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Older people and mental health nursing: a handbook of care
- Editors:
- NENO Rebecca, AVEYARD Barry, HEATH Hazel, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Older People and Mental Health Nursing provides an evidence-based guide to caring for the growing number of older people with mental health issues. It focuses on the knowledge and key skills which practitioners require to work effectively with older people who have, or are at risk of developing, mental health needs. Divided into five sections, Older People and Mental Health Nursing first explores the background, historical perspectives and influences on mental health care in later life. It then looks at the ethical and legal issues involved, therapeutic relationships, and the values underpinning support and care. Part three focuses on aspects which have traditionally been neglected in mental health care, including culture, religion and sexuality. Part four details specific mental health issues for older people, including delirium, depression, and dementia. The final section explores future trends in older people’s mental health and offers ideas on how nursing is developing, and could develop, to address these.
Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2002: chapter 9; explanatory notes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Act covers two areas. Firstly, it provides for public payments for nursing care for people resident in nursing homes. Currently the cost of nursing care is included in the overall cost of a nursing home placement and may be borne by residents whose means are such that they fund, or part-fund, their own care. There has been an anomaly in relation to nursing care, in that it has been supplied free as a health service to a person in their own home (or indeed to a resident in a residential care home, if supplied externally by a Trust via the community nursing service). From 7 October 2002 the nursing care element of the total cost will be met from public funds reducing the overall cost to the individual. This is one of the responses to the Royal Commission on Long Term Care which reported its findings in the publication "With Respect to Age" in March 1999. The Royal Commission was set up to look at the system of funding for the care of elderly people, and the apportionment of costs between public funds and individuals. Secondly, it is proposed to set up a new local body to support the development of nursing and midwifery in the key areas of best practice, ongoing education and continuous professional development and performance.
Who picks up the tab?
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.5.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at a current legal case that exposes problems with funding long-term care.
Small change
- Author:
- HUNTER Shirley
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 6.3.96, 1996, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article looks at the law regarding the control of personal allowances for nursing-home residents. The author explains why nurses risk being prosecuted under the present regulations.
The mistreatment of elderly people
- Editors:
- DECALMER Peter, GLENDENNING Frank
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 202p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers drawing together perspectives of professionals from different disciplines. Assesses the: clinical implications of abuse; key areas for social work; legal implications of abuse and neglect; sociological perspectives; issues for nurses and other health care professionals; and models for prevention of abuse and the role of carers. Argues for clearer explanations of abuse and gives guidelines for tackling and preventing the problem.
Mental health nursing: an evidence-based approach
- Editors:
- NEWELL Rob, GOURNAY Kevin
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingstone
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 446p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Section one contains orienting material and looks at: the consumer of mental health care; the history of mental health nursing and psychiatry; government policy and the organisation of mental health care; general consultation skills; principles of assessment; and evaluation of mental health nursing. Section two looks at approaches to user problems and includes information on: Schizophrenia; mood disorders; suicide and self harm; phobias and rituals; hypochondraisis and inappropriate illness behaviour; eating disorders; anger and impulse control; post traumatic disorders; children and young people; and mental disorders of older people. Section three is on mental health initiatives and looks at: advocacy; self help; and alternatives to traditional mental health treatments.