Nursing older people

by Heather Elbourne

ISBN: 9781498735179

Published: 2019

This practical guide helps student and practicing nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people. With stories from older people who have had varied experiences of health care and nursing, chapters are underpinned by five key principles: providing patient-centered and dignified care, shared decision making involving family and friends, multi-disciplinary care, improving mental wellbeing through companionship and a sense of value, and an appreciation of both the challenges and rewards of working with older people. This book offers: Stories which reflect the complexity of care and health experienced by older people and their journeys Topic-oriented chapters which provide a series of evidence-based readings which will use the most up-to-date research evidence merged with national and international policy and practitioner experience Boxed examples of the best/current evidence from experts, researchers and policy makers. This is likely to include practice...