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Awarded a 2012 AJN Book of the Year Award Why focus on the negative aspects of growing old while most older adults are leading positive, fulfilling, and active lives even while dealing with the changes associated with aging and chronic illnesses? Promote healthy aging; learn what it means to age successfully; and develop the tools and resources that can optimize well-being during the later years in life with the guidance you'll find inside. The author, a nationally recognized expert in the field of gerontology addresses the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of older adults based on a holistic, mid-range nursing theory of successful aging. Contributions from healthcare professionals in exercise physiology, nutrition, pharmacy and elder law help you understand how these disciplines work together to benefit patients.
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Lange (nursing, Quinnipiac U.) examines the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of older adults based on a holistic nursing theory of successful aging, for nursing faculty, students, and practitioners. An interdisciplinary group of US and international health care professionals in areas ranging from nutrition to law to nursing discusses the nurse's role in promoting healthy aging; what it means to age successfully; characteristics of older adults; the importance of collaborative care; normal aging and physical changes; economic, legal, and social aspects; mental wellness, spirituality, and the end of life; international perspectives; and what tools, skills, resources, and knowledge can be used to optimize well-being. Recommendations are drawn from sources such as the Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Geriatric and End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortia, and the Institute of Medicine as embedded in the six Quality and Safety Education for Nursing Competencies. Online access to learning resources and electronic and mobile versions of the text is provided. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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