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Restorative Care Nursing for Older Adults : a Guide for All Care Settings [E-Book]

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Springer, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 195 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826133854
  • 0826133851
  • 1280127295
  • 9781280127298
  • 9786613531179
  • 6613531170
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WY 150.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Focusing on function in all care interactions / Barbara Resnick -- Implementing function-focused care in any setting / Barbara Resnick -- Function-focused care in nursing home settings / Elizabeth Galik -- Function-focused care in assisted living settings / Barbara Resnick -- Function-focused care in acute care hospital / Marie Boltz -- Function-focused care in home settings / Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff -- Function-focused care with older adults with moderate to severe cognitively impairment / Elizabeth Galik -- Ethical issues and function-focused care.
Summary: "[This] book provides a practical hands-on perspective for implementing function focused care in all settings [It] is a unique resource that is relevant for all nurses and health care providers working with older adults. In addition to addressing functional decline, function-focused care provides a fresh and practical solution to many of the problems that tend to arise with older adults such as infections, falls, and pressure ulcers all known to be associated with immobility." Colin Milner. CEO. International Council on Active Aging. (From the Foreword)
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Revised edition of: Restorative care nursing for older adults / Barbara Resnick. �2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Focusing on function in all care interactions / Barbara Resnick -- Implementing function-focused care in any setting / Barbara Resnick -- Function-focused care in nursing home settings / Elizabeth Galik -- Function-focused care in assisted living settings / Barbara Resnick -- Function-focused care in acute care hospital / Marie Boltz -- Function-focused care in home settings / Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff -- Function-focused care with older adults with moderate to severe cognitively impairment / Elizabeth Galik -- Ethical issues and function-focused care.

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"[This] book provides a practical hands-on perspective for implementing function focused care in all settings [It] is a unique resource that is relevant for all nurses and health care providers working with older adults. In addition to addressing functional decline, function-focused care provides a fresh and practical solution to many of the problems that tend to arise with older adults such as infections, falls, and pressure ulcers all known to be associated with immobility." Colin Milner. CEO. International Council on Active Aging. (From the Foreword)

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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