The encyclopedia of elder care : the comprehensive resource on geriatric health and social care /
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Imprint: | New York [New York] : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2014] Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (279 entries) : 3 images ; digital files. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10351497 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- List of Entries
- A
- AARP (Previously the American Association of Retired Persons)
- Access to Care
- Access to Hospice Care
- Activities of Daily Living
- Acute Care for Elders
- Adult Day Services
- Adult Foster Care Homes
- Adult Protective Services
- Advance Directives
- Advanced Practice Nursing
- Affordable Health Care for the Elderly
- African Americans and Health Care Disparities
- Ageism
- Aging Agencies: City and County Level
- Aging Agencies: Federal Level
- Aging Agencies: State Level
- Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Alzheimer's Association
- AMDA - Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- American Federation for Aging Research
- American Geriatrics Society
- American Health Care Association
- American Indian Elders
- American Nurses Association
- American Society on Aging
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Anemia
- Animal-Assisted Health Care
- Anxiety Disorders, Traumatic and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Late Life
- Aortic Stenosis
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Elders
- Assessing Needs of Family Caregivers
- Assisted Living
- Assistive Devices
- Assistive Technology
- Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
- Autonomy
- B
- Balance
- Behavioral Expressions of Distress in People Living With Dementia
- Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Affective Disorder
- Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Awards Program
- C
- Cancer Treatment
- Care Management
- Caregiver Burden
- Caregiver Burnout
- Caregiver Support Groups
- Caregiving Relationships
- Centenarians
- Challenges of Hospital Care: Preventable Hospitalization, Complex Care Transitions, and Rehospitalization
- Chronic Illness
- Clinical Pathways
- Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations (CGNO)
- Cognitive Changes in Aging
- Cognitive Instruments
- Communication Issues for Practitioners
- Community Assessment
- Competency and Capacity
- Constipation in the Elderly
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Contractures
- Coping With Chronic Illness
- Creativity
- Crime Victimization
- Cultural Assessment
- Cultural Competence and Aging
- Culture Change
- D
- Daytime Sleepiness
- Death and Dying
- Deconditioning Prevention
- Dehydration
- Delirium
- Dementia: Special Care Units
- Demography
- Dentures
- Depression in Dementia
- Depression Measurement Instruments
- Diabetes: Management
- Diabetes: Overview
- Diarrhea in Elderly
- Discharge Planning
- Dizziness
- Driving
- Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)
- E
- Eating and Feeding Behaviors: Problems in Dementia
- Elder Mistreatment: Overview
- Elder Neglect
- Elderspeak
- Emergency Department Care
- Employment
- Environmental Modifications: Home
- Environmental Modifications: Shared Residential Settings
- Ergonomics
- Euthanasia
- Evidence-Based Health Care
- Exercise
- Eye Care Providers
- F
- Falls Prevention
- Family Care for Elders With Dementia
- Family Care for Frail Elders
- Fatigue
- Feeding: Non-Oral
- Financial Abuse
- Foot Problems
- Fractures
- Future of Care
- G
- Gait Assessment Instruments
- Gait Disturbances
- Gastrointestinal Bleed
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Geriatric Consultation
- Geriatric Dentistry: Clinical Aspects
- Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units
- Geriatric Resource Nurse
- Geriatrician
- Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association
- Gerontological Social Workers
- Gerontological Society of America
- Grandparents as Family Caregivers
- Green House
- Guardianship and Conservatorship
- H
- Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars Program
- Headache
- Health Promotion Screening
- Hearing Aids
- Hearing Impairment
- Hispanic and Latino Elders
- HIV and AIDS
- HIV, AIDS, and Aging
- Home Health Care
- Homeless Elders
- Hospice
- Hospital-Based Services
- Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP)
- Hypertension
- I
- Iatrogenesis
- Immigrant Elders
- Immunization
- Information Technology
- Injury and Trauma
- Institutional Mistreatment: Abuse and Neglect
- Institutionalization
- Integumentary System
- Interdisciplinary Teams
- Intergenerational Care
- International Psychogeriatric Association
- Interviewing
- J
- Joint Replacement
- L
- Leisure Programs
- Life Events
- Life Review
- Long-Term Care Policy
- Low Vision
- M
- Meals On Wheels
- Measurement
- Measuring Physical Function
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medication Adherence
- Mental Capacity Assessment
- Mental Health Services
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Money Management
- Morbidity Compression
- Multidimensional Functional Assessment: Overview
- N
- National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
- National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
- National Council on Aging
- National Gerontological Nursing Association
- National Indian Council on Aging
- National Institute on Aging
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
- Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
- Neuropsychological Assessment
- Neuropsychologists
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders (NICHE)
- Nursing Home Managed Care
- Nursing Home Reform Act
- Nursing Homes
- Nutritionists
- O
- Obesity
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assessment and Evaluation
- Older Americans Act
- Oral Health Assessment
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Over-the-Counter Drugs and Self-Medication
- P
- Pain Assessment Instruments
- Palliative Care
- Parkinsonism
- Participant-Directed Care
- Patient / Provider Relationships
- Patient Safety
- Pensions and Financing Retirement
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Personality Disorders in the Elderly
- Pet Ownership Among Older Adults
- Pharmacists
- Physical and Mental Health Needs of Older LGBT Adults
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapy Services
- Physician-Assisted Suicide, Physician Aid in Dying, and Euthanasia
- Physician Competence in Aging
- Pioneer Network
- Podiatric Medicine
- Polypharmacy
- Polypharmacy: Drug / Drug Interactions
- Post-Acute Care
- Poverty
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment
- Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment
- Primary Palliative Care
- Prison-Residing Elders
- Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- Psychological/Mental Status Assessment
- Psychology
- Psychosis in Late Life
- Psychotropic Medication Use in Nursing Homes
- Q
- Quality-of-Life Assessment
- R
- Rehabilitation
- Relocation Stress
- Respite Care
- Restraints
- Retirement
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Risk Assessment and Identification
- Rural Elderly
- S
- Satisfaction Measurement
- Self-Rated Health
- Senior Centers
- Senior Hunger
- Senior Service Line
- Sexual Health
- Signage
- Skin Issues: Bruises and Discoloration
- Skin Tears
- Sleep Disorders
- Social Isolation
- Social Security
- Social Supports (Formal and Informal)
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Spirituality
- Staff Development
- Subcontinental Elders
- Substitute Decision Making
- Suicide in Late Life
- Sundowning
- Support Groups
- Surgery in the Elderly
- Swallowing Disorders and Aspiration
- T
- Tax Policy
- Technology
- Telehealth
- Therapeutic Recreation Specialists and Recreation(al) Therapists
- Thyroid Disease in Older Adults
- Transitional Care
- Transportation
- Treatments for Cognitive Impairment in Dementia
- U
- Undue Influence Assessment in Elder Care
- Urinary Incontinence Assessment
- Urinary Tract Infections
- V
- Validation Therapy
- Vascular and Lewy Body Dementias
- Veterans and Veteran Health
- Vision Changes and Care
- Volunteerism
- W
- Walking Aids, Mobility Devices, and Amputation
- Wandering and Elopement
- X
- Xerostomia.