Care of the elderly

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

Selbstständigkeit und Selbstbestimmung sind essenzielle Grundpfeiler des Lebens.

Meet Jack - an older man with dementia.

Health and social care practitioners are increasingly called upon to provide care to elderly people from a number of different faiths and cultures.

The safeguarding of vulnerable adults continues to increase in importance.

First published in 1999.

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.

Das vorliegende Buch widmet sich dem professionellen Feld der sozialen Altenhilfe und dessen Umgang mit Demenz.

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Mit dem Alter gehen häufig Krankheit, Pflege- und Therapiebedarf einher.

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.

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

Die Weiterentwicklung der Pflegepraxis ist das erklärte Ziel der Etablierung pflegewissenschaftlicher Studiengänge.

Despite the stereotype of older adults primarily abusing alcohol, clinical practice insights indicate that the baby-boom generation frequently abuses the same substances as younger adults-including alcohol, benzodiazepines/z-drugs, cannabis, opioids, tobacco (nicotine), and neurostimulants.

Being active is fundamental to a person's sense of physical and mental wellbeing, and the need to engage in purposeful and meaningful activity does not diminish with age.

This collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities.

No one wants to think about getting older.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) wurde gesetzlich in Pflegeeinrichtungen angesiedelt.

Vom notwendigen Wissen über Veränderungen im Alter, den Faktoren für eine verbesserte Lebensqualität und die Versorgung alter Menschen bis zu den 15 wichtigsten akutgeriatrischen Fällen und detaillierten Informationen zu den häufigsten Erkrankungen des geriatrischen Patienten, bleibt keine Frage offen.

Alte Menschen können häufig nicht mehr für sich selbst sorgen, ihre Wohnumgebung pflegen und ihre Gesundheit erhalten, weil sie pflegebedürftig, gebrechlich oder krank werden.

Pflegesatzverhandlungen sind Herausforderungen der besonderen Art.

Examines both novel and traditional paradigms that could extend our knowledge and understanding of the well-being of the oldest old.

The "e;oldest old,"e; individuals aged 85 and above, are the most rapidly growing segment of American society.

It has never been easy to preach about the cross and resurrection of Jesus, but difficulties today are particularly challenging.

This book is a "e;must read"e; for anyone who is presently caring for their aging parents, anyone who will eventually care for their aging parents or anyone planning on growing older.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Even in the later stages of the disease, when memory, words and relationships are affected, it is possible for people with dementia to express emotions, imagination, humour, sensitivities and personal preferences.

Das vorliegende Werk liefert ein für die generalistische Pflegeausbildung konzipiertes Arbeitsbuch für Lehrkräfte und Auszubildende mit dem Schwerpunkt Geriatrie.

Die in diesem Band versammelten Geschichten sind alle unterschiedlich und doch haben sie einen gemeinsamen Kern: eine Liebe für die Gegensätzlichkeit der Existenz.

The politics of old age in the twenty first century is contentious, encompassing ideological debates about the rights and welfare entitlements of individuals in later life.

Based on extensive clinical research, this book sheds new light onto how Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can be used with older adults as an effective complementary intervention, identifying specific ways in which MBSR programmes can be adapted and fine-tuned to meet the needs of this group.

The ongoing global financial crisis was not simply the fault of the financial sector.

What 'kind' of community is demanded by a problem like dementia?

This latest, enhanced and updated edition will help guide the thinking of those challenged with aging in the family.

In this book we wanted to identify trajectories of health and their associations with lifestyle factors in a national representative cohort study of older Mexicans.

First published in 1998.

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

Personalisation builds on person-centred care to focus on how people with dementia can have more choice and control over decisions affecting them, and be supported to be part of their communities.

Das Pflegeberufegesetz tritt am 1.

Die spontane Idee für die ersten Minuten der Gruppenstunde fehlt?

In der ambulanten Pflege unterscheiden sich Leistungskataloge der Pflegeversicherung und Vergütungsstrukturen von Bundeland zu Bundesland.

Wie ist es um das Miteinander und die Kommunikation in Ihrer Einrichtung bestellt?

Creating dementia-friendly communities can give people with dementia the chance to continue meaningful lives with reciprocal personal relationships.

A clinical guide for all health specialists offering practical, relevant and comprehensive information on managing the elderly patient.

For some elderly people, the body weakens while the mind stays alert.

With today's availability of Social Security and Medicare, we typically think of the older years as a stage in life where people are supported financially.

To begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world.

Gewaltereignisse in der stationären Altenpflege sind keine Seltenheit und stellen eine ernstzunehmende Gesundheitsgefahr für alle Beteiligten dar.

Public awareness of the topic of dementia is steadily increasing.