HEALTH CARE NEEDS FOR OLDER ADULTS.

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......of New Zealand older adults. Issues of health care for older adults are an important...research focus and health care providers need...14% of GDP on health care, but is among...percentage of older adults. In contrast...5% of GDP on ...

Marin Community Foundation Report on Services for Older Adults in Marin...

AScribe Law News Service;  October 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......identified by both older adults and providers...quality, affordable health care. The report is...with over 800 older adults, the staff of...desirability of many older adults to remain in their...the quality of health care for older residents...the ...

Injuries and Violence Among Older Adults.

American Family Physician;  September 1, 2000 ;     310 words ......adults 65 years and older in the United States...quality of life of older adults and may result in billions of dollars in health care expenses each year...and violence among older adults appears in the December...interventions should educate health care ...

Status and standards of care for older adults: Despite regulatory, ethical...

The Canadian Nurse;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......education of health care providers,(4...than do other health care providers."(6) Older adults require health care that is specific...complexity of older adults' care(27) and...well as rising health care costs. OTHER...negatively affect ...

Psychosocial treatments for major depression and dysthymia in older...

Journal of Counseling and Development;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......The population of older adults in the United States...the population of older adults has more than tripled...individuals age 65 and older continues to grow...meeting the needs of older adults and their families...Dice, 2000). The health care costs of ...

End-of-life treatment preferences among older adults: A nurse practitioner...

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the end of life. Older adults should be encouraged...able to do so. Health care providers should...for treatment of older adults can be recognized...admission into a health care facility. Passage...increased awareness of older adults' right to ...

Developments in Clinical Interventions for Older Adults: A Review.

New Zealand Journal of Psychology;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Older adults are increasing as a percentage...world-wide research in health care has increased its focus...even wholly unexamined in older adults. Also, biases and assumptions about older adults can help instil a false...diagnosis and treatment of older ...

New Book Helps Older Adults Manage Chronic Pain

U.S. Newswire;  May 2, 2008 ;     338 words ......Pain Management for Older Adults: A Self-Help Guide...boom and advances in health care, Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos...in the proportion of older adults in society. There are...the extent to which the health care system will be able to...be useful not only for ...

Issues in Mental Health Care for Older Adults After Disasters

Generations;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Older adults typically...for mental health care services in...vulnerable older adults who are at...providing mental health care to older adults after a disaster...DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITH OLDER ADULTS For the majority...

Older Adults Receiving Home Enteral Nutrition: Enteral Regimen, Provider...

JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......variables related to health care outcomes of HEN in a sample of older adults dependent on informal...with unscheduled health care visits and readmissions...efficacy of HEN in older adults (ie, reversal of...state of postacute health care delivery ...

Health care needs of community-dwelling older adults

Canadian Journal of Public Health;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......importance of a list of 31 health care needs of older adults. Respondents also...conducted to identify health care needs of older adults living in a midsized...the importance of health care needs of older adults living in Brant County...

Alcohol use screening and assessment.(try this: Best Practices in Nursing...

MedSurg Nursing;  August 1, 2005 ;     553 words ......TARGET POPULATION: Older adults who are regular...interventions by health care providers with older adults who are drinking...consumption by older adults. Nurses in all health care settings serving...interventions for older adults. In ...

Nursing Care Management of Older Adults With HIV/AIDS and Chronic...

Care Management Journals;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......for HIVpositive older adults living with chronic...especially given that health care personnel are more...conditions; yet health care personnel may not...for HIV-positive older adults living with chronic...navigate the current health care system ...

QUALITY OF CARE VARIES FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH DEPRESSION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 3, 2006 ;     143 words ......about the well-being of older adults, most people focus on medical care, but mental health care is a growing, pressing concern for older adults and their families. "At...Proctor, Ph.D., mental health care expert and professor of...University in St. Louis. "While ...

New Institute of Medicine Report Forecasts Bleak Future for Older Adults...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......late-life mental health care, particularly the...to quality mental health care for the aging Baby...examine the optimal health care workforce for older...to determine the health care needs of Americans...forces that shape the health care workforce, ...