Product Description: This comprehensive text continues its tradition of presenting the latest in diagnosis and management of disorders affecting the elderly. Featuring experts from geriatric medicine and gerontology, this text provides a uniquely holistic approach for elder care. The new Fifth Edition has been significantly reorganized to enhance geriatric assessment skills, general medical management, management of specific diseases, surgical management, gender issues in clinical geriatrics, and more.
Product Description: Saves you hours of painstaking paperwork, while providing optimum latitude in developing customized care and treatment plans for the unique needs of older patients
Following the same format as the bestselling The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, this invaluable sourcebook supplies all of the essential building blocks you need to create focused, formal treatment plans that satisfy all of the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payers, and state and federal review agencies. Organized around 27 main presenting problems, from dementia and depression to the psychological impact of physical decline, this book features:
Thousands of well-crafted statements to choose from, describing goals and treatment options for cognitive, behavioral, and mood disorders detailed in the minimum data set required by HCFA
A sample plan that can be emulated in writing plans that meet all requirements of third-party payers and accrediting agencies
A presenting problem list that includes all relevant DSM-IV categories
A quick-reference format that allows you to locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem or DSM-IV diagnosis
Large workbook-style pages affording plenty of space to record your own customized goals, objectives, and interventions
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Geriatrics Pocketcard Set by: Bbp 2 used from $8.65 19 Thirdparty New from $5.73 Edition: 1 Crds Media: Paperback EAN: 9781591030379 ISBN: 1591030374 Number Of Pages: 6 Publication Date: 2006-10-30 Publisher: Boerm Bruckmeier Publishing LLC
Product Description: The Geriatrics pocketcard Set is a concise summary of essential information on the assessment of the eldeerly patient. The cards contain information on topics such as activities of daily living, cardiac risk, dementia, depression, incontinence, and alcohol abuse. A variety of scales useful in evaluating the patient's health status include: * 10-item Geriatric Impairment Inventory * Clock Drawing Test * Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living * Geriatric Depression Scale * Functional Assessment Staging in Alzheimer's Disease * Hachinski Ischemic Score * Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly * And many more... For Students, residents, nurses and all other healthcare professionals.
2007-2008 Geriatrics At Your Fingertips by: David B. Reuben 1 used from $13.94 2 Thirdparty New from $13.95 Edition: 9th Edition, 2007-2008 Media: Paperback EAN: 9781886775190 ISBN: 1886775192 Number Of Pages: 330 Publication Date: 2007-04-01 Publisher: American Geriatrics Society
Product Description: With over 14,000 copies of the pocket-sized print edition sold annually, GAYF is a must-have clinical tool for anyone who cares for older adults. It covers assessment, recommended diagnostic tests, management strategies, and both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies recommended specifically for older adults, based on the most current evidence. The new 2007-2008 Edition includes completely updated text and tables including the latest information based on current clinical guidelines and newly- approved medications by the FDA.
Elder Care in Occupational Therapy has been extensively revised into a new and completely updated second edition. This pragmatic text presents up-to-date information in a user-friendly format that seamlessly flows from one subject to the next.
From wellness to hospice, Elder Care in Occupational Therapy, Second Edition offers a broad yet detailed discussion of occupational therapy practice that is devoted to older adults. A wide variety of topics are covered in a concise format, such as historical perspectives, theoretical insights, the aging process, and current interventional strategies, to name a few. Twenty informative appendices are also included that clarify issues such as Medicare coverage, community and clinical living arrangements, client-centered practice, exercise programs, evidence-based practice, and a summary of the newly adopted Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process.
Additional features:
Contains information about the most advanced scientific achievements that can ultimately affect occupational therapy.
Lists new and updated resource materials.
Presents case studies that provide theoretical considerations and Intervention methods.
Clearly discusses exciting and new venues for occupational therapy programming.
Explains fundamentals of documentation and current reimbursement issues.
Perfect for the student or clinician, Elder Care in Occupational Therapy, Second Edition provides classic, professional information on theory, disease entities, and intervention in a comprehensive format.
Basic Geriatric Nursing by: Gloria Hoffman Wold 6 used from $20.99 20 Thirdparty New from $31.20 Edition: 4 Media: Paperback EAN: 9780323052436 ISBN: 0323052436 Number Of Pages: 424 Publication Date: 2007-10-09 Publisher: Mosby
Product Description: Part of the popular LPN threads series, Basic GERIATRIC NURSING, 4th Edition presents the theories and concepts of aging, the physiologic and psychosocial changes and problems associated with the process, and appropriate nursing interventions. With its easy-to-read, clear writing style, this text provides the right depth and breadth of geriatrics content for LPN/LVNs.
UNIQUE! Nursing Care Plans follow the nursing process and include Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each plan.
UNIQUE! Key Points at the end of chapters summarize chapter highlights.
Clear, concise writing throughout, makes the content easily understandable and consistent.
Nursing Process sections in each appropriate chapter provides a strong framework for the discussion of the nursing care of the elderly patient as related to specific disorders.
UNIQUE! Nursing Interventions grouped according to health care setting (e.g. acute care, extended care, home care) allow you to see how care may be adapted and/or modified depending on the setting.
UNIQUE! Patient Teaching boxes instruct and inform both elderly patients and their caregivers about health promotion, disease prevention, and age-specific interventions.
UNIQUE! Complementary and Alternative Therapies boxes for geriatric patients provide valuable information on pain management through nonpharmocologic therapies.
Clinical Situations boxes include patient scenarios in the clinical setting, preparing you for patient care in the real world.
UNIQUE! Delegation Considerations boxes address such topics as restraints, elder abuse, and end-of-life care as related to responsibilities of nursing assistants and other health care workers who are supervised by LPN/LVNs.
UNIQUE! Critical Thinking boxes stress important content-related points and pose questions designed to stimulate further discussion.
Cultural Considerations boxes provide advice on culturally diverse patient care of older adults.
Includes content on ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care (including separate chapter that addresses pain management and palliative care in both the institutional and home settings).
UNIQUE! Perforated Student Activities workbook at the back of the book includes a variety of matching, multiple-choice, study questions, case studies with critical thinking questions, and Internet activities.
Full-color art, photographs, and design create a vivid, dynamic background for the narrative.
Improved format with more bulleted lists and smaller chunks of content make content even easier to understand and retain.
Case Studies and related Questions and Activities in the Student Activities section at the back of the book are detailed, in-depth clinical scenarios and related questions.
Content on Home Health for both patients and caregivers includes essential information for LPN/LVNs caring for older adults in the home setting.
Content on Alzheimer's disease help you recognize the many manifestations of the disease in each of its stages and provide safe, appropriate care.
Increased content on therapeutic communication acknowledges generational and cultural differences among patients and caregivers and helps you learn how to communicate effectively with older adults in any stage of health or illness.
Increased cultural content on the impact of aging in other cultures throughout help you become more culturally sensitive when providing nursing care.
UNIQUE! Section on Baby Boomers and the impact of their aging on health care addresses key information on the largest age group and their health care needs.
MyPyramid illustrates the 2005 revised guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and allows individualization of nutritional guidelines, helping you to easily modify nutritional needs for older adults.
UNIQUE! Evidence-based research to support gerontologic nursing care.
Updated Lab Values for Older Adults provide the necessary statistics for evaluating assessment data and providing appropriate nursing care.
Evolve Student Resources now include audio pronunciations, animations, and video assessment.
Doing Things shows how to provide a positive environment for persons with Alzheimer's disease by offering opportunities for social interaction and constructive, enjoyable activities. Zgola outlines the ways in which a patient's functional impairment can be assessed; the strengths, weaknesses, and needs most commonly encountered among persons with Alzheimer's disease; and ways activities can be tailored to accommodate them. She offers step-by-step instructions for selecting and presenting appropriate activities and includes cooking and crafts projects, a sample exercise routine, and a sample daily schedule. The techniques she describes are designed to promote a sense of security and self-esteem, by avoiding possible sources of confusion or confrontation.
Based on the highly successful program developed at one day-care facility for persons with dementia, Doing Things offers an invaluable guide for professionals and volunteers supervising activities at day-care centers and extended-care facilities -- as well as for individuals who are caring for patients at home. Throughout, Zgola's emphasis is on treating persons who have Alzheimer's disease with empathy, courtesy, and dignity.
Product Description: A multidisciplinary resource that combines the latest research with the best practices for working with older adults
The Handbook of Gerontology: Evidence-Based Approaches to Theory, Practice, and Policy provides an essential source of important theoretical and applied information on gerontology for all mental health professionals interested in optimizing the health and well-being of older adults. Interdisciplinary and incorporating the most current evidence-based practices in its focus, this timely book considers the many factors that affect the way this growing population experiences the world-and provides a positive and proactive guide to administering care.
Integrating the latest research findings with important practice implications for working with an older client population, the Handbook of Gerontology draws on a multidisciplinary team of expert contributors who provide coverage and insight into a diverse range of topics, including:
A global perspective on aging
Elder abuse
Family caregiving
Parenting grandchildren
Depression
Substance abuse
Alzheimer's disease
Successful aging and personality
Biological and cognitive aspects and theories of aging
An exceptional resource for practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and students, the Handbook of Gerontology is essential reading for anyone who works with older adults.
Product Description: Focused on common disorders seen in older adults from both the medical and nursing perspectives, this revised reference addresses nursing diagnoses and patient education and provides the reader with various approaches for assessing the client. Also contains chapters on the principles of promoting health and on the essentials of good nutrition for older adults.
This essential guide is designed for mental health practitioners and primary care providers without advanced training in geriatric psychiatry. Leading physician and educator Gary J. Kennedy sets forth a clear framework for understanding the interplay of medical, psychological, and social factors in frequently encountered problems among older adults. Clear guidelines are delineated for assessing and treating such conditions as depression and anxiety, dementia, psychosis and mania, sleep disturbances, personality and somatoform disorders, substance abuse, and suicidality. Throughout, Kennedy focuses on ways to sustain seniors' independence and overall quality of life while enhancing their adaptive capacities. Psychopharmacological principles are presented with an emphasis on safety, simplicity, and effectiveness, and the beneficial applications of individual, marital, family, and group psychotherapies are also addressed. Other topics covered include sexuality in old age, problems of elder abuse and neglect, collaborating with family members and other caregivers in medical and nonmedical settings, and legal and ethical issues in treatment.
