Management and care of the elderly Book

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 Mc Pherson 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 La Godna 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