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.
- Written by a team of 68 specialists and experts drawn from the fields of nursing, social sciences, gerontology and healthcare practice
- Covers the latest evidence, policy and nursing practice
- Focus on nursing-led solutions for improving activities of daily living, independence and preventing common problems of ageing
- Accessible to all, with stories, case studies and lived experience to bring material to life
- Summaries and learning points support learning around complex problems
- Emphasis on countering ageism using images and wider literature where appropriate
- All chapters either extensively rewritten or completely new
- New chapters on frailty, the misuse of alcohol as a growing problem in old age, digital technology, and nursing older people with intellectual disabilities
- Core themes of gerontology embedded throughout, such as assessment and rehabilitation
- Impact of COVID-19 embedded throughout
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 Ageing and Old Age1 Introduction, 3
Fiona M. Ross, Ruth Harris, Joanne M. Fitzpatrick,
Clare Abley
2 What Is Old Age?, 7
Christina Victor
3 Demographic and Epidemiological Trends in
Ageing, 15
Christina Victor
4 The Psychology of Human Ageing, 23
Maria Teresa Ponto
5 The Biology of Human Ageing, 39
Brendan Garry, Laura Green, Jane Griffiths,
Emma Stanmore
6 Nursing the Older Person Living
With Frailty, 53
Caroline Nicholson, Abigail Barkham
SECTION 2 People, Policy and the Place
of Care
7 Policy Context of Nursing in Health and Social
Care, 71
Fiona M. Ross
8 Public Health: Healthy Ageing
and Well-Being, 87
Sarah Ann Cowley, Vasiliki Tzouvara,
Tiago Manuel Horta Reis da Silva
9 Health and Social Care for Older People in the
Community, 107
Caroline McGraw
10 Nursing Older People in Hospital, 121
Antony Arthur
11 Care Home Nursing Is 'Maxi-Nursing': The Value
and Contribution of Nursing Older People in Long-
Term Care Settings, 133
Richard Adams, Karen Spilsbury
Meeting the Health Needs of Older People
Experiencing Homelessness and Other Inclusion
Health Groups, 149
Samantha Dorney-Smith, Caroline Shulman,
Briony F. Hudson, Fenella Jolly, Elizabeth Keat,
Raphael Rogans-Watson, Krishna Misra
13 Informal, Unpaid Carers, 171
Nan Greenwood
14 Abuse and Safeguarding, 187
Bridget Penhale
SECTION 3 Independence and Maintaining
Function
15 Communication Challenges and Skills, 205
Andr?e C. le May, Heather M. Fillmore Elbourne
16 Older People and Hearing, 223
Helen Pryce, Nisha Dhanda
17 Older People's Eye Health, 237
Penelope Stanford
18 Promoting Safe Mobility for Older People, 251
Julie Whitney
19 Care of the Foot, 269
Joanne Paton
20 Breathing, 285
Janelle Yorke
21 Eating and Drinking, 301
Sue M. Green
22 Bladder and Bowel Health, 315
Sue Woodward
23 Infection Prevention and Control and
Thermoregulation in Older People, 339
Edward Purssell, Dinah Gould
24 Maintaining Healthy Skin, 355
Gillian Elizabeth Pedley
25 Sleep and Rest, 375
Irene Gilsenan
26 Sexuality and Relationships in
Later Life, 397
Tommy Dickinson, Roy Litvin, Maria Horne,
Christine Brown Wilson, Paul Simpson, Sharron Hinchliff
27 Pain and Older People, 417
Pat Schofield, Margaret Dunham
28 Delirium: Diagnosis, Management and Care for
Older People, 435
Emma Vardy, Rachel Kirby, Lindsay Dingwall
29 Care of the Person Living With Dementia, 455
Katie A. Davis, Rachel S. Price
30 Depression in Older People, 473
Colin Hughes
31 Medicine Management, 499
Sue Latter, Rebecca Henry
32 Alcohol Misuse and Ageing, 515
Margaret Orange
33 Nursing Older People With Intellectual
Disabilities, 535
Daniel Marsden
34 End-of-Life Care: Dying, Bereavement and Loss, 553
Jane Berg
35 The Role of Technology and Digital Tools in the
Care and Support of Older People, 571
Rebecca Jarvis, Jonathan Darley, Caroline Chill, Fay Sibley,
Denis Duignan
SECTION 4 Postscript: New Directions and
Reflections on Caring for Older
People
36 New Directions and Reflections on Caring for
Older People, 585
Fiona M. Ross, Ruth Harris, Joanne M. Fitzpatrick, Clare Abley
Index, 603
Authors
Fiona M. Ross Professor Emerita Health and Social Care,Kingston University. Ruth Harris Professor of Health Care for Older Adults, Care for Long Term Conditions Research Division, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, UK. Joanne M. Fitzpatrick Reader in Older People's Healthcare, Care for Long Term Conditions Research Division, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London. Clare Abley Nurse Consultant Vulnerable Older Adults, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust& Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Institute of Population and Health Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. BSc (Hons) MSc PhD RGN PGDL PGCert Dementia Studies
