Gerontology: Textbook for Nursing Majors in Higher Medical Colleges

Author: Yao Jingpeng
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: In recent ten years or more, China has been experiencing population aging. By 2000, China had entered a senior-aged country. As the elderly population in China is the largest in the world, the elderly group exhibits different physiological, psychological, and social characteristics and needs compared to adults and young people. Elderly care also has its own specialities, which places important tasks on the nursing profession. Elderly care should be included in nursing professional curricula to meet the objective needs of elderly care work. Therefore, this textbook has been compiled. This book is divided into 3 chapters and several sections. Chapter 1: The Elderly Group, this chapter provides a detailed description of the biological, psychological, and sociodemographic characteristics of the elderly group, as well as related health care content. Chapter 2: Elderly Care, building on the initial understanding of the elderly vulnerable group from the first chapter, this chapter provides a detailed explanation of general care and assessment for the elderly. Chapter 3: Care for Elderly Patients with Diseases, elderly diseases include common and frequently occurring diseases in internal medicine, orthopedics, gynecology, and ophthalmology/otolaryngology. The features of this textbook are to keep it concise and focused, highlighting key points. For elderly diseases that overlap with internal medicine nursing, the elderly-specific characteristics are emphasized. Additionally, since students have already mastered the nursing process operational methods after studying internal medicine nursing, this book focuses only on measures and health education for elderly diseases, aiming to inspire students to consciously apply the nursing process to care for elderly patients. During the compilation, the authors referred to domestic and international specialized books and textbooks on elderly care, selecting useful parts based on China's national conditions to achieve practical goals. This textbook is suitable for undergraduate nursing students. Due to its progressive and comprehensive content, it can be adapted to the learning needs of students at different levels, making it also applicable for college students and clinical nursing workers. It is also available for reference by nursing professional teachers.