Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society
Haworth Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7890-2652-1 (ISBN)
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Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society examines the aspects of aging that transcend physical and biological changes, addressing practical concerns such as communication, understanding values, and end-of-life issues. This unique book provides pharmacists with the basics on how to enhance their service to the elderly and offers additional suggestions for improving the empathy and understanding they have for their patients. The book explores general health and pharmacy concerns of the elderly, including abuse, neglect, sexuality, stress, and addictions, and presents methods of helping seniors stay healthy through exercise and with appropriate interventions. 34 figures, tables, and exhibits make complex information easy to access and understand.
Fewer than five percent of persons over 65 end up in a nursing home, and many stay only long enough to recover or rehabilitate before returning home. The other 95 percent need our attention and our care. Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society helps pharmacists develop the special tools they need to deal with the elderly, identifying the most challenging areas, and providing effective frameworks for addressing them. The book also includes sidebars that summarize important ideas, including:
Communicationchoosing the right words when delivering difficult or even unwelcome information to patients
Ethics on the Spotanticipating difficult questions and determining if information is appropriate to pass along to a patient
Statistics at a Glancecomparative statistics presented in a way that makes a point
Cutting Edgecurrent research findings and what they mean to your patients
Too Late Nowwhen changing a patient’s behavior or adding a medication is unlikely to help
Then and Nowcompares past treatment and approaches with current ones
and much more!
Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society is an essential resource for community and hospital pharmacists, educators, and anyone else with an interest in health.
Foreword (Dorothy L. Smith)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. A Graying Landscape
Who’s Who?
Elders’ Demographics
Developing Competence
Conclusion
Chapter 2. The Challenge of Disease in the Elderly
Before Age Twenty
The Twenties and Thirties
The Forties
The Fifties
The Sixties and Beyond
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Say What? Communicating with Elders
Communicating Verbally with the Average Senior
Setting the Stage
Communicating in Writing
Elderspeak
Unique Communication Issues with Dementia
Communicating with Agitated Patients
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Exercise and Aging
Aging and Muscle Loss
Classic Studies
Methodological Considerations
Exercise, Falls, and Osteoporosis
Cardiovascular Health
Immune Function and Cancer
Mental Health
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Lifestyle Drugs: Enhancing Life or Eradicating Ugliness?
What Are Lifestyle Drugs?
Lifestyle Drugs: Profit or Expense?
Managing Lifestyle Drugs
Location, Location, Location
Cost, Safety, and Confidentiality
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Addiction
Right Under Your Nose: Legal Drug Abuse
Nicotine
Alcohol: Drug or Social Amenity?
Chapter 7. Elder Abuse
What Is It?
Frequency and Costs
Detecting Abuse
What Causes Abuse?
A Word About Self-Neglect
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Sexuality
Expression Without Exploitation
Is There Sex After
Caregiver Attitudes
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Women’s Reproductive Organs
Male Menopause?
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Stress
Stress, Stressors, and Worry
Depression
Conclusion
Chapter 10. Lost Minds
Memory
Metacognition
Dispelling Myths
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Delirium versus Dementia
Assessment
Drug-Induced Cognitive Impairment
Conclusion
Chapter 11. Death, the Great Equalizer
End-of-Life Care
Autopsy
Cleaning Out the Medication Cabinet
Conclusion
Index
Reference Notes Included
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.10.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Binghamton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie ► PTA / PKA | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7890-2652-X / 078902652X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7890-2652-1 / 9780789026521 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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