GERIATRIC MEDICINE AND ELDERLY CARE Lecture Notes Ninth Edition An essential resource for meeting the needs of an ageing patient population As the global population ages, geriatric medicine is steadily be...Daugiau...
This text provides a foundation of essential knowledge and practical guidance for building best practice in the care of older people.Fully updated for its second edition, Care of Older People uses a whole-person and values-led approa...Daugiau...
Fully updated for its 2nd edition, Care of Older People uses a whole-person and values-led approach to explore practice with older people, providing the opportunity for practitioners to reflect critically on not just what ...Daugiau...
Originally published in 1986, this title was a landmark study of ageing in Australia and a major contribution to the study of gerontology at the time. It highlights major themes on ageing in western industrialised societies, as well as pinpointing n...Daugiau...
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Transnational care practices differ and are not available to everyone in equal measure. Drawing on interviews with migrants parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions t...Daugiau...
Randias Quiet Theatre draws on autofiction, interviews, and performance ethnography to unravel the politics of aging in Poland, while revealing how theatre and ethnography can become springboards for creating worlds in which the elderly can liv...Daugiau...
Based on a comparative study covering 15 Western European countries, this edited volume examines the responses of long-term care homes for older people to the COVID-19 pandemic. It analyses the preparedness of governments and residences and...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Jun-2025, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Nevada Press, ISBN-13: 9781647791780)
The book, specific to Nevada, covers state laws including Medicaid planning, asset protection, guardianship, probate, advance directives, and patient rights. It also addresses estate and financial planning, and provides a detailed list of resources...Daugiau...
The COVID-19 pandemic posed a multi-faceted challenge to older adults and care institutions globally. Despite the policies aimed at protecting older adults from COVID-19, they bear the burden of risk. Some early efforts to protect them, often via...Daugiau...
Music and Dementia: Theory and Implications for Music Use in Dementia Care presents research on the effect of music on the brain for neurodegenerative diseases and care. This volume examines the neurological impact of music from research to clinical...Daugiau...
In this insightful book, Neil Thompson and Gerry R. Cox highlight the detrimental effects and pervasiveness of ageist stereotypes, structures and practices. Stressing the importance of dignity in later-life care, they provide a well-informed basis fo...Daugiau...
As populations age around the world, the issue of inadequate provision of care and support is becoming a burning topic. This book is the first collective effort to analyse the issue at an international level from a social policy perspective....Daugiau...
Michael I. MacEntee, Frauke Müller, C. Peter Owen, W. Murray Thomson
(Išleidimo metai: 22-May-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781394182145)
Fully updated reference to clinical knowledge and strategies for effective oral healthcare in frail older adults Taking an evidence-based approach, with theoretical and clinical knowledge underpinned by the literature, Oral Healthcare...Daugiau...
Serija: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
(Išleidimo metai: 14-May-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226838434)
A comparative analysis of both formal and informal long-term care in ten of the worlds wealthiest countries. Nations throughout the world are in the midst of an enormous demographic transition, with life expectancy increasing and fertility falling,...Daugiau...
This book focuses on characteristics, roles, and training needs of social service delivery providers in leadership roles in U.S. skilled nursing facilities. This collection will benefit students, academics and researchers. This book...Daugiau...
Offers practice tips and guidance on using professional curiosity and partnership work in safeguarding adult practice. A practical guide for students studying social work, nursing and allied health and social care t...Daugiau...
Offers practice tips and guidance on using professional curiosity and partnership work in safeguarding adult practice. This is an essential text for students at all levels studying social work, nursing and allied health and social c...Daugiau...
This book explores the critical issue of how to manage the ever-increasing demand for social care in Britains ageing society. With informal care, from family members and friends, now the dominant form of adult social care in the UK, this precario...Daugiau...
The Care Dividend provides a roadmap for investing in long-term care systems. It argues for increased public investment in high-quality, universally accessible long-term care and explains why these systems benefit everyone: households, health system...Daugiau...
