Aging Well Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Professionals

Aging Well: Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Professionals brings a fresh outlook to gerontological education and promotes the experience of aging as a positive circumstance, and elders as a treasure of society. Discussion centers on the application of research findings to encourage elders to rise above and beyond disability, to help them retain their identity of personhood, and integrate into society in general and their immediate community in particular. Contributors include individuals from the academic gerontological community and clinicians as well as experts from related fields such as social policy and community planning. This comprehensive text contains vital information necessary to caring for elders, including topics such as disease and disabilities associated with aging, to illuminate underlying philosophical tenants and social issues. Each chapter provides a summary of the key points with suggestions on how to apply them on a daily basis.

SectionSection I A Call to Action: Policy Implications
ChapterChapter 1 Ethical, Moral, and Policy Challenges in Our Aging Society
SectionSection II Issues Central to Gerontological Education
ChapterChapter 2 The Art of Mentoring: Developing the Next Generation of Gerontologists
ChapterChapter 4 Enhancing the Graduate Student Experience: Student Engagement and the Internship Survey
ChapterChapter 5 Student Participation in Interdisciplinary Community Practice: Patient Activation in a Community Context
ChapterChapter 6 The Changing Face of Aging: New Challenges, New Opportunities
SectionSection III Innovative Learning Activities
ChapterChapter 7 Learning by Living: Wheeling a Mile in a Nursing Home Elder's Chair
ChapterChapter 8 Rural Geriatric Education and Mental Health
ChapterChapter 9 Reminiscence as a Teaching Tool
ChapterChapter 10 My Eye-opening AmeriCorps Assignment at Senior Centers
ChapterChapter 11 Where Pedagogy and Practice Converge: Engaging Graduate Gerontology Students in the Community Through service Learning and Caregiver Education
SectionSection IV Addressing Social Issues Related to Gerontology
ChapterChapter 12 "Age Old" Health Disparities: Daunting Challenges in This Millennium
ChapterChapter 13 Addressing Health Sector Manpower Shortages and Service Gaps in Medically Underserved Areas: University Facilitated Geriatric Continuing Education Collaborations
ChapterChapter 14 Getting the Home in Nursing Homes
ChapterChapter 15 Promoting Healthy Aging with Attention to Social Capital
ChapterChapter 16 Making Community Events Accessible to Older Adults: Geriatric Nurses Collaboration
ChapterChapter 17 Giving Voice to Vulnerable Populations: Rogerian Nursing Theory
SectionSection V Practice Imperatives
ChapterChapter 18 Creating a New Philosophy for Elder Care
ChapterChapter 19 Evidence Based Pain Management
ChapterChapter 20 Preventing Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: An Exemplar for Nursing Education
ChapterChapter 21 Caring for the Elderly in the Emergency Department
ChapterChapter 22 Cognitive Rehabilitation in People with Dementia
ChapterChapter 23 Managing Dementia: The Power of Connection
ChapterChapter 24 Linking Dentistry to Health Care: An Opportunity for Nurse Leadership
ChapterChapter 25 Morale Over Time of Newly Institutionalized Residents
ChapterChapter 26 Poetry for Caregivers of Older Adults: Easing the Burden
ChapterChapter 27 Home is Where the Heart Is
ChapterChapter 28 Teaching End of Life Care
SectionSection VI Promoting Personhood and Quality of Life in Elders
ChapterChapter 29 Preserving Expression of Identity in the Face of Losses Associated with Aging
ChapterChapter 30 Making Moments that Matter (Storytelling/Songwriting)
ChapterChapter 31 Therapeutic Cooking Groups for Elders
ChapterChapter 32 Gardening: A Natural Way for Older People to Stay Engaged and Healthy
ChapterChapter 33 Seniors and Companion Animals
ChapterChapter 34 The Bountiful Model: Place, Reminiscence and the Gerontological Nurse
SectionSection VII Cultural Perspectives on Aging
ChapterChapter 35 The Experience of "Healthy Life" in Rural Community Dwelling Elders
ChapterChapter 36 The Need to Have Roots: A Philosophical Discussion
ChapterChapter 37 Telenovelas and Cafecitos: Culturally Sensitive Intervention Strategies for Latina Women
ChapterChapter 38 Mother Wit and Self Health Management: Learning from African American Elders
ChapterChapter 39 Care of the Elderly in Botswana, Africa
ChapterChapter 40 The Power of Life Story Books: Irish Stories
ChapterChapter 41 Care of the Elderly in South Korea
SectionSection VIII Closing Comments
ChapterChapter 42 Conclusions and Future Directions