| Description |
1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Aging Series |
|
Routledge Library Editions: Aging Series
|
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Half Title -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- 1 Normal and Abnormal Changes -- Signs of Impending Illness -- Indications of Future Disability -- Normal Mental Changes -- Adjustment: Learning and Experience -- Memory -- Personality Changes and Social Behaviour -- Deafness -- Loss of Sight -- Care and Understanding by Relatives -- Attitudes of Relatives -- 2 Arthritis |
|
Osteo-Arthritis -- Causes and Symptoms -- Pain -- Muscle Weakness -- Deformity -- Treatment -- Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Causes and Symptoms -- Outcome -- Treatment -- Returning Home -- Arthritis in the Shoulder -- Sciatica -- Causes -- Treatment -- Arthritis in the Neck (Cervical Spondylosis) -- Symptoms -- Treatment -- 3 Stroke -- Causes and Symptoms -- Onset -- Mental Attitude -- Speech Defects -- Disturbances of Sensation and Circulation -- Movement and Rehabilitation -- Painful Shoulder -- Movements for the Arm and Leg -- Shoulder -- Elbow -- Wrist -- Hand -- Hip -- Knee -- Ankle -- Foot |
|
Spasticity -- Rehabilitation -- The Face -- Getting Out of Bed -- Sitting Down -- The Trunk -- Standing Up -- Walking -- Dressing -- Normal Living -- 4 Fractures -- Fractured 'Hip' -- First Aid -- Treatment -- Physiotherapy -- Back to Normal -- Fracture of the Upper Arm -- Fracture of the Wrist -- 5 Hip Replacement -- Indications -- Types of Joint -- Pre-Operative Treatment -- Post-Operative Treatment -- Independence -- 6 Amputation -- Indications -- Levels of Amputation -- Below-Knee Amputation -- Through-Knee Amputation -- Above-Knee Amputation -- Other Levels -- Psychological Effects |
|
Preparation -- Pre-Operative Treatment -- Post-Operative Treatment -- Walking -- Going Home -- Bandaging -- Prosthesis -- The Stump -- Phantom Limb -- Getting About -- 7 Parkinson's Disease -- Symptoms -- Treatment -- Relief of Pain -- Mobility and Posture -- 8 Multiple Sclerosis -- Cause -- Signs and Symptoms -- Treatment -- Home Activities to Maintain Independence -- Pain -- Diet -- 9 Falls and Loss of Balance -- Causes of Falls -- 'Drop Attacks' -- Balance and Posture -- How to Get Up or Attract Attention -- 10 Bronchitis -- 11 Care of the Feet and Legs -- Foot Strain |
|
Hammer Toes and Bunions -- Calluses, Ingrowing Toenails and Sore Heels -- Cramp -- Varicose Veins -- Swollen Legs and Bandaging -- Leg Ulcers -- 12 Obesity and Diet -- Obesity -- Diet -- Wholefoods -- Dehydration -- Diabetes -- 13 Incontinence and Constipation -- Incontinence of Urine -- Management -- Bed Clothes -- Dress -- Incontinence of Faeces -- Constipation -- 14 Hypothermia -- Action -- Prevention -- 15 Care of the Elderly Person in Bed -- The Dangers -- Problems of the Bedfast -- Management -- Turning -- Lifting Up the Bed -- Bed Changing and Washing -- Positioning -- Getting Up Again |
| Summary |
First published in 1976, Caring for Elderly People rapidly established itself as a standard guide for anyone dealing on a day-to-day basis with the elderly. This updated and revised edition, first published in 1990, contains information on financial help and services and on the new technology available at the time |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
|
Sitting in a Chair |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781040007952 |
|
1040007953 |
|
