Caring for Older People : A Shared Approach [1 ed.] 9781446271469, 9781446240960

Caring for Older People is a timely and welcome addition to the nursing and health-care literature. The book introduces

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Caring for Older People : A Shared Approach [1 ed.]
9781446271469, 9781446240960

How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purpose

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No one wants to think about getting older. It's true. At any age, when things are moving along normally day to day

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Allan D. Peterkin and Cathy Risdon present the first medical guide to offer busy clinicians practical, accessible, and e

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Children and young people are active agents with motives and intentions who can contribute to their social worlds. Takin

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The book investigates digitalisation in care for older people by giving insight into service users’ and professionals’ o

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This book focuses on evidence-based occupational therapy in the care of older adults in different clinical settings, fro

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The growing focus on performance review and monitoring means that awareness and use of performance indicators has increa

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Fragile Resonance describes the paths carers take as they make meaning of their experiences and find a sense of moral pu

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This book serves as a comprehensive reference for the basic principles of caring for older adults, directly correspondin

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The book is a much-needed revised and updated edition of Elders and the law (PEPAR Publications, 1993). It describes the

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