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  • Psychiatry in the Nursing Home

    by D. Peter Birkett ...
    Get the vital clinical information you need with this comprehensive handbook!In the decade since the first edition of this book, dramatic changes have taken place in the field of geriatric psychiatry. Psychiatry in the Nursing Home, Second Edition, presents timely information on the newest trends in law, culture, and medications, while still offering essential advice on the fundamental concerns of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Psychiatry of Stroke

    by D. Peter Birkett ...
    Treating stroke requires attention not only to patients’ physical needs, but to their psychiatric needs as well. Unfortunately, there has been a considerable lack of literature that tackles this important facet of recovery. The Psychiatry of Stroke fills this void through a comprehensive examination that explores the mental and physical issues faced by stroke patients and offers up-to-date ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • TOP 10 Geriatric Syndromes: Clinical Management Strategies

    by Lisa Byrd, PhD, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, Gerontologist ...
    This book will present many of the expected changes caused by normal aging and the Top Ten Geriatric Syndromes elders experience. These syndromes are a cascade of problems in an elders health and revolve around vision and hearing problems, elimination issues, dizziness, falls, and cognitive impairment including delirium as well as dementia (such as Alzheimers disease). For these reasons, providing ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Place Called Canterbury

    Tales of the New Old Age in America

    by Dudley Clendinen ...
    An "affectionate, touchingly empathetic" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times) look at old age in America today Welcome to Canterbury Tower , an apartment building in Florida, where the residents are busy with friendships, love, sex, money, and gossip-and the average age is eightysix. Journalist Dudley Clendinen's mother moved to Canterbury in 1994, planning-like most the inhabitants-to spend her ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Patient Crisis and Critical Thinking

    by Carol Whiteside, MSN, PhD ...
    The primary goal of nursing care is that the patient be oxygenating and perfusing at the same time. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Connecting through Music with People with Dementia

    A Guide for Caregivers

    by Robin Rio ...
    For people with dementia, the world can become a lonely and isolated place. Music has long been a vital instrument in transcending cognitive issues; bringing people together, and allowing a person to live in the moment. Connecting through Music with People with Dementia explains how a caregiver can learn to use melody or rhythm to connect with someone who may be otherwise non-responsive, and how ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness

    by Tamara McClintock Greenberg ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    More than ever, the aging process is recognized as carrying a special set of emotional challenges–especially when acute or chronic medical conditions are involved. In this light, Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness presents a fresh, contemporary application of psychodynamic theory, addressing the complex issues surrounding declining health. Informed by the spectrum of psychodynamic ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Waiting at the Gate

    Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home

    by Susan L Sandel, David Johnson ...
    Here is the result of over ten years of hands-on clinical experience by two experts wha have worked with the elderly. The authors explore the contributions of the creative arts therapies, specifically movement and drama therapy, to the individual and communal welfare of residents in nursing homes. Waiting at the Gate: Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home eloquently demonstrates how movement and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Dementia Care in Nursing

    by Sue Barker, Michele Board ...
    Series series Transforming Nursing Practice Series
    Dementia care presents a huge challenge to health and social care both now and in the future. The number of those in the UK with dementia is expected to increase to 1.4 million in the next 30 years. Regardless of the field of nursing, all nurses need to understand the experiences of a person with dementia and the issues related to their care. This book provides an introduction to dementia care for ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Women, Aging, and Ageism

    by Evelyn R Rosenthal ...
    Here is a unique text that examines the lives of middle-aged and old women. Women, Aging and Ageism, in response to the lack of literature that focuses on aging women, presents timely and definitive research that illustrates the implications of ageism and sexism. This landmark volume challenges powerful myths and dangerous stereotypes and identifies the damaging restrictions that society forces ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • What Do I Do?

    How to Care for, Comfort, and Commune With Your Nursing Home Elder, Revised and Illustrated Edition

    by Katherine Karr, Jess Karr ...
    Help families of institutionalized elders with this compassionate and practical manual. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Working with Older People

    by John Harris, Denise Tanner ...
    Series series The Social Work Skills Series
    Working with older people has become an increasingly important part of social work education and practice. Whether studying community care, adult services, human growth and development, or social work processes and interventions, this book will be a vital source of information and help.Working with Older People provides a framework of knowledge, skills and values pertinent to qualifying social ... Read more

    $52.99 USD