Care of the frail elderly- demographics & contemporaneous issues
BOOKS
E-books – access with NHS OpenAthens account via www.swims.nhs.uk
Blackburn, J. A. ; Dulmus, C. N. (2007). Handbook of gerontology : evidence-based approaches to
theory, practice, and policy. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley
Tabernacle, M., Honey, M., Jinks, A. eds. (2009) Oxford handbook of nursing older people. Oxford:
Oxford University Press – see Chapters 1-2 p.1-33 . At WT160 in CGH Library and online as e-book
(access with NHS OpenAthens account via www.swims.nhs.uk )
Vetter, N. (2010). ‘Epidemiology of aging’. Chapter in Fillit, HM et al Brocklehurst’s textbook of
geriatric medicine and gerontology. Philadelphia: Saunders. p.3-10
Print books
Reed, J, Clarke, C and Macfarlane, A. eds. (2012) Nursing Older Adults Maidenhead: Open University
Press. See chapter 4 Demographic change and population ageing p.43-60 At WT160 in CGH Library
JOURNAL ARTICLES – available online with NHS OpenAthens account
Robertson, Guy (2012).Positive ageing - from the political to the personal. Working with Older
People vol. 16 (4) p. 149-153
Cann, P (2008). Holding a spotlight to an ageing society .British Journal of Community Nursing
vol. 13 (7) p. 330-334
Farrelly, R. (2013) An ageing population: getting it right. British Journal of Nursing vol 22 (15)
p. 911 (also available in print at CGH library)
Thai, JN et al . (2013). Every patient is an individual: clinicians balance individual factors when
discussing prognosis with diverse frail elderly patients. Journal of the American
Geriatrics Society vol 61 (2) p. 264-269.
WEBSITES
UK statistics on mortality
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/243630/97877771
48203.pdf
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