Caring for Older People
A Shared Approach
- Christine Brown Wilson - The University of Queensland, Australia
Caring for Older People is a timely and welcome addition to the nursing and healthcare literature. The book introduces and describes collaborative ways of working with older people, ensuring that students and practitioners are better equipped to provide consistently high-quality care that can make a positive difference to the lives of older people and their families.
Providing an accessible, evidence-based framework and a wealth of practical strategies which can be implemented on a daily basis, Christine Brown Wilson takes the reader step-by-step through different approaches to nursing care and shows clearly how that care can move from being a task-focused to a person-focused experience.
Case-based scenarios threaded throughout the book also illustrate how the quality of care can be enhanced, and how students and practitioners can work effectively with older people while balancing the competing demands of the health and social care system. Christine Brown Wilson also shows how nurses can influence current practice, equipping the reader with key skills that can be used to challenge poor ways of working and to identify methods through which inadequate provision can be turned around.
This book will be indispensable reading for all nursing and healthcare students and practitioners who want to improve the quality of life for older people.
This book looks at person centtred appraoches and clear and concise details of caring for the older adult in many settings. The case studies and practice scenarios will aid knowledge and understanding.
good step by step guide and informative book, into caring for older people, this has given information on person centred approaches and helped to have a good insight into elderly care
This book provides clear and concise details of caring for the older adult in many settings. The case studies and practice scenarios will aid knowledge and understanding.
It is a really good book to read, but my students need a more philosophic undertone in the argument. It is still to early to decide; so, may be it will be an 'essential'!
WArm regards,
Alexander Maas
this books enhances the reading list for module 2 particularly around the dignity, privacy and respect issues in healthcare providing high quality evidenced based care. this is an ideal reference for there academic assignment which is based on above themes
Excellent text which clarifies the difference between patient, person and relationship centered care clearly with examples.
Sage College Publishing
