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Editorial
The 10 O’Clock News: Implications for Gerontological Nurses!
p.3
News
Exercise in older people promotes longevity, and decreases loneliness p.8
Waist to hip ratio more effective then BMI for determining obesity p. 9
Cognitive decline and socioeconomic status NOT linked p. 9
Letter to the Editor
Health Promotion course a valuable tool (with reply) p.10
Evidence-Based Guideline
Acute Confusion/Delirium: Identification, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
Older adults at high risk for delirium require interventions that eliminate or lessen the effects of potential precipitating factors. Delirium rarely has one single cause for the condition and has a multi-factorial etiology p. 14
Diagnosis: Dementia
Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia: Approaches that Work
Advanced dementia is a terminal condition; however, research has revealed that affected individuals are subjected to multiple intrusive interventions, they require palliative care long before their death…this article looks at approaches that support personhood, explain behaviour management principles, assure meaningful connections for activities of daily living, minimizes weight loss, and explain advanced care directives and medical management best practices in palliative care for advanced dementia…p. 19
Legal Issues
Clearing the Err: Reporting Serious Adverse Events and “Never Events” in Today’s Health Care System p. 26
Feature Articles
Reflection on Photographs: Exploring First-Year Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Older Adults p. 30
Why Not Just Ask the Resident? Refinement of a Preference Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes
Taiwanese Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Older People
The aim of this research was to establish Taiwanese nursing students’ attitudes toward older people - overall the results showed that they had a positive attitude towards older people and suggest that that their intention to work with older people and gender were important factors influencing attitude…p. 50
The 10 O’Clock News: Implications for Gerontological Nurses!
p.3
News
Exercise in older people promotes longevity, and decreases loneliness p.8
Waist to hip ratio more effective then BMI for determining obesity p. 9
Cognitive decline and socioeconomic status NOT linked p. 9
Letter to the Editor
Health Promotion course a valuable tool (with reply) p.10
Evidence-Based Guideline
Acute Confusion/Delirium: Identification, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
Older adults at high risk for delirium require interventions that eliminate or lessen the effects of potential precipitating factors. Delirium rarely has one single cause for the condition and has a multi-factorial etiology p. 14
Diagnosis: Dementia
Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia: Approaches that Work
Advanced dementia is a terminal condition; however, research has revealed that affected individuals are subjected to multiple intrusive interventions, they require palliative care long before their death…this article looks at approaches that support personhood, explain behaviour management principles, assure meaningful connections for activities of daily living, minimizes weight loss, and explain advanced care directives and medical management best practices in palliative care for advanced dementia…p. 19
Legal Issues
Clearing the Err: Reporting Serious Adverse Events and “Never Events” in Today’s Health Care System p. 26
Feature Articles
Reflection on Photographs: Exploring First-Year Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Older Adults p. 30
Why Not Just Ask the Resident? Refinement of a Preference Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes
Taiwanese Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Older People
The aim of this research was to establish Taiwanese nursing students’ attitudes toward older people - overall the results showed that they had a positive attitude towards older people and suggest that that their intention to work with older people and gender were important factors influencing attitude…p. 50
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