research Division, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, UK, Joanne M. Fitzpatrick, BSc PhD RN PGCEA, Reader in Older People’s Healthcare, Care for Long Term Conditions Research Division, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London and Clare Abley, Nurse Consultant Vulnerable Older Adults, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Institute of Population and Health Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK