Overview

This book examines the policies, challenges, and quality of life issues in palliative care and nursing home care facilities. Some topics discussed in this compilation include: identifying the palliative care needs of home-based dementia patients and their caregivers; the functions of sexuality in older adults living in nursing homes and increasing awareness of staff and family members to this issue; haematology and non-oncological respiratory patients in palliative care; the changing role of the licensed practical nurse in nursing home care; obese nursing residents and their special considerations; gynaecological cancer and palliative cancer care; and neonatal palliative care.

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Author:   Samuel E Plunkett
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9781611224177

ISBN 10:   1611224179
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   21 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Identifying the Palliative Care Needs of Home-Based People with End-Stage Dementia & their Carers; Mental Distress in Children Orphaned by AIDS: The Efficacy of Natural Mentoring as Palliative Care; Quality of Sexual Life of Nursing Home Residents; Back to the Future: A Research Journey in Haematology & Palliative Care; The Changing Role of the Licensed Practical Nurse in Nursing Home Care; Special Considerations for Providing Care for Obese Nursing Home Residents; Palliative Care & Dementia: Is a Good Death Possible at Home?; Where & How Non-Oncological Respiratory Patients Die: A Palliative Answer; Can Data Envelopment Analysis Be Used to Study Performance Efficiency in Nursing Homes?; Quality of Life for Older Persons Living in Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study; Neonatal Palliative Care: New Practice, New Challenges; Depression & Mood Distress among Female Patients with Gynaecological Cancer in a Programme of Palliative Cancer Care; Index.

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