Praise for the Third Edition:
“The third edition of this outstanding resource reflects the many advances in the care of older people that have occurred since the publication of the second edition…The vast bulk of the content is accessible and relevant to an international audience. The indexing and cross-referencing are excellent... Score: 5/5 stars."
-- Margaret Arthur, Nursing Standard
"The information [in this book] is amazing. I reviewed topics in which I have expertise and was very satisfied. This is an excellent addition to my library and I will refer to it often, much like a medical dictionary... Score: 90, 4 Stars."
--Doody's Medical Reviews
“Provides 273 comprehensive, yet succinct, entries on a variety of topics related to elder care. In addition, many of the entries include see also references that help readers easily navigate the book. Recommended."
--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
This expanded, one-of-a-kind reference of more than 250 entries provides a comprehensive guide to all of the essential elements of elder care across a breadth of health and social service disciplines. Responding to the needs of providers, directcare workers, family, and other caregivers, the diverse array of entries included in this encyclopedia recognize and address the complex medical, social, and psychological problems associated with geriatric care. In addition to a brief, accessible summary of each topic, entries include several key references, including web links and mobile apps for additional sources of information.
This updated edition contains more than 30 new entries written by renowned experts that address a variety of elder care topics.
New to the Fourth Edition:
New entries addressing Ethics Consultation, Eye Disorders, Pain – Acute and Chronic, and many others
Key Features:
Provides succinct descriptions of over 250 key topics for health and social service clinicians
Offers crucial information for elder care providers across all settings and disciplines
Distills current, evidence-based literature sources
Written by nationally recognized expert researchers and clinicians
Includes links to useful websites and mobile apps
Author(s): Elizabeth Capezuti, Michael Malone, Ariba Khan, Steven Baumann
Edition: 4th Edition
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 831
Tags: Geriatrics
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
List of Entries......Page 28
Share The Encyclopedia of Elder Care: The Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric Health and Social Care, Fourth Edition......Page 34
Access to Care......Page 35
Access to Hospice Care......Page 37
Active Life Expectancy......Page 39
Activities of Daily Living......Page 41
Adult Day Services......Page 45
Adult Foster Care Homes......Page 47
Adult Protective Services......Page 50
Advance Directives......Page 52
Advanced Practice Nursing......Page 54
Affordable Health Care for the Elderly......Page 58
African Americans and Health Care Disparities......Page 59
Ageism......Page 63
Aging Agencies: City and County Level......Page 65
Aging Agencies: Federal Level......Page 67
Aging Agencies: State Level......Page 69
Aging Prisoners......Page 71
Alzheimer’s Association......Page 73
AMDA—The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine......Page 74
American Geriatrics Society......Page 75
American Health Care Association......Page 76
American Indian Elders......Page 77
American Nurses Association......Page 79
Americans With Disabilities Act......Page 80
Anemia......Page 83
Animal-Assisted Health Care......Page 87
Anxiety Disorders, Traumatic and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Late Life......Page 90
Aortic Stenosis......Page 97
Asian American and Pacific Islander Elders......Page 101
Assessing Needs of Family Caregivers......Page 104
Assisted Living......Page 107
Assistive Devices......Page 112
Assistive Technology......Page 113
Autonomy......Page 116
Balance......Page 120
Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia......Page 125
Behavioral Expressions of Distress in People With Neurocognitive Disorders......Page 133
Bereavement......Page 136
Bipolar Disorder in Later Life......Page 140
Cancer Treatment......Page 145
Care Management......Page 148
Caregiver Burden......Page 151
Caregiver Burnout......Page 156
Caregiver Support Groups......Page 160
Caregiving Relationships......Page 164
Cataracts and Glaucoma......Page 167
Centenarians......Page 171
Challenges of Hospital Care: Preventable Hospitalization, Complex Care Transitions, and Rehospitalization......Page 173
Chronic Illness......Page 177
Clinical Pathways......Page 181
Cognitive Changes in Aging......Page 183
Cognitive Instruments......Page 187
Community Assessment......Page 190
Competency and Capacity......Page 194
Constipation in the Elderly......Page 197
Continuing Care Retirement Communities......Page 200
Contractures......Page 203
Coping With Chronic Illness......Page 205
Creativity......Page 209
Crime Victimization......Page 211
Cultural Assessment......Page 214
Culture Change......Page 219
Cultural Competence and Aging......Page 223
Daytime Sleepiness......Page 227
Death and Dying......Page 229
Dehydration......Page 232
Dementia: Special Care Units......Page 235
Demography of Aging......Page 239
Dentures......Page 242
Depression in Dementia......Page 245
Depression Measurement Instruments......Page 248
Diabetes: Management......Page 253
Diabetes: Overview......Page 256
Discharge Planning......Page 260
Dizziness......Page 265
Driving......Page 268
Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)......Page 269
Elder Mistreatment: Overview......Page 274
Elder Neglect......Page 277
Elderspeak......Page 279
Emergency Department Care......Page 282
Employment......Page 284
Environmental Modifications: Home......Page 287
Environmental Modifications: Shared Residential Settings......Page 290
Ergonomics......Page 293
Ethics Consultation......Page 296
Euthanasia......Page 299
Evidence-Based Health Care......Page 301
Exercise......Page 304
Eye Care Providers......Page 307
Falls Prevention......Page 311
Family Care for Elders With Dementia......Page 314
Family Care for Frail Elders......Page 318
Feeding: Non-Oral......Page 321
Financial Abuse......Page 324
Foot Problems......Page 328
Future of Care......Page 334
Gait Assessment Instruments......Page 338
Gait Disturbances......Page 342
Gastrointestinal Bleed......Page 346
Geriatric Consultation......Page 349
Geriatric Dentistry: Clinical Aspects......Page 352
Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units......Page 356
Geriatric Resource Nurse......Page 359
Geriatrician......Page 360
Gerontological Social Workers......Page 361
Gerontological Society of America......Page 366
Geropsychiatric Advanced Practice Nursing......Page 367
Grandparents as Family Caregivers......Page 369
Green House Project......Page 372
Guardianship and Conservatorship......Page 373
Headache......Page 377
Health Promotion Screening......Page 380
Hearing Aids......Page 386
Hearing Impairment......Page 389
Hispanic and Latino Elders......Page 394
HIV, AIDS, and Aging......Page 398
Home Health Care......Page 401
Homeless Elders......Page 404
Hospice......Page 407
Hospital-Based Services......Page 410
Hospital Elder Life Program......Page 413
Iatrogenesis......Page 418
Immigrant Elders......Page 421
Immunization......Page 424
Information Technology......Page 427
Injury and Trauma......Page 430
Institutional Mistreatment: Abuse and Neglect......Page 432
Institutionalization......Page 436
Interdisciplinary Teams......Page 439
Intergenerational Programs......Page 441
Interviewing......Page 444
Joint Replacement......Page 449
Leisure Programs......Page 453
Life Events......Page 455
Life Review......Page 457
Long-Term Care Policy......Page 460
Meals on Wheels......Page 463
Measurement......Page 464
Measuring Physical Function......Page 467
Medicaid......Page 470
Medicare......Page 473
Medicare Managed Care......Page 476
Medicare Part D Benefit......Page 478
Medication Adherence......Page 479
Mental Capacity Assessment......Page 483
Mental Health Services......Page 487
Mild Neurocognitive Disorder......Page 490
Money Management......Page 494
National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care......Page 497
National Council on Aging......Page 498
National Indian Council on Aging......Page 499
National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program......Page 500
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)......Page 502
Neuropsychological Assessment......Page 504
Neuropsychology......Page 507
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus......Page 509
Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders (NICHE)......Page 512
Nursing Home Managed Care......Page 513
Nursing Home Reform Act......Page 517
Nursing Homes......Page 519
Nutritionists......Page 524
Obesity......Page 528
Occupational Therapists......Page 530
Occupational Therapy Assessment and Evaluation......Page 532
Older Americans Act......Page 535
Oral Health Assessment......Page 539
Osteoarthritis......Page 542
Osteoporosis......Page 547
Pain Assessment Instruments......Page 550
Pain: Acute......Page 553
Pain: Chronic/Persistent......Page 556
Palliative Care......Page 560
Palliative Handfeeding in Dementia......Page 563
Parkinsonism......Page 566
Participant-Directed Care......Page 573
Patient–Provider Relationships......Page 577
Patient Safety......Page 580
Pensions and Financing Retirement......Page 583
Peripheral Arterial Disease......Page 586
Personality Disorders in the Elderly......Page 589
Pet Ownership Among Older Adults......Page 592
Pharmacists......Page 594
Physical and Mental Health Needs of Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Adults......Page 596
Physical Therapists......Page 600
Physical Therapy Services......Page 602
Physician Aid in Dying, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia......Page 605
Pioneer Network......Page 608
Podiatric Medicine......Page 610
Polypharmacy......Page 612
Polypharmacy: Drug–Drug Interactions......Page 615
Post-Acute Care......Page 618
Poverty......Page 620
Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment......Page 622
Pressure Injury Risk Assessment......Page 629
Primary Palliative Care......Page 635
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)......Page 637
Psychological/Mental Status Assessment......Page 640
Psychology......Page 642
Psychosis in Late Life......Page 645
Psychotropic Medication Use in Long-Term Care......Page 654
Rehabilitation......Page 660
Relocation Stress......Page 664
Respite Care......Page 669
Restraints......Page 672
Retirement......Page 675
Rheumatoid Arthritis......Page 678
Risk Assessment and Identification in Older Adults......Page 682
Rural Elderly......Page 685
Self-Rated Health......Page 689
Senior Centers......Page 691
Senior Hunger......Page 693
Senior Service Line......Page 697
Sexual Health......Page 699
Signage......Page 702
Skin Issues: Bruises and Discoloration......Page 704
Skin Tears......Page 707
Sleep Disorders......Page 713
Social Isolation......Page 717
Social Security......Page 720
Social Supports: Formal and Informal......Page 724
South Asian Elders......Page 727
Speech and Language Problems......Page 730
Spirituality......Page 733
Staff Development......Page 735
Substitute Decision Making......Page 738
Suicide in Late Life......Page 741
Sundowning......Page 747
Support Groups......Page 749
Surgery in the Elderly......Page 750
Swallowing Disorders and Aspiration......Page 754
Tax Policy......Page 759
Technology......Page 761
Telehealth......Page 764
Therapeutic Recreation Specialists and Recreation(al) Therapists......Page 765
Thyroid Disease in the Elderly......Page 768
Transitional Care......Page 770
Transportation......Page 773
Treatments for Cognitive Impairment in Dementia......Page 777
Undue Influence Assessment in Elder Care......Page 781
Urinary Incontinence......Page 784
Validation Therapy......Page 787
Vascular and Lewy Body Dementias......Page 790
Veterans and Veteran Health......Page 795
Volunteerism......Page 798
Wandering and Elopement......Page 803
Xerostomia......Page 806
Index......Page 811
