Redfern's nursing older people / edited by Fiona M. Ross, [and 3 others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Ageing and old age -- Introduction -- What is old age? -- Demographic and epidemiological trends in ageing -- The psychology of human ageing -- The biology of human ageing -- Nursing the older person living with frailty -- Section 2. People, policy and the place of care -- Policy context of nursing in health and social care -- Public health: healthy ageing and well-being -- Health and social care for older people in the community -- Nursing older people in hospital -- Care home nursing is 'maxi-nursing': the value and contribution of nursing older people in long-term care settings -- Meeting the health needs of older people experiencing homelessness and other inclusion health groups -- Informal, unpaid careers -- Abuse and safeguarding -- Section 3. Independence and maintaining function -- Communication challenges and skills -- Older people and hearing -- Older people's eye health -- Promoting safe mobility for older people -- Care of the foot -- Breathing -- Eating and drinking -- Bladder and bowel health -- Infection prevention and control and thermoregulation in older people -- Maintaining healthy skin -- Sleep and rest -- Sexuality and relationships in later life -- Pain and older people -- Delirium: diagnosis, management and care for older people -- Care of the person living with dementia -- Depression in older people -- Medicine management -- Alcohol misuse and ageing -- Nursing older people with intellectual disabilities -- End-of-life care: dying, bereavement and loss -- The role of technology and digital tools in the care and support of older people -- Section 4. Postscript: new directions and reflections on caring for older people -- New directions and reflections on caring for older people.

"Redfern's Nursing Older People provides accessible, evidence-based information for nurses, care assistants and other health professionals wanting to improve the quality of health and social care for older people. Republished for the first time since 2006, this fifth edition has been comprehensively revised and rewritten by a large team of expert contributors, while preserving the person-centred spirit of earlier editions. It applies best evidence in straightforward and practical ways to the demographic, physical, psychological, social and emotional challenges of ageing, with a focus on supporting independence and health maintenance. With new contributions covering emerging challenges such as understanding frailty and the use of digital technology, and the themes of diversity, service-user perspectives and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic woven throughout, Redfern's Nursing Older People is essential reading to help nurses shape practice, improve outcomes and promote opportunities for ageing well"-- Provided by publisher.