Dementia Care (2022)
Ideal for quick reference, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information on caring for patients with dementia at your fingertips. Evidence-based and fully updated for this second edition.
Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice (2016)
Part I. Incorporating evidence into practice -- 1. Developing and evaluating clinical practice guidelines: a systematic approach -- 2. Measuring performance and improving quality -- Part II. Assessment and management principles -- 3. Age-related changes in health -- 4. Health care decision making -- 5. Sensory changes -- 6. Assessing cognitive function -- 7. Assessment of physical function -- 8. Oral health care -- 9. Managing oral hydration -- 10. Nutrition -- 11. Family caregiving -- 12. Issues regarding sexuality -- 13. Mistreatment detection -- Part III. Clinical interventions -- 14. Preventing functional decline in the acute care setting -- 15. Late-life depression -- 16. Dementia: a neurocognitive disorder -- 17. Delirium: prevention, early recognition, and treatment -- 18. Pain management -- 19. Preventing falls in acute care -- 20. Reducing adverse drug events -- 21. Urinary incontinence -- 22. Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection -- 23. Physical restraints and side rails in acute and critical care settings -- 24. Preventing pressure ulcers and skin tears -- 25. Mealtime difficulties in dementia -- 26. Excessive sleepiness -- 27. The frail hospitalized older adult --
Part IV. Interventions in specialty practice -- 28. Substance misuse and alcohol use disorders -- 29. Comprehensive assessment and management of the critically ill -- 30. Fluid overload: identifying and managing heart failure patients at risk of hospital readmission -- 31. Cancer assessment and intervention strategies -- 32. Perioperative care of the older adult -- 33. General surgical care of the older adult -- 34. Care of the older adult with fragility hip fracture -- Part V. Models of care -- 35. Acute care models -- 36. Transitional care -- 37. Palliative care models -- 38. Care of the older adult in the emergency department -- 39. Advance care planning.
Fast Facts for Dementia Care, 2nd ed. (2020)
This quick-access clinical reference for nurses in adult health settings addresses the most prevalent and complex management challenges in caring for people with dementia. The second edition--completely updated with the newest guidelines for evidence-based, person-centered care--includes two new chapters on the Emotional Needs of People with Dementia and Self-Neglect and Elder Abuse, along with new information on cultural considerations and distinguishing between dementia and delirium.
Adaptive Interaction and Dementia (2018)
This guide to Adaptive Interaction explains how to assess the communication repertoires of people with dementia who can no longer speak, and offers practical interventions for those who wish to interact with them. Outlining the challenges faced by people living with advanced dementia, this book shows how to relieve the strain on relationships between them, their families, and professional caregivers through better, person-centred communication. It includes communication assessment tools and guidance on how to build on the communication repertoire of the individual with dementia using nonverbal means including imitation, facial expressions, sounds, movement, eye gaze and touch. With accessible evidence and case studies based on the authors' research, Adaptive Interaction can be used as the basis for developing interactions without words with people living with dementia.
Dementia : the one-stop guide : practical advice for families, professionals and people living with dementia and Alzheimer's disease (2020)
Recognising symptoms and getting help - Treatment and remaining healthy - Being a carer - Managing financially - Care homes and staying at home This edition is updated to include new research on sleep, exercise and reducing dementia risk
Dementia Beyond Disease (2017)
Eye-opening exploration of how to improve the lives of people with dementia and those who care for them. Focusing on seven essential domains of well-being, G. Allen Power challenges readers to evaluate their attitudes, expectations, and approaches and to embrace new ways of thinking that will lead to better solutions to problems encountered in all types of care settings.
Dementia Beyond Drugs (2017)
Years before the federal government started setting goals to reduce the use of psychotropic drugs in long-term care settings, Dr. Al Power argued eloquently in his trailblazing book Dementia Beyond Drugs about the harm done by these medications in the symptomatic treatment of dementia. This revised second edition introduces new research, language, and examples to reinforce the core message that antipsychotic medications are not the solution to ease the distress experienced by individuals living with dementia, and presents alternative solutions for providing respectful, individualized support and care. Unique features in the book include: * Discussion of new drug studies and government reports on the dangers and ineffectiveness of antipsychotic medications in the dementia population * Innovative practices in dementia care * A pathway to meet--and exceed--the drug-reduction goals established by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
The experienced carer : frontline leaders in Australia's aged care workplaces ; 3rd edition (2020)
The Experienced Carer 3e will be designed for the Certificate IV in Ageing Support, in a growing mid-sized market of around 15,000 enrolments pa.
Senior frontline carers ' both in HACC and residential settings ' are central to making ageing a positive and largely self-managed experience. This training manual seeks to target the advanced care and frontline leadership skills of senior carers. In doing so it reflects the Community Services Training Package competencies for the Certificate IV level award for aged care work. The Experienced Carer, 3e addresses the compulsory competencies, plus electives from the CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing Support qualification.
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability (2021)
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: Principles for Nursing Practice provides the knowledge and skills necessary for nursing and allied health students to provide quality, competent care to people living with a chronic illness or disability. The text has a strong evidence base, but is founded in reality. It includes practical, useful principles for holistic care, self-management, and a multidisciplinary approach. It also covers a range of issues affecting patients, carers and families, with a focus on empowering individuals as they adjust to the life-changing journey of chronic disease and disability.
Patient and Person: Interpersonal skills in nursing. 7th Edition (2021)
Online scenario-based videos to demonstrate the use of specific skills.
Includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient.
Learn to build trusting relationships and support patients in their health journey.
Narratives and stories to explain practical application of theoretical concepts.
Forty-two learning activities to enable students to understand the content and practise skills in a focused manner.
Person-centred approach throughout. Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Patient and Person
