Touhy and Jett's Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada
- 4th Edition - April 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Author: Veronique Boscart
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 5 2 4 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 5 2 4 6 - 1
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Gain the essential knowledge and skills needed to care for older adults in Canada with Touhy and Jett's Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada, 4th Edition. This text employs a wellness-based, holistic approach tailored to the unique needs of older Canadians, promoting healthy aging regardless of the patient's circumstances or health conditions. Inside, you'll find best-practice guidelines designed to help you identify potential challenges, address complications, and alleviate discomfort effectively. The accompanying instructor and student resources on Evolve include Next Generation NCLEX®-style case studies and PN competencies case studies, enhancing your clinical judgement and practical skills. Written by a team of gerontological nursing experts led by Dr. Veronique Boscart, this concise guide covers health care within the context of the cultural and socio-economic factors specific to Canada. Touhy and Jett's Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada provides a comprehensive foundation for future nurses, preparing you for the realities of geriatric care and the important role you will play in improving the lives of older adults.
• Core competencies identified by the CGNA are integrated throughout the book, reinforcing the standards of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association. • Assessment guidelines and tools are featured in tables, boxes, and forms, including the latest scales and guidelines for proper health assessment. • Focus on health and wellness highlights all aspects of the aging process. • Healthy Aging Care Plans are based on real-life situations, providing a glimpse into how concepts are applied to care practices. • Evidence-informed Practice boxes summarize research findings and identify those practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects, and examine topics such as culturally safe health initiatives for Indigenous Peoples, lifelong learning and its effects on the wellbeing of older adults, challenges in home care and long-term care homes, and improving outcomes for seniors living with a stroke or dementia. • Activities and discussion questions at the end of every chapter ensure that students understand the material and know how to apply concepts in clinical situations. • Careful attention to age, cultural, and gender differences helps students care for different population groups. • Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and the SARS-CoV-2 virus focuses on COVID-19’s impact on nurses and patients, including how policies affect care priorities and long-term care homes as well as the effects of social isolation on older adults. • Enhanced content on cultural competence addresses cultural care, cultural assessment, and cultural safety relating to the unique needs of the older adult. • Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action discussion examines their impact on nursing and health care delivery for Indigenous older adults. • Current and inclusive terminology supports Indigenous Peoples and a commitment to eliminating gender bias and cisnormative language, including Healthy Aging Care Plans that use preferred pronouns as well as initials in place of full names. • 2SLGBTQI+ aging considerations throughout. • Sexual Health and Well-being chapter addresses biological changes that impact intimacy and sexuality in later life, aging and sexual health, how intimacy and sexuality are affected by cohort, culture, and environment (such as long-term care homes), and the unique needs of 2SLGBTQI+ older adults. • Chapter structure provides clarity and solo emphasis on key topics, with separate Cognitive Impairment and Neurological Disorders chapters and with the Mental Health and Wellness in Later Life chapter in chronic illness section.
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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 (eOnly) 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
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: April 1, 2027
- Language: English
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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