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The gerontology nurse's guide to the community-based health network /

This clinical guide for gerontology nurses in community-based practice provides an overview of growing old in the United States; discusses cultural and socioeconomic considerations and common conditions and morbidities affecting older adults; and surveys the wide variety of community resources avail...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howe, Brenda L. Bonham (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Psycho-social-cultural health
  • Health care delivery : cultural considerations
  • Health care delivery : cultural domains / Maria Milagros Kneusel
  • Theoretical perspectives on aging and physical changes / Jane Tiedet
  • How to deal with compromised independence
  • Home-style adult safety and socialization options
  • Home health services
  • Skilled nurse competency requirements for home health services
  • Hospice and palliative care services / Stephanie Bernahl Barss
  • Skilled nurse competency requirements for hospice services
  • Independent living
  • Assisted living
  • Long term care / Kaye Conrath
  • Alzheimer's and memory care
  • Additional community health resources for the financially compromised
  • Why must clients and caregivers embrace self-advocacy? / Esther Freeman.