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Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging in Canada

  • 2nd Edition - March 26, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Theris A. Touhy, Kathleen F. Jett, Veronique Boscart, Lynn McCleary
  • Language: English

Equip yourself with the skills to meet the needs of an aging Canadian population. Ebersole and Hess’ Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging in Canada, Second Edition is a concise… Read more

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Equip yourself with the skills to meet the needs of an aging Canadian population. Ebersole and Hess’ Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging in Canada, Second Edition is a concise, gerontological nursing text that follows a wellness-based, holistic approach to older adult care. Featuring the most up-to-date CGNA guidelines, this new edition identifies potential problems and gives you the means to address complications, alleviate discomfort, and assist older adults to help them lead healthy lives. Plus, it contains a variety of learning features that focus your attention on statistics, legislation, practice guidelines, standards of care, and examples relevant to Canadian practice.

Key features

  • Focus on health and wellness throughout the book
    • highlights all aspects of the aging process.
  • Core competencies identified by the CGNA integrated throughout book.
  • Careful attention to age, cultural, and gender differences are integrated throughout book to help you care for different population groups.
  • Expanded assessment guidelines and tools incorporated throughout as tables, boxes, and forms, including the latest scales and guidelines for proper health assessment.
  • Activities and discussion questions at the end of every chapter ensure you understand the material and know how to use it in clinical situations.

Table of contents

Section 1: Foundations of Healthy Aging

1. Introduction to Healthy Aging

2. Gerontological Nursing History, Education, and Roles

3. Communicating with Older Adults

4. Culture, Ethnicity, and Aging

5. Nursing Documentation

Section 2: Changes of Aging

6. Biological Theories and Physical Changes of Aging

7. Social, Psychological, Spiritual, and Cognitive Aspects of Aging

8. Nutritional Needs

9. Hydration and Continence

10. Rest, Sleep, and Activity

11. Promoting Healthy Skin and Feet

12. Maintaining Mobility and Environmental Safety

13. Assessment Tools in Gerontological Nursing

14. Safe Medication Use for Older Adults

Section 3: Coping with Chronic Illness in Later Life

15. Living with Chronic Illness

16. Pain and Comfort

17. Diabetes Mellitus

18. Bone and Joint Health

19. Visual and Auditory Changes

20 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disorders

21. Cognitive Impairment and Neurological Disorders

Section 4: Caring for Older Adults and Their Caregivers

22. Economic and Legal Issues

23. Relationships, Roles, and Transitions

24. Mental Health and Wellness in Late Life

25. Loss, Death and Palliative Care

26. Care Across the Continuum

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 26, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

TT

Theris A. Touhy

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

KJ

Kathleen F. Jett

Affiliations and expertise
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, Department of Aging and Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Research Consultant, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida, USA

VB

Veronique Boscart

Dr. Veronique Boscart is Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE and an InterRAI Fellow. She held a 10 year CIHR/Schlegel Industrial Chair for Colleges in Seniors Care at Conestoga College, as well as positions as Executive Dean at Conestoga's School of Health and Life Sciences and Executive Director for the Canadian Institute for Seniors Care. Veronique holds an adjunct Associate Professor position at the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo as well as an adjunct scientist position in Intelligent Design for Adaptation, Participation and Technology (iDAPT) at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network. Dr. Boscart completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, after completing her doctorate at the University of Toronto. She obtained her undergraduate and Masters degrees at the University of Ghent in Belgium. Dr. Boscart has extensive nursing experience, working as a clinician, nurse educator, manager, and researcher in Canadian and international settings. Dr. Boscart's research interests focus on evidence-based care in gerontology, curriculum development of gerontological education for nurses and health care professionals as well as care models for nursing home care settings.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

LM

Lynn McCleary

Dr. McCleary is a Professor in the Department of Nursing and Graduate Program Director of the Master of Applied Gerontology Program in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University. Dr. McCleary is also Adjunct Member, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto. She is a mental health and gerontological nurse who works with research teams and service providers on health and social care for older people and their families. Her research and practice emphasize improving dementia care services as well as improving gerontology and geriatrics education in the health professions. She is a past president of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Nursing, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario