| Description |
viii, 367 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword - Clair Fagin -- Part One: Behavioral, Social, Emotional, And Mental Disorders Of The Elderly -- Introduction - Mary S Harper -- Behavioral Disorders in Skilled Nursing Homes - Frances M Baker -- Part Two: Psychosocial Disorders: Implications For Nursing Care -- Suicide Among the Elderly in Institutional and Community Settings - Nancy J Osgood and Barbara A Brant -- Drugs and the Elderly - Mary S Harper -- The Agitated Nursing Home Resident - Jiska Cohen-Mansfield -- Anger and Hostility in the Nursing Home - Carole Cox -- Mental Health Needs of the Elderly with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability - Paul D Cotton and Charles L Spirrison -- Psychosocial Aspects of Primary Health Care of the Elderly - Charles Elias Schwartz and Susan Stabinsky -- Psychosocial Care for Racial and Ethnic Minority Elderly - Marion E Primas and Mary S Harper -- Wandering Behavior in Long Term Care - Jean Spann Anthony -- Transient Cognitive Disorders in the Elderly - Sally A McPherson -- Part Three: Nursing Care, Management, And Innovations -- Nursing Care and Management of Behavioral Problems in the Elderly - Lois K Evans -- Impact of Attitudes on the Quality of Nursing Care - Norma R Small -- Patient and Staff Perceptions -- Nursing Care in Acute and Long-Term Care Settings - Delois H Skipwith -- Psychogeriatric Nursing in the Rural Long-Term Care Setting - Grechten LaGodna -- Part Four: Institutional And Community Care For The Elderly -- Caring for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease in Long-Term Care Facilities - Joanne Rader and Beverly Hoeffer -- Alzheimer's Disease - Marguarite A Dixon -- The Victim and the Family -- Setting up a Special Needs Dementia Unit in a Long-Term Care Setting - Nancy R Peppard -- Adult Day Care - Terry T Fulmer and Carole L Edelman -- Part Five: Psychosocial Assessment Of The Elderly -- Essentials of Assessment in Long-Term Care Settings - Margaret Gatz et al -- Practical Psychological Assessment in Nursing Homes by Nursing Personnel - J Michael Williams and William R Shadish -- Assessing the Elderly in the Community for Referral to Health Services - Connie Goss and Mary S Harper |
| Notes |
Index: p. 341-354 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Older people -- Mental health.
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Geriatric nursing.
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Geriatrics.
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Long-term care of the sick.
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Mental health -- In old age
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Older people -- Long-term care.
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Aged.
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Geeriatric Nursing
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Geriatric Nursing.
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Geriatrics.
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Long-Term Care.
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Mental Health.
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| Author |
Harper, Mary S.
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| LC no. |
90009250 |
| ISBN |
0803940440 |
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