Care of the elderly

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is the intravenous administration of nutrients carried out in the patient's home.

Ziel des Buches ist es, alle Beteiligten – von der Küche, über den Begleitenden Dienst und Pflege, bis hin zur Heimleitung – auf das Thema der Ernährungsversorgung pflegebedürftiger Menschen aufmerksam zu machen und die Relevanz einer engen Abstimmung der Versorgungsprozesse aufzuzeigen.

Der demographische Wandel stellt die Frage nach der Versorgung alter Menschen, die nicht von ihren Angehörigen umsorgt werden können.

Coronakrise - welche Rechtsvorschriften greifen in Alten- und Pflegeheimen?

Of the countless stories of resistance, ingenuity, and personal risk to emerge in the years following the Holocaust, among the most remarkable, yet largely overlooked, are those of the hundreds of Jewish deportees who escaped from moving trains bound for the extermination camps.

Besser planen für mehr Kundenzufriedenheit, wirtschaftlichen Erfolg, bessere Lebensqualität: Das Handbuch stellt den kompletten Prozess der Einsatzplanung vom Leistungsauftrag über die Dienstplangestaltung und Soll-Tourenplanung bis zur Soll-Ist-Korrektur aller Bereiche vor.

Exploring concepts of ageing, personhood, capacity, liberty, best interests and the nature and ethics of palliative care, this book will help those in the caring professions to understand and engage with the thoughts and arguments underpinning the experience of dementia and dementia care.

Advocating doll therapy as an intervention for people with dementia, this book combines theory and evidence to show its many benefits and present guidelines for best-practice.

Dementia care presents a huge challenge to health and social care both now and in the future.

No one wants to think about getting older.

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Exploring the key issues around anti-discriminatory practice for professionals working in mental health services, this book looks at ways to improve the health and social care of older people from minority and excluded communities.

This book examines the growing importance of positive psychology and its connection to later life.

Expertenstandards stehen für Pflegequalität.

The demographic shift to a much older population is having a large impact on social work professionals who have traditionally been the primary caretakers of the elderly.

Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of user involvement.

In Reducing Stress-Related Behaviours in people with Dementia, Chris Bonner has written a thoroughly entertaining, yet highly instructive, manual for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

Leben ist Bewegung.

Frau Schweizer erkennt weder Tochter noch Pflegekraft.

In 1998, Hallmark unveiled their new "e;One-Hundredth-Birthday"e; cards, and by 2007 annual sales were at 85,000.

*Highly Commended in the Health and Social Care category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*Behaviours that challenge can significantly interfere with the quality of life of a person with dementia, as well as that of those who live with and care for them.

Discover the yoga and movement therapies at the heart of health in later life through this accessible guide for teachers and therapists.

This groundbreaking book is based on the findings of the first major study on spiritual reminiscence work with people with dementia.

Kreative Begegnungsrunden verbessern die Lebensqualität von Pflegebedürftigen in Senioreneinrichtungen.

An essential, experience-based, practical guide for anyone looking to improve the care of older patients in the emergency department.

The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition.

Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia.

This powerful book analyses the vital dimensions of money, health, place, quality of life and identity, and demonstrates the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people, and between different groups of older people.

This work makes extensive use of seven well-developed historical case studies describing the evolution of public old-age security in industrial nations (Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States) and developing nations (Brazil, Nigeria, and India).

Establishing playfulness as an essential component of dementia care, this positive and uplifting book will be key in changing attitudes and providing ideas for new and valuable ways of interacting and being with individuals with the condition.

How to live a full and rewarding life after a dementia diagnosis.

Advocating doll therapy as an intervention for people with dementia, this book combines theory and evidence to show its many benefits and present guidelines for best-practice.

'Sometimes, a person's brain gets sick with a disease called dementia.

This timely text highlights the importance of informed and critical practice in social work with older people.

Practitioners who work with clients at the end of their lives face difficult decisions concerning the client's self-determination, the kind of death he or she will have, and the prolongation of life.

Risk is central to professional practice, assessment and decision-making in dementia care.

Pflegediagnostik ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil pflegerischer Arbeit.

Wissen aneignen, Lösungsansätze prüfen und Sicherheit im Pflege- und Prüfungsalltag gewinnen: Mit 250 Praxisfällen aus der Pflege ist dieses Buch der ideale Begleiter für die Ausbildung und zur Prüfungsvorbereitung.

Psychische Störungen nehmen im hohen Lebensalter zu.

This book examines the policies, challenges, and quality of life issues in palliative care and nursing home care facilities.

In vielen Berufen sichern Fallbesprechungen und Fallsupervisionen die Qualität der täglichen Arbeit ab.

The beloved best seller has been revised and expanded for the fifth edition.

Das Buch bietet neueste evidenzbasierte Erkenntnisse aus Forschung und Praxis für die Pflege, Gesundheitsförderung und Betreuung von Menschen mit Demenz und deren pflegenden Angehörigen.

Sandra Gaffney entered her first nursing home for long-term care at the unusually young age of fifty.

This accessible, interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers in nursing and residential settings to examine their working practice and modify it to where appropriate to meet best practice guidelines.

Providing guidance and advice on the challenging art of listening, this book responds directly to the expressed learning needs of hospice and palliative care volunteers regarding their communication skills in end-of-life care.

Freiheitsentziehende Maßnahmen sind in der Altenpflege tägliche Realität.

Das Buch befasst sich mit dem ressourcenorientierten Pflegekonzept der Aktivierend-therapeutischen Pflege, das geriatrische Patientinnen und Patienten bei ihrer Alltags- und Lebensgestaltung unterstützt.

Moving into care is a significant life event for older people and their families and often occurs at a time when other life stresses such as deaths of loved ones and health complications are paramount.