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7 7/16 X 9 11/16 in Introduction SECTION 1: AGEING AND OLD AGE What is old age? Demographic and epidemiological trends in ageing The psychology of h uman ageing The biology of human ageing SECTION 2: POLICY CHAN GE AND CONTEXTS OF CARE Policy developments in the organization of s upport for older people Health and social care for older people in th e community Nursing older people in hospital Intermediate and long -term care provision for older people SECTION 3: NURSING OLDER PE OPLE: INDEPENDENCE, AUTONOMY AND SELF-FULFILMENT Communication challe nges and skills Hearing Eyesight and older people Promoting saf e mobility Care of the foot Breathing Eating and drinking El iminating Maintaining body temperature Maintaining healthy skin Sleep and rest Sexuality and relationships in later life Pain and older people Delirium (acute confusional states) in later life Pe rson-centred dementia care Depression in older people Dying, berea vement and loss Drugs and older people SECTION 4: CURRENT IS SUES AND REFLECTIONS ON CARING FOR OLDER PEOPLE Assessment of older p

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