Healthy Aging. Principles and Clinical Practice for Clinicians

Description

Includes 29 chapters, divided into chronic illness both physical and emotional, cover only the most common illnesses of older adults. The chapters are consistent in their framework and are embedded with current treatment modalities. This text incorporates the holistic framework that comprises geriatric care in partnership with physicians, gerontologists and nurses. The multiple contributions address these partnerships and illustrate the need for APN practice within multiple professional modalities. The uniqueness of this text is not only in these identified partnerships, but also in addressing the Healthy People 2020 objectives that all practitioners must incorporate into their practice.

Table of Contents

SECTION I - CHRONIC ILLNESS

Chapter 1 Advanced Practice for Geriatric Clinicians
Chapter 2 Healthy People 2020 Implications for Practice
Chapter 3 Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments
Chapter 4 Heart Disease
Chapter 5 Skin Cancers
Chapter 6 GI
Chapter 7 Neurological Disorders (Stroke & Parkinson’s)
Chapter 8 Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 9 Diabetes
Chapter 10 Nutrition and the Older Adult
Chapter 11 Exercise
Chapter 12 Osteoporosis
Chapter 13 Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Gout & Pain
Chapter 14 Kidney Disease
Chapter 15 Septicemia & Infection
Chapter 16 Anemia &Leukemia
Chapter 17 Chronic Wounds
Chapter 18 Medications Safety in the Older Adult

SECTION II - MENTAL HEALTH

Chapter 19 Assessment & Diagnostic Evaluation
Chapter 20 Psychosocial Challenges
Chapter 21 Alcoholism
Chapter 22 Substance Abuse
Chapter 23 Dementia
Chapter 24 Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 25 Schizophrenia
Chapter 26 Depression
Chapter 27 Suicide
Chapter 28 Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 29

End of Life

Authors

Virginia Burggraf
Marcella J. Griggs Endowed ChairGerontological Nursing Coordinator Graduate ProgramRadford UniversityRadford, Virginia

Kye Y Kim MD
Professor and Director, Academic AffairsDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral MedicineVirginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineRoanoke, Virginia

Aubrey L Knight MD
Associate Dean for Student AffairsProfessor of Medicine and Family & Community MedicineVirginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineRoanoke, Virginia