Aging Well: Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Professionals - Wykle, May L.; Gueldner, Sarah H.
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Aging Well: Gerontological Education For Nurses And Other Health Professionals Brings A Fresh Outlook To Gerontological Education And Promotes The Experience Of Aging As A Positive Circumstance, And Elders As A Treasure Of Society. Discussion Centers On The Application Of Research Findings To Encourage Elders To Rise Above And Beyond Disability, To Help Them Retain Their Identity Of Personhood, And Integrate Into Society In General And Their Immediate Community In Particular. Contributors Include Individuals From The Academic Gerontological Community And Clinicians As Well As Experts From…mehr

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Aging Well: Gerontological Education For Nurses And Other Health Professionals Brings A Fresh Outlook To Gerontological Education And Promotes The Experience Of Aging As A Positive Circumstance, And Elders As A Treasure Of Society. Discussion Centers On The Application Of Research Findings To Encourage Elders To Rise Above And Beyond Disability, To Help Them Retain Their Identity Of Personhood, And Integrate Into Society In General And Their Immediate Community In Particular. Contributors Include Individuals From The Academic Gerontological Community And Clinicians As Well As Experts From Related Fields Such As Social Policy And Community Planning. This Comprehensive Text Contains Vital Information Necessary To Caring For Elders, Including Topics Such As Disease And Disabilities Associated With Aging, To Illuminate Underlying Philosophical Tenants And Social Issues. Each Chapter Provides A Summary Of The Key Points With Suggestions On How To Apply Them On A Daily Basis.
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May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, FAGHE, is the Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Professor of Nursing and Dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She was a recipient of a National Institutes of Mental Health Geriatric Mental Health Academic Award, and Director of a 5-year Robert Wood Johnson Teaching Nursing Home Project. Dr. Wykle's research interests include geriatric mental health, self-care behaviors among aged cohorts, family caregiving, stresses and strains in elderly physical health, and self-care and compliance of chronically ill aged. She directed a 4-year study funded by the National Center for Nursing Research (NIH) on Black vs. White Caregivers' Formal/Informal Service Use, and a 3-year study funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) on MD Style, Self-Care and Compliance of Chronically Ill Aged. She was a delegate and served on the Planning Committee of the 1993 White House Conference on Aging, and formerly served on the Geriatric/Gerontology Advisory Committee for the Veterans Administration. Her work has been recognized both locally and nationally with numerous awards. Dr. Wykle has authored many articles and has edited 5 books, including Serving Minority Elders in the 21st Century (1999). She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America, and the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education. She is on the Board of the Rosalynn Carter Family Caregiving Institute, and served as the first Pope eminent scholar in aging.