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The Encyclopedia of Elder Care, 2nd Edition focuses on the broad but practical notions of how to care for the elderly patient. This state-of-the art resource features nearly 300 articles written by experts in the field. The major themes include: Society; Community; Caregiving; and Patient care. The entries include: clinical symptoms and treatments of common and chronic diseases; healthcare policy issues; screening tools; tests of psychological and physical fitness; health maintenance; and medicare. The features new to this edition include: information on assisted living; nursing home managed care; and self-neglect.

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This text features nearly 300 articles providing practical information on how to care for elders. --Doody Enterprises, Inc. ...In summary, the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Elder Care provides a wealth of up-to-date, well-referenced coverage of clinical subjects related to the older adult . --Contemporary Gerontology

"This text features nearly 300 articles providing practical information on how to care for elders. --Doody Enterprises, Inc. """"...In summary, the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Elder Care provides a wealth of up-to-date, well-referenced coverage of clinical subjects related to the older adult"""". --Contemporary Gerontology"

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Elizabeth A. Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Chair in Gerontology at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing of the City University of New York (CUNY), where she directs the PhD in Nursing program. She is known for her work in improving the care of older adults by interventions and models that positively influence healthcare providers' knowledge and work environment. Dr. Capezuti's research interests include fall prevention, nonpharmacological approaches to improve sleep, palliative care, the geriatric nursing work environment, and the design of the ""built environment"" to facilitate older persons' health outcomes. Dr. Capezuti has disseminated the findings of 40 funded projects in five co-edited books and more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She is the recipient of the Otsuka/American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award and the American Academy of Nursing Nurse Leader in Aging Award. She is an international speaker and consultant, including a Fulbright Specialist to Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Dr. Capezuti received her bachelor's degree in nursing from Lehman College (CUNY), her master's degree as a geriatric advanced practice nurse from Hunter College, and her doctoral degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. Eugenia Siegler, MD, is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Medical Director of the Geriatrics Inpatient Service at the Weill/Cornell Campus of the New York Presbyterian Hospital. Mathy Doval Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, taught at Lehman College of the City University of New York and at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing where she directed the geriatric nurse practitioner program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Teaching Nursing Home Program. Since 1991 she has been the Independence Foundation Professor and Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for the Advancement of Geriatric Nursing at New York University. Dr. Mezey is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, sits on the board of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and is Trustee Emeritus of Columbia University.

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