Gerontological Nursing in Australia and New Zealand --- INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF GERONTOLOGY --- THE STUDY OF AGEING WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT --- THE ROLE OF THE NURSE --- CHALLENGES OF GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING CARE --- Contemporary Ageing --- CURRENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND --- THE NEW ZEALAND CONTEXT --- THEORIES ON AGEING --- Cross-Cultural Ageing --- OVERVIEW OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN OLDER PEOPLE --- CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND CULTURAL SAFETY --- CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING HEALTHY AGEING --- OPPORTUNITIES IN PROMOTING HEALTHY AGEING --- USEFUL RESOURCES --- Promoting Healthy Ageing --- DEFINITION OF HEALTHY AGEING --- FUNCTIONAL ABILITY AND HEALTHY AGEING --- ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTHY AGEING --- HEALTH LITERACY --- HISTORY OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND HEALTHY AGEING --- HEALTH PROMOTION --- INTEGRATED PERSON-CENTRED FRAMEWORK --- HEALTH PROMOTION AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS --- EXERCISE AND ACTIVITY --- USEFUL RESOURCES --- Navigating the Healthcare System --- INTRODUCTION --- NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM --- AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC HEALTH AND AGED CARE SYSTEMS --- FUNDING AND CARE OPTIONS --- GOVERNMENT POLICY --- CLINICAL GOVERNANCE --- QUALITY HEALTH SERVICE STANDARDS --- HEALTH AND AGED CARE STANDARDS, AUDIT AND BENCHMARKING --- Gerontological Nursing Across the Continuum of Care --- HOME CARE/RESPITE CARE/RESIDENTIAL CARE --- TRANSITIONAL CARE --- CARING IN THE ACUTE SETTING --- RURAL AND REMOTE NURSING --- AGED CARE IN NEW ZEALAND --- Communication and Shared Decision-Making --- AUTONOMY AND SHARED DECISION-MAKING --- THREE COMPONENTS OF HEALTHCARE DECISIONS: CHOICE, CAPACITY AND CONSENT --- NURSING SKILLS FOR SHARED DECISION-MAKING --- Comprehensive Health --- A SUMMARY OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF AGEING (see Fig. 8.1) --- ASSESSMENT OF THE OLDER PERSON --- DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD-KEEPING --- Documentation in Residential Care Facilities and the Hospital Setting --- Living with Chronic Conditions --- AGEING IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND --- WHY ARE OLDER PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP CHRONIC CONDITIONS? --- CHALLENGE OF AGEING HEALTHILY --- HAND HYGIENE --- AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM --- VACCINATION SCHEDULE FOR OLDER ADULTS --- COMMON INFECTIONS --- Safe Use of Medications --- THE NEED FOR SAFE MEDICATION USE IN OLDER PEOPLE --- MEDICATION SAFETY IN OLDER PEOPLE --- AGE-RELATED CHANGES --- APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING --- MEDICATION REVIEW --- DEPRESCRIBING --- PALLIATIVE CARE --- COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY AND SUPPLEMENTS --- Nutrition and Hydration --- NUTRITIONAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE --- UNDERNUTRITION IN OLDER PEOPLE --- OBESITY IN OLDER PEOPLE --- ORAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE --- MANAGEMENT FOR MALNUTRITION AND WEIGHT LOSS IN OLDER PEOPLE --- MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY IN OLDER PEOPLE --- MANAGEMENT OF DEHYDRATION IN OLDER PEOPLE --- Elimination --- AGEING AND URINARY FUNCTION --- AGEING AND URINARY DYSFUNCTION Urinary Incontinence --- TYPES OF URINARY --- INCONTINENCE --- STOMA --- SLEEP DISORDERS IN OLDER PEOPLE --- SLEEP AND HEALTHY AGEING --- Promoting Healthy Skin --- AGE-RELATED CHANGES --- RISK FACTORS FOR SKIN DAMAGE --- COMMON SKIN CONDITIONS IN OLDER PEOPLE --- SKIN ASSESSMENT --- WOUND ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT --- SKIN TEARS --- PRESSURE INJURIES --- LEG ULCERS --- SKIN CANCERS --- HERPES ZOSTER --- FOOT CARE --- Falls and Falls Prevention --- HEALTHY AGEING AND PREVENTION OF FALLS --- INCIDENCE OF FALLS AND FALL-RELATED INJURIES --- STAFF REPORTING OF FALLS --- RISK FACTORS FOR INJURIES FROM FALLS --- FALL RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES ACROSS SETTINGS --- REVIEWING STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING FALLS --- INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE INJURIES FROM FALLS --- Palliative Care --- A GOOD DEATH --- PALLIATIVE CARE --- PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES --- STANDARDS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE --- PALLIATIVE CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE --- A PALLIATIVE APPROACH IN RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE --- SPECIALISED PALLIATIVE SERVICE IN RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE --- RECOGNISING THE END OF LIFE --- Constipation --- COMMUNICATION AND DECISION-MAKING IN PALLIATIVE CARE --- VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING --- Safety and Security --- SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS IN OLDER PEOPLE --- NATURAL DISASTERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR OLDER PEOPLE --- PREPARING FOR THE UNEXPECTED TO KEEP OLDER PEOPLE SAFE --- VULNERABLE OLDER PEOPLE AND HOMELESSNESS --- ROAD SAFETY IN OLDER DRIVERS --- TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT OLDER PEOPLE AS THEY AGE --- Pain Assessment and Management --- THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF PAIN --- CONSEQUENCES OF CHRONIC PAIN --- TYPES OF PAIN --- AGE-RELATED CHANGES AND PAIN --- PAIN IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT --- PAIN ASSESSMENT --- INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS PAIN --- Hearing --- TYPES OF HEARING LOSS --- ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS FOR HEARING LOSS IN OLDER ADULTS --- FUNCTIONAL IMPACTS OF HEARING LOSS --- ASSESSMENT --- INTERVENTIONS --- Vision --- AGE-RELATED CHANGES (see Table 21.1 and Fig. 21.1) --- COMMON EYE CONDITIONS --- HEALTHY AGEING AND PREVENTION --- NURSING OLDER PEOPLE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT --- Musculoskeletal Health --- MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH
AGE-RELATED CHANGES --- MUSCULOSKELETAL ASSESSMENT --- OSTEOPOROSIS --- OSTEOMALACIA --- PAGET'S DISEASE --- INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE
Gout --- ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS --- FRACTURES --- CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH TRAUMATIC INJURY AND LIMITED MOBILITY IN OLDER PEOPLE --- Cardiovascular Health --- THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM --- THE AGEING CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM --- RISK FACTORS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE --- COMMON CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE --- Stroke --- DIAGNOSING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE --- INTERVENTIONS --- MAXIMISING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH --- HEALTHY DIET --- Respiratory Health --- AGE-RELATED CHANGES --- COMMON CONDITIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM --- ASSESSMENT --- COMMON INTERVENTIONS --- MAXIMISING RESPIRATORY HEALTH --- Mental Health in Older Age --- MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER AGE
MENTAL DISORDERS IN OLD AGE --- Pathophysiology --- CULTURE AND OLDER PERSONS’ MENTAL HEALTH --- MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT --- DEPRESSION IN THE OLDER PERSON --- ANXIETY IN OLDER PEOPLE --- PSYCHOSIS IN OLDER PEOPLE --- SUBSTANCE USE IN OLDER PEOPLE --- SUICIDE IN OLDER PEOPLE --- Neurocognitive Disorders --- DELIRIUM --- MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (MILD NCD) --- DEMENTIA (MAJOR NCD) --- PARKINSON'S DISEASE (MILD OR MAJOR NCD) --- SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA --- Nursing Interventions --- Person-Centred Care --- Use of Language and Stigma --- EVIDENCE-BASED COMMUNICATION THERAPIES --- Validation Therapy --- MAINTAINING WELLBEING --- Promoting Independence --- Addressing Pain --- Creating Enabling Environments --- PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT --- Relationships in Later Life --- RELATIONSHIPS --- INTIMACY --- SEXUALITY --- SEXUAL AND GENDER DIVERSITY --- Open Environments --- LONELINESS --- DIVORCE, SEPARATION AND RELATIONSHIP LOSS --- ELDER ABUSE --- LATER LIFE TRANSITIONS --- Caregiver --- INTRODUCTION --- THE CHANGING ROLE AND RECOGNITION OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS --- VIEWS OF CAREGIVING --- Residential Aged Care Setting --- CARING FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS --- ASSESSMENT --- Loss, Grief and Bereavement in Later Life --- CHANGE AND LOSS IN OLDER AGE --- COPING AND ADJUSTING TO CHANGE AND LOSS --- CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON LOSS AND GRIEF --- GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT --- Anticipatory Grief --- DISTURBED GRIEF --- COPING WITH BEREAVEMENT --- RESPONDING TO COMPLEX BEREAVEMENT OUTCOMES