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Health, Aging & End of Life. Vol. 1 2016

Author : Varios Autores

Publisher : Herder Editorial

Page : 173 pages

File Size : 25,92 MB

Release : 2016-11-07

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 8425439957

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Artículos / Articles ¿Qué puede ofrecer un viejo profesor a las nuevas generaciones? What can an old teacher offer the new ganerations? Ramon Bayés Sopena End-of-life ethics: an ecological approach. Ética al final de la vida: un enfoque ecológico Kenneth J. Doka Pacificar el final de la vida. Claves filosóficas Pacify the end of life. Philosophical keys Francesc Torralba El deseo de adelantar la muerte: una visión ética desde la clínica The wish to hasten death: an ethical view from clinical practice Cristina Monforte-Royo, Josep Porta-Sales, Albert Balaguer Carga sanitaria y multimorbilidad de las personas mayores atendidas en centros residenciales y sociosanitarios Health burden and multimorbidity in people living in skilled nursing home care facilities Josep Pascual, Iciar Ancizu, Constanza Daigrec, Mónica de las Heras, María Dulce Fontanals Is early palliative care intervention possible in patients with haematological malignancies? ¿Es posible la intervención precoz de cuidados paliativos en pacientes con neoplasias hematológicas? Josep Porta-Sales, Maria Guerrero-Torrelles, Deborah Moreno-Alonso, Silvia Llorens-Torrome, Mercedes Galiano-Barajas, Josep Sarra-Escarré, Victoria Clapés-Puig, Jordi Trelis-Navarro, Anna Sureda-Balarí, Alberto Fernández de Sevilla-Ribosa Transferencia de resultados científicos en formatos artístico-creativos. "Tengo ganas de...": un ejemplo de transformación de un estudio cualitativo sobre atención a mayores en domicilio Transfer of scientific results in artistic/creative formats. "I'd like to...



Families Caring for an Aging America

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 367 pages

File Size : 42,4 MB

Release : 2016-12-08

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0309448069

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Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.





Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 317 pages

File Size : 49,14 MB

Release : 2020-05-14

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0309671035

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Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions. A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that social isolation presents a major risk for premature mortality, comparable to other risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, or obesity. As older adults are particularly high-volume and high-frequency users of the health care system, there is an opportunity for health care professionals to identify, prevent, and mitigate the adverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults summarizes the evidence base and explores how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, particularly among low income, underserved, and vulnerable populations. This report makes recommendations specifically for clinical settings of health care to identify those who suffer the resultant negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness and target interventions to improve their social conditions. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults considers clinical tools and methodologies, better education and training for the health care workforce, and dissemination and implementation that will be important for translating research into practice, especially as the evidence base for effective interventions continues to flourish.



The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging

Author : Daniel Kaplan

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 745 pages

File Size : 13,50 MB

Release : 2015-10-13

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0199336962

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This Second Edition of the Handbook addresses the evolving interdisciplinary health care context and the broader social work practice environment, as well as advances in the knowledge base which guides social work service delivery in health and aging. This includes recent enhancements in the theories of gerontology, innovations in clinical interventions, and major developments in the social policies that structure and finance health care and senior services. In addition, the policy reforms of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act set in motion a host of changes in the United States healthcare system with potentially profound implications for the programs and services which provide care to older adults and their families. In this volume, the most experienced and prominent gerontological health care scholars address a variety of populations that social workers serve, and the arenas in which they practice, followed by detailed recommendations of best practices for an array of physical and mental health conditions. The volume's unprecedented attention to diversity, health care trends, and implications for practice, research, policy make the publication a major event in the field of gerontological social work. This is a Must-Read for all social work social work educators, practitioners, and students interested in older adults and their families.



Health, United States, 2016, with Chartbook on Long-Term Trends in Health

Author : National Center for Health Statistics

Publisher : Government Printing Office

Page : 494 pages

File Size : 34,71 MB

Release : 2017-08-16

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780160939778

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This annual overview report of national trends in health statistics contains a Chartbook that assesses the nation's health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health-care expenditures. Chapters devoted to population characteristics, prevention, health risk factors, health care resources, personal health care expenditures, health insurance, and trend tables may provide the health/medical statistician, data analyst, biostatistician with additional information to complete experimental studies or provide necessary research for pharmaceutical companies to gain data for modeling and sampling. Undergraduate students engaged in applied mathematics or statistical compilations to graduate students completing biostatistics degree programs to include statistical inference principles, probability, sampling methods and data analysis as well as specialized medical statistics courses relating to epidemiology and other health topics may be interested in this volume. Related products: Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home or Other Long-Term Services & Supports available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/your-guide-choosing-nursing-home-or-other-long-term-services-supports Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2014 available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/health-insurance-coverage-united-states-2014 "Some System of the Nature Here Proposed": Joseph Lovell's Remarks on the Sick Report, Northern Department, U.S. Army, 1817, and the Rise of the Modern US Army Medical Department can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/some-system-nature-here-proposed-joseph-lovells-remarks-sick-report-northern-department-us Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2014: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (ePub) -Free digital eBook download available at the US Government Online Bookstore here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/guide-clinical-preventive-services-2014-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force --Also available for FREE digital eBook download from Apple iBookstore, BarnesandNoble.com (Nook Bookstore), Google Play eBookstore, and Overdrive -Please use ISBN: 9780160926426 to search these commercial platforms.



Retooling for an Aging America

Author : Institute of Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 16,53 MB

Release : 2008-08-27

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0309131952

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As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprepared to meet their specific health needs. Retooling for an Aging America calls for bold initiatives starting immediately to train all health care providers in the basics of geriatric care and to prepare family members and other informal caregivers, who currently receive little or no training in how to tend to their aging loved ones. The book also recommends that Medicare, Medicaid, and other health plans pay higher rates to boost recruitment and retention of geriatric specialists and care aides. Educators and health professional groups can use Retooling for an Aging America to institute or increase formal education and training in geriatrics. Consumer groups can use the book to advocate for improving the care for older adults. Health care professional and occupational groups can use it to improve the quality of health care jobs.



Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality

Author : Elizabeth MacKinlay

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 49,65 MB

Release : 2023-09-12

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1000958213

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This book addresses important issues of ageing and spirituality and reflects on the impact of culture on both constructs. The papers are contemporary in that they include excerpts of cultural impact on spirituality from New Zealand, Singapore, India, United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. This book marks almost 20 years of international conferences on ageing and spirituality that commenced in January 2000. It opens the conversation to all who were part of this journey of ageing, including older people, practitioners in ageing and aged care, researchers, and those who reflect on the process of growing older. Chapters feature diverse perspectives, highlighting the need for inclusivity in conversations that surround ageing and recognize how development of cultures is influenced by the society where they emerge, and by minority groups within larger society. Chapters also note the occurrence of subcultures of ageing and aged care. The conference was held shortly before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the chapters being written often during times of lockdown. Their content reflects the importance of spirituality in times of isolation and can show ways of reaching out to vulnerable older people, of various faiths and cultures, whatever their situations. Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies, Gerontology, Sociology, Psychology, Mental Health, and Nursing. The chapters included in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging.



Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging in Canada E-Book

Author : Veronique Boscart

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 504 pages

File Size : 17,27 MB

Release : 2022-02-02

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0323778755

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Gain the knowledge and skills you need to care for older adults in Canada! Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging in Canada, 3rd Edition uses a wellness-based, holistic approach to older adult care from a distinctly Canadian perspective. Designed to promote healthy aging regardless of the patient's situation or disorder, this book provides best-practice guidelines to help you identify potential problems, address complications, and alleviate discomfort. An Evolve website includes new Next Generation NCLEX®-style case studies and PN competencies case studies to enhance your skills in clinical judgement. Written by a team of gerontological nursing experts led by Veronique Boscart, this concise guide covers health care in the context of the cultural and socio-economic issues unique to Canada. - Core competencies identified by the CGNA are integrated throughout the book, reinforcing the standards of the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association. - Assessment guidelines and tools are featured in tables, boxes, and forms, including the latest scales and guidelines for proper health assessment. - Focus on health and wellness highlights all aspects of the aging process. - Attention to age, cultural, and gender differences helps you care for different population groups. - Evidence-informed Practice boxes summarize research findings and identify those practices with unknown, ineffective, or harmful effects, and examine topics such as culturally safe health initiatives for Indigenous Peoples, lifelong learning and its effects on the wellbeing of older adults, challenges in home care and long-term care homes, and improving outcomes and improving outcomes for seniors living with a stroke or dementia. - Activities and discussion questions at the end of every chapter help you understand the material and apply concepts in clinical situations.



Palliative Care in Neurology

Author : Raymond Voltz

Publisher : Frontiers Media SA

Page : 153 pages

File Size : 40,2 MB

Release : 2020-03-10

Category :

ISBN : 288963471X

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Over the last 50 years palliative care has usually been associated with cancer patients but more recently there has been increased discussion of the role of palliative care for neurological patients. In the past years, neurology has moved from being a purely diagnostic area to a very therapeutically active one. A further step needs to be taken to modify the therapeutic activity from “cure” to “care” depending on the patient’s disease trajectory. Palliative care has been associated with care at the end of life, whereas it may be appropriate earlier in the disease progression, and will extend after death in the support of bereaved families. The care of patients with neurological disease, and their families, will encompass the psychological, spiritual and existential issues and neurologists, and the teams in which they work, should develop skills to consider all aspects of care, in order to maximize the quality of life of all involved, and enable patients to die peacefully.