Nursing

• 'Do Not Resuscitate', and the Consequences of Not Following It
• Advance Care Planning Australia
• Video Addresses Advance Care Planning

• Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
• Aged Care Royal Commission Final Report
• Content Validity of the ResCareQA: An Australian Residential Care Quality Assessment based on Resident Outcomes Courtney, M, O'Reiley, M, Edwards, H & Hassall, S 2011, 'Content validity of the ResCareQA: an Australian Residential Care Quality Assessment based on resident outcomes', The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 37-46, retrieved from Health Collection, Informit.
• Three Areas of Focus for Improving Care of the Older Adult

• Delirium: The Little Known Condition Costing Us Millions

• Communicating with Someone Who Has Dementia
• Confusion and Memory Problems in Older People
• Dementia now causes greatest burden of illness, injury and premature death in older Australians
• New Discussion Paper Highlights the Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on People Living with Dementia, Families and Carers
• Occupational Transitions of Family Caregivers of Loved Ones with Dementia
• Pain Management for Patients with Dementia: Identification and Management
• ‘Ramps’ Needed to Dismantle Discrimination for People Living with Dementia - New Report
• When someone living with dementia is distressed or violent, ‘de-escalation’ is vital
• Why people with dementia don’t all behave the same

• 

  Late-Life Depression

  In this program, three senior citizens describe how they have coped with this depression in later life.
• Diversity in Sexuality Combined with a Diagnosis of Dementia Leads to Poor Health Outcomes for LGBTIQ Older Persons Hogan, S 2017, 'Diversity in sexuality combined with a diagnosis of dementia leads to poor health outcomes for LGBTIQ older persons', Australian Nursing and Medwifery Journal, vol. 25, no. 5, p. 24, retrieved from EBSCOhost CINAHL Plus with Full Text.
• Mental health in aged care

  This web report provides a snapshot of what is known about the mental health needs of individuals at the time of assessment for aged care services (that is, prior to, or at, entry to care) and of deaths due to suicide while accessing aged care, using linked data from the National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse and the National Death Index.

• Diabetes in Old Age by Alan J. Sinclair; Trisha Dunning; Leocadio Rodríguez Mañas; Medha Munshi

  Call Number: 618.97 DIA (City)

  Publication Date: 2017

  This edition features up-to-date and comprehensive information about the key aspects of managing older people with diabetes, predominantly type 2 diabetes. With a strong evidence-based focus throughout, the entire range of issues surrounding diabetes and its many complications are covered.

• Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (E-Book) by Katie Evans; Debra Nizette; Anthony O'Brien

  Call Number: Online - Also available at the City Library: 616.890231 EVA (City)

  Publication Date: 2017

  This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect current research and changing attitudes about mental health, mental health services and mental health nursing in Australia and New Zealand. This text provides vital information for approaching the most familiar disorders mental health nurses and students will see in clinical practice, along with helpful suggestions about what the mental health nurse can say and do to interact effectively with consumers and their families.

• Aged Care Act 1997
• Elder Abuse - Laws and Limitations
• Elder Abuse and COVID-19 Interview on ABC Law Report 6 October 2020.
• National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study: Final Report
• Recognising and Responding to Elder Abuse

• Facilitating a Good Death in Residential Aged are Settings, with Support from Community Palliative Care O'Connor, M & Allison, M 2020, Facilitating a good death in residfential aged care settings, with support from community palliative care', Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, vol. 26, no. 10, p. 41, retrieved from CINAHL Plus with Full Text, EBSCOhost.

• 'What Do I Have to Lose?': Daphne Keith is the Oldest Australian to Get a Partial Hip Replacement
• Rehabilitation for Older People Following a Hip Fracture Mitchell, R 2019, 'Rehabilitation for older people following a hip fracture', The Health Advocate, October 2019, pp. 26-28.

• Healthy Aging & Clinical Care in the Elderly
• Improving the quality of care for older Australians in hospital
• Listening to Older People and Valuing Their Personhood

• Fundamentals of Nursing by Patricia A. Potter; Anne Griffin Perry; Patricia Stockert; Amy Hall

  Call Number: 610.73 POT

  ISBN: 9780323677721

  Publication Date: 2020

  This edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, clinical reasoning, nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care in all settings. Care plans are presented within a nursing process framework, and case studies show how to apply concepts to nursing practice.

• A Guide to Optimal Health in Aged Care
• Older Adults
• Older Australians at a Glance - AIHW
• Quality of Life for Older Australians
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  Ageing Populations
• 

  Aging with Grace

  We will learn the facts about aging. We will learn the importance of staying active. We will learn ways to adjust after retirement.

• Aged Care in Australia: A Guide for Health Care Workers by Anthony Rogers; Susan Barrett

  Call Number: 362.60994 ROG (City)

  Publication Date: 2011

  This book contains information about ageing and health care services in Australia, as well as the key issues facing older people, carers, workers and communities.