Restorative Care Nursing for Older Adults

A Guide For All Care Settings
2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8261-3384-7
Verlag: Springer Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 409 g

The purpose of restorative care nursing (often referred to as function-focused care) is to take an active role in helping older adults maintain their highest level of function, thereby preventing excess disability. This is the only volume to educate caregivers about both the philosophy of restorative care and how to integrate it into all care settings for older adults. Now in its second edition, the text contains updated content in each chapter along with two entirely new chapters on function-focused care for cognitively impaired adults, ethical issues, and patient-centred care. The book provides a complete six-week education program in restorative care for nurses and other caregivers, numerous practical suggestions for beneficial activities that will enhance function, and strategies for motivating both older adults and caregivers to engage in restorative care. Woven throughout the text is research that documents the benefits and expected outcomes of restorative care. The book also includes the requirements for restorative care across all settings, and the necessary documentation. Restorative Care Nursing for Older Adults will help formal and informal caregivers and administrators at all levels assimilate the philosophy of restorative care and be able to develop and implement successful restorative care programs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galik, Elizabeth CRNP

Resnick, Barbara CRNP FGSA FAANP

Boltz, Marie RN GNP-BC

Über Autor(innen)

<p><B>Barbara Resnick</b>, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP is a Professor in the Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She also holds the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology and maintains a clinical/faculty position with clinical work at Roland Park Place, a Lifecare community. Her research is primarily concerned with care of older adults, including health promotion and disease prevention, outcomes following rehabilitation, functional performance with a special focus on motivation related to functional activities and exercise behavior, and testing outcomes of restorative care nursing programs and other innovative long-term care projects. She has published more than 200 articles in nursing and/or medical journals, and numerous chapters in nursing and medical textbooks related to care of older adults. Dr. Resnick is coeditor and chapter contributor to multiple medical, nursing, physical therapy and interdisciplinary texts, and recently co-edited a book on Resilience in Aging and the 2011 Geriatric Nursing Review Syllabus. </p>