Ebersole & Hess' toward healthy aging : human needs & nursing response /: human needs & nursing response. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Ebersole and Hess' toward healthy aging; Toward healthy aging
• Further Information: Note: Theris A. Touhy, Kathleen F. Jett.
• Authors: Touhy, Theris A; Jett, Kathleen Freudenberger
• Contents: Health and wellness in an aging society -- Gerontological nursing: past, present, and future -- Theories of aging -- Cross-cultural caring and aging -- Cognition and learning -- Communicating with older adults -- Health assessment -- Laboratory values and diagnostics -- Geropharmacology -- The use of herbs and supplements -- Vision -- Hearing -- Skin care -- Nutrition -- Hydration and oral care -- Elimination -- Sleep -- Physical activity and exercise -- Falls and fall risk reduction -- Safety and security -- Living well with chronic illness -- Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health and wellness -- Neurodegenerative disorders -- Endocrine and immune disorders -- Respiratory health and illness -- Common musculoskeletal concerns -- Pain and comfort -- Mental health -- Care of individuals with neurocognitive disorders -- Economics of health care in later life -- Common legal and ethical issues -- Long-term care -- Intimacy and sexuality -- Relationships, roles, and transitions -- Loss, death, and palliative care -- Self-actualization, spirituality, and transcendence.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 532 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 618.97/0231; Geriatric nursing; Aging; Older people -- Health and hygiene; Geriatric Nursing; Aging; Health Promotion; Aged; Aging; Geriatric nursing; Older people -- Health and hygiene; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323321396; 0323321399
• Related ISBNs: 9780323321389; 0323321380; 032332138
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.