Healthy Ageing and Aged Care

Healthy Ageing and Aged Care takes an inter-disciplinary approach to supporting older people within the community and in care. It represents current Australian policies and practices and takes a holistic view of the older person, and emphasises the positive aspects of the ageing process, maintaining that people age in healthy ways and continue to be an integral part of their families and communities. This is one of the rewarding aspects of working with older people—assessing accurately and collaboratively putting in place strategies that can maintain the person's quality of life. The goal is for students to be able to develop those skills by engaging with the material in this book.

Maree Bernoth, Associate Professor, Charles Sturt University,Dr Denise Winkler, Communications Director, Hawaii Industrial Services, Ltd

Maree Bernoth is a Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University.

Denise Winkler is an Educational Designer, Division of Student Learning, Charles Sturt University.

PART ONE: The context of ageing
1. The opportunities and challenges of ageing in Australia, Clarissa Hughes, Robin Harvey, Christine Stripling
2. Policies influencing aged care in Australia: past, present and future, J. Michael Wynne, Lynda Saltarelli
3. The experience of ageing for Indigenous Australians, Jayne Douglas
4. The personal perspective of ageing in a complex world, Denise Winkler
PART TWO: The social aspects of ageing
5. Family relationships and informal care, Belinda Cash
6. Ageing in rural areas: Embracing Diversity, Karen Bell, Sabine Wardle
7. Elder Abuse, Briony Dow, Bianca Brijnath, Kate O'Halloran
8. Older People Volunteering, Gael Evans-Barr
9. Leisure, Sport and Recreation in the Lives of Older People, Rylee Dionigi
PART THREE: The clinical aspects of ageing and aged care
10. The impact of physiological changes on older people: Implications for nursing, Maree Bernoth, Jed Montayre
11. The older person in acute care, Elyce Green, Bridget Honan
13. Maintaining mental health through the ageing experience, Peter Santangelo, John Dobronhotoff
14. Dementia, Marguerite Bramble
15. Pharmacology, Phillip Ebbs
16. Optimal nutrition and hydration, Ruth Crawford, Marissa Samuelson
17. Oral Health, Simone Alexander
18. Mobility and falls prevention, Kristy Robson
19. Managing multiple chronic conditions (multimorbidity), Alison Devitt
19. End-of-life-care, Jenny McKenzie, Melissa Brody