The Encyclopedia of Elder Care The Comprehensive Resource on Geriatric Health and Social Care Elizabeth Capezuti 082614053X 9780826140531

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• ISBN 10: 082614053X
• ISBN 13: 9780826140531
• Author: Elizabeth Capezuti

This expanded, one-of-a-kind reference of more than 250 entries provides a comprehensive guide to all of the essential elements of elder care across a breadth of health and social service disciplines. Responding to the needs of providers, directcare workers, family, and other caregivers, the diverse array of entries included in this encyclopedia recognize and address the complex medical, social, and psychological problems associated with geriatric care. In addition to a brief, accessible summary of each topic, entries include several key references, including web links and mobile apps for additional sources of information.

This updated edition contains more than 30 new entries written by renowned experts that address a variety of elder care topics.

Table of contents:

1. A
2. Access to Care
3. Access to Hospice Care
4. Active Life Expectancy
5. Activities of Daily Living
6. Adult Day Services
7. Adult Foster Care Homes
8. Adult Protective Services
9. Advance Directives
10. Advanced Practice Nursing
11. Affordable Health Care for the Elderly
12. African Americans and Health Care Disparities
13. Ageism
14. Aging Agencies: City and County Level
15. Aging Agencies: Federal Level
16. Aging Agencies: State Level
17. Aging Prisoners
18. Alzheimer’s Association
19. AMDA—The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
20. American Federation for Aging Research
21. American Geriatrics Society
22. American Health Care Association
23. American Indian Elders
24. American Nurses Association
25. American Society on Aging
26. Americans With Disabilities Act
27. Anemia
28. Animal-Assisted Health Care
29. Anxiety Disorders, Traumatic and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Late Life
30. Aortic Stenosis
31. Asian American and Pacific Islander Elders
32. Assessing Needs of Family Caregivers
33. Assisted Living
34. Assistive Devices
35. Assistive Technology
36. Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
37. Autonomy
38. B
39. Balance
40. Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
41. Behavioral Expressions of Distress in People With Neurocognitive Disorders
42. Bereavement
43. Bipolar Disorder in Later Life
44. C
45. Cancer Treatment
46. Care Management
47. Caregiver Burden
48. Caregiver Burnout
49. Caregiver Support Groups
50. Caregiving Relationships
51. Cataracts and Glaucoma
52. Centenarians
53. Challenges of Hospital Care: Preventable Hospitalization, Complex Care Transitions, and Rehospitalization
54. Chronic Illness
55. Clinical Pathways
56. Cognitive Changes in Aging
57. Cognitive Instruments
58. Community Assessment
59. Competency and Capacity
60. Constipation in the Elderly
61. Continuing Care Retirement Communities
62. Contractures
63. Coping With Chronic Illness
64. Creativity
65. Crime Victimization
66. Cultural Assessment
67. Culture Change
68. Cultural Competence and Aging
69. D
70. Daytime Sleepiness
71. Death and Dying
72. Dehydration
73. Dementia: Special Care Units
74. Demography of Aging
75. Dentures
76. Depression in Dementia
77. Depression Measurement Instruments
78. Diabetes: Management
79. Diabetes: Overview
80. Discharge Planning
81. Dizziness
82. Driving
83. Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)
84. E
85. Elder Mistreatment: Overview
86. Elder Neglect
87. Elderspeak
88. Emergency Department Care
89. Employment
90. Environmental Modifications: Home
91. Environmental Modifications: Shared Residential Settings
92. Ergonomics
93. Ethics Consultation
94. Euthanasia
95. Evidence-Based Health Care
96. Exercise
97. Eye Care Providers
98. F
99. Falls Prevention
100. Family Care for Elders With Dementia
101. Family Care for Frail Elders
102. Feeding: Non-Oral
103. Financial Abuse
104. Foot Problems
105. Future of Care
106. G
107. Gait Assessment Instruments
108. Gait Disturbances
109. Gastrointestinal Bleed
110. Geriatric Consultation
111. Geriatric Dentistry: Clinical Aspects
112. Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units
113. Geriatric Resource Nurse
114. Geriatrician
115. Gerontological Social Workers
116. Gerontological Society of America
117. Geropsychiatric Advanced Practice Nursing
118. Grandparents as Family Caregivers
119. Green House Project
120. Guardianship and Conservatorship
121. H
122. Headache
123. Health Promotion Screening
124. Hearing Aids
125. Hearing Impairment
126. Hispanic and Latino Elders
127. HIV, AIDS, and Aging
128. Home Health Care
129. Homeless Elders
130. Hospice
131. Hospital-Based Services
132. Hospital Elder Life Program
133. I
134. Iatrogenesis
135. Immigrant Elders
136. Immunization
137. Information Technology
138. Injury and Trauma
139. Institutional Mistreatment: Abuse and Neglect
140. Institutionalization
141. Interdisciplinary Teams
142. Intergenerational Programs
143. International Psychogeriatric Association
144. Interviewing
145. J
146. Joint Replacement
147. L
148. LeadingAge
149. Leisure Programs
150. Life Events
151. Life Review
152. Long-Term Care Policy
153. M
154. Meals on Wheels
155. Measurement
156. Measuring Physical Function
157. Medicaid
158. Medicare
159. Medicare Managed Care
160. Medicare Part D Benefit
161. Medication Adherence
162. Mental Capacity Assessment
163. Mental Health Services
164. Mild Neurocognitive Disorder
165. Money Management
166. N
167. National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
168. National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
169. National Council on Aging
170. National Gerontological Nursing Association
171. National Indian Council on Aging
172. National Institute on Aging
173. National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
174. Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
175. Neuropsychological Assessment
176. Neuropsychology
177. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
178. Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders (NICHE)
179. Nursing Home Managed Care
180. Nursing Home Reform Act
181. Nursing Homes
182. Nutritionists
183. O
184. Obesity
185. Occupational Therapists
186. Occupational Therapy Assessment and Evaluation
187. Older Americans Act
188. Oral Health Assessment
189. Osteoarthritis
190. Osteoporosis
191. P
192. Pain Assessment Instruments
193. Pain: Acute
194. Pain: Chronic/Persistent
195. Palliative Care
196. Palliative Handfeeding in Dementia
197. Parkinsonism
198. Participant-Directed Care
199. Patient–Provider Relationships
200. Patient Safety
201. Pensions and Financing Retirement
202. Peripheral Arterial Disease
203. Personality Disorders in the Elderly
204. Pet Ownership Among Older Adults
205. Pharmacists
206. Physical and Mental Health Needs of Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Adults
207. Physical Therapists
208. Physical Therapy Services
209. Physician Aid in Dying, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia
210. Pioneer Network
211. Podiatric Medicine
212. Polypharmacy
213. Polypharmacy: Drug–Drug Interactions
214. Post-Acute Care
215. Poverty
216. Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment
217. Pressure Injury Risk Assessment
218. Primary Palliative Care
219. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
220. Psychological/Mental Status Assessment
221. Psychology
222. Psychosis in Late Life
223. Psychotropic Medication Use in Long-Term Care
224. R
225. Rehabilitation
226. Relocation Stress
227. Respite Care
228. Restraints
229. Retirement
230. Rheumatoid Arthritis
231. Risk Assessment and Identification in Older Adults
232. Rural Elderly
233. S
234. Self-Rated Health
235. Senior Centers
236. Senior Hunger
237. Senior Service Line
238. Sexual Health
239. Signage
240. Skin Issues: Bruises and Discoloration
241. Skin Tears
242. Sleep Disorders
243. Social Isolation
244. Social Security
245. Social Supports: Formal and Informal
246. South Asian Elders
247. Speech and Language Problems
248. Spirituality
249. Staff Development
250. Substitute Decision Making
251. Suicide in Late Life
252. Sundowning
253. Support Groups
254. Surgery in the Elderly
255. Swallowing Disorders and Aspiration
256. T
257. Tax Policy
258. Technology
259. Telehealth
260. Therapeutic Recreation Specialists and Recreation(al) Therapists
261. Thyroid Disease in the Elderly
262. Transitional Care
263. Transportation
264. Treatments for Cognitive Impairment in Dementia
265. U
266. Undue Influence Assessment in Elder Care
267. Urinary Incontinence
268. V
269. Validation Therapy
270. Vascular and Lewy Body Dementias
271. Veterans and Veteran Health
272. Volunteerism
273. W
274. Wandering and Elopement
275. X
276. Xerostomia

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