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The physiological effects of ageing : implications for nursing practice / Alistair Farley, Ella McLafferty, Charles Hendry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farley, Alistair.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geriatric nursing.
- Aging--Physiological aspects.
- Aging.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Physiological Effects of Ageing is a comprehensive resource for all nurses working with older people, enabling them to apply their knowledge of the ageing process to their practice, and, in doing so, enhance care delivery. This book emphasizes the normal ageing changes before considering possible effects of ageing on body systems, using as its framework Roper, Logan and Tierney's activities of living. Although problems associated with ageing are identified, nursing assessment and interventions are considered which can help reduce the impact these changes have on a person's functiona
- Contents:
- Growing older
- Theories of ageing
- Maintaining a safe environment
- Communicating
- Breathing
- Eating and drinking
- Eliminating
- Controlling body temperature
- Mobilising
- Expressing sexuality
- Sleeping
- Final thoughts on ageing.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613402356
- 9781118784983
- 1118784987
- 9781118275924
- 1118275926
- 9781283402354
- 1283402351
- 9781118275900
- 111827590X
- OCLC:
- 768732308
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