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Health Needs of the Elderly

  • Textbook
  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Gill Garrett
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Part of the book series: The Essentials of Nursing (TEON)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Ageing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The reality of ageing

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 3-5

    3. The physiology of ageing

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 6-10

    4. The psychology of ageing

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 11-15

    5. Sociological aspects of ageing

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 16-22

    6. Demographic and economic aspects of ageing

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 23-26

  3. Approaches to Ageing: Evolution of Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Family and welfare approach

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 29-31

    3. Health services approach

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 32-34

  4. Sharing the Caring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Gommunity care

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 37-57

    3. Hospital provision

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 58-65

    4. Nursing approach

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 66-73

  5. Individualised Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Nursing process

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 77-88

    3. Illness in the elderly

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 89-103

    4. Surgery and the elderly

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 104-109

    5. Drugs and the elderly

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 110-113

    6. Dying and death

      • Gill Garrett
      Pages 114-117
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Since the first edition of this book was published the population profile for the elderly has continued to swell. How many elderly people are there? Where are they now? How well off are they? The new edition answers these and many more key questions and takes a fresh look at approaches to planning future health care. The original text has been updated throughout and there are suggestions for additional reading at the end of each chapter. The future of our ageing society is considered in depth, alongside the necessity to prepare nurses to meet the inevitable future health needs of the elderly.

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