Caring for Older People in the Community

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ISBN: 9780470518045 | 0470518049
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Copyright: 7/7/2009

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Caring for older people encompasses complex physical, social and psychological needs, and poses many diverse challenges for nurses. Caring for Older People in the Community provides nurses with an up to date practical resource that explores these challenges.Throughout the book the use of reflection points and scenarios enable the reader to reflect on current issues and consider how underpinning theory supports practice. Each chapter is evidence based and fully referenced, with full contact details of charities. This book will appeal to health and social care practitioners working in community settings, and will help nurses meet the challenge of nursing and the ageing population with empathy and understanding of diverse needs.

Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Past and current influences on practice	p. 1
Historical perspectives from past to present	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Family, kinship and older people	p. 3
The welfare state, older people and the changing role of institutions	p. 8
Towards Care in the Community	p. 14
Modernisation muddles	p. 20
Conclusion	p. 22
References	p. 23
Older people's experiences: social context and contemporary social policy	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
Social context	p. 27
Policy as a response to needs of older people	p. 40
Health and social care provision	p. 47
Conclusion	p. 54
References	p. 55
Ethical tensions for the older person and carers	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
Paradigm shifts in health and social care	p. 61
Factors influencing moral reasoning and behaviour	p. 65
Values and beliefs	p. 65
Significant ethical theories	p. 67
Power versus professional perspectives	p. 74
End of life and decision-making	p. 78
The diversities and tensions of caring	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 87
References	p. 88
Contemporary challenges	p. 93
Healthy ageing, active ageing: the challenges	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
The context	p. 96
Active ageing	p. 99
Healthy ageing	p. 100
Barriers	p. 100
Policy frameworks	p. 103
Health promotion versus health education	p. 104
Targeted health education for older people	p. 107
Challenges	p. 109
Complementary therapies	p. 110
Controversy and cultural shifts	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 130
References	p. 131
Useful websites	p. 138
Older people with learning disabilities	p. 139
Introduction	p. 139
Defining learning disability	p. 139
Recent policy and people with learning disabilities	p. 141
Impact of having a learning disability	p. 141
Communicating with older people with learning disabilities	p. 142
Vulnerability	p. 145
Principles underpinning services for people with learning disabilities	p. 146
Community services and support systems for older people with learning disabilities	p. 146
Impact of ageing on where an older person with learning disabilities lives	p. 149
Health services and older people with learning disabilities	p. 150
Primary care	p. 150
Specialist community learning disability teams	p. 151
Mental health services	p. 151
Health of older people with learning disabilities	p. 151
Specific health issues for people with learning disabilities	p. 153
Partnership working and consent	p. 158
Advocacy and empowerment	p. 159
Person-centeredness	p. 159
Health assessment	p. 160
Health action plans	p. 160
End of life care	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 161
References	p. 162
Useful websites	p. 166
Working with older people with dementia in the community	p. 167
Introduction	p. 167
What is dementia?	p. 167
Policy context	p. 168
Roles for nurses in the community	p. 169
The medical view of dementia	p. 170
Conditions often confused with dementia: delirium and depression	p. 174
The social view of dementia	p. 175
The citizenship view	p. 176
Stages of dementia	p. 176
Philosophical and ethical concerns	p. 176
Communication	p. 180
Assessment	p. 184
Working with carers	p. 187
Working with other agencies and professionals	p. 188
Technology	p. 189
Challenges and rewards	p. 190
Conclusion	p. 199
Acknowledgements	p. 199
References	p. 199
Useful websites	p. 204
Future challenges	p. 205
Future trends	p. 207
Introduction	p. 207
Significant trends leading to the 60th year of the NHS	p. 208
The empowerment of patients through the Expert Patients Programme	p. 211
Community hospitals	p. 213
Cancer care - bringing diagnostic technology and chemotherapy treatment closer to patients	p. 215
The National Programme for IT	p. 216
Telecare, telehealth, telenursing and telemedicine	p. 218
Whole System Demonstrators	p. 224
Moving towards seamless care	p. 225
Partnership for Older People Projects	p. 230
Conclusion	p. 232
References	p. 233
Useful websites	p. 235
Index	p. 237
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