Title Assessing older people : a practical guide for health professionals / Susan Koch, Sally Garratt

Published Eastgardens, N.S.W. : MacLennan + Petty, [2001] ©2001

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Description xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Foundation for assessment What is assessment? / Margaret Bennett -- Holistic assessment / Susan Koch -- Transcultural assessment / Marilyn Ray -- Assessing spiritual needs / Antonia (Anne) van Loon -- Social and lifestyle assessment / Elery Hamilton Smith -- Assessment for clinical practice. Assessing mental health / Michael Hazelton -- Assessing environment / Bridget Sutherland -- Assessment of patterns of body defence and healing Assessment of fluid dynamics and common symptoms of imbalance / Sally Garratt -- Nutritional assessment and screening / Yvonne Coleman -- Assessment of palliation / Jenny Abbey -- Assessment of the vision and hearing function of residents in aged care facilities / Richard Osborn, Wendy-Mae Rapson -- Assessment of elder abuse / Susan Kurrle Summary Provides the nurse with comprehensive information on holistic assessment of the older person. Provides a framework to enable nurses to relate both normal and abnormal changes associated with ageing to a concisely documented database that will become the basis for nursing intervention Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Older people -- Care. Older people -- Functional assessment. Aging. Asthma -- Alternative treatment. Asthma. Geriatric nursing. Geriatrics. Medicine, Rural -- Australia -- Congresses. Older people -- Health and hygiene. Older people -- Medical care. Older people. Rural health services -- Australia -- Congresses. Geriatric Assessment. Geriatric Nursing -- methods. Health Services for the Aged -- organization & administration. Aged. Geriatric Nursing. Older people Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Garratt, Sally, 1944- LC no. 00002272 ISBN 0864331495 (paperback)

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