Geriatric Nursing Assistants An Annotated Bibliography with Models to Enhance Practice

Name: Geriatric Nursing Assistants An Annotated Bibliography with Models to Enhance Practice
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ISBN: 9780313266652

ISBN-10: 0313266654

ISBN-13: 9780313266652

Edition: 1990

Authors: George H. Weber

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The role of the nursing home has expanded in the late twentieth century due to both the growing percentage of elderly in the U.S. population and to society's tendency to over-institutionalize people. In recent years, the kinds and quality of care given to the elderly in nursing homes have received intense scrutiny. This timely bibliography focuses on nursing assistants--the personnel who are with the elderly around the clock, doing a variety of tasks, ranging from helping them with basic functions to comforting them during periods of distress. Nursing assistants provide as much as 90 percent of the direct care received by the elderly in the nursing home setting. Emphasizing the psychosocial…

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List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 10/17/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

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Series


Foreword


Introduction


The Nursing Assistant's Job


The Work Environment of the Nursing Assistant and Its Development


Training the Nursing Assistant Advocacy and Bargaining


Toward a Psychosocial Model of Practice Models to Enhance Practice


Additional Considerations


References


Bibliography


Indexes