Full Description
Learn how to talkand listento your elderly clients
Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society examines the aspects of aging that transcend physical and biological changes, addressing practical concerns such as communication, understanding values, and end-of-life issues. This unique book provides pharmacists with the basics on how to enhance their service to the elderly and offers additional suggestions for improving the empathy and understanding they have for their patients. The book explores general health and pharmacy concerns of the elderly, including abuse, neglect, sexuality, stress, and addictions, and presents methods of helping seniors stay healthy through exercise and with appropriate interventions. 34 figures, tables, and exhibits make complex information easy to access and understand.
Fewer than five percent of persons over 65 end up in a nursing home, and many stay only long enough to recover or rehabilitate before returning home. The other 95 percent need our attention and our care. Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society helps pharmacists develop the special tools they need to deal with the elderly, identifying the most challenging areas, and providing effective frameworks for addressing them. The book also includes sidebars that summarize important ideas, including:
Communicationchoosing the right words when delivering difficult or even unwelcome information to patients
Ethics on the Spotanticipating difficult questions and determining if information is appropriate to pass along to a patient
Statistics at a Glancecomparative statistics presented in a way that makes a point
Cutting Edgecurrent research findings and what they mean to your patients
Too Late Nowwhen changing a patient's behavior or adding a medication is unlikely to help
Then and Nowcompares past treatment and approaches with current ones
and much more!
Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society is an essential resource for community and hospital pharmacists, educators, and anyone else with an interest in health.
Contents
Foreword (Dorothy L. Smith) Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. A Graying Landscape Who's Who? Elders' Demographics Developing Competence Conclusion Chapter 2. The Challenge of Disease in the Elderly Before Age Twenty The Twenties and Thirties The Forties The Fifties The Sixties and Beyond Conclusion Chapter 3. Say What? Communicating with Elders Communicating Verbally with the Average Senior Setting the Stage Communicating in Writing Elderspeak Unique Communication Issues with Dementia Communicating with Agitated Patients Conclusion Chapter 4. Exercise and Aging Aging and Muscle Loss Classic Studies Methodological Considerations Exercise, Falls, and Osteoporosis Cardiovascular Health Immune Function and Cancer Mental Health Conclusion Chapter 5. Lifestyle Drugs: Enhancing Life or Eradicating Ugliness? What Are Lifestyle Drugs? Lifestyle Drugs: Profit or Expense? Managing Lifestyle Drugs Location, Location, Location Cost, Safety, and Confidentiality Conclusion Chapter 6. Addiction Right Under Your Nose: Legal Drug Abuse Nicotine Alcohol: Drug or Social Amenity? Chapter 7. Elder Abuse What Is It? Frequency and Costs Detecting Abuse What Causes Abuse? A Word About Self-Neglect Conclusion Chapter 8. Sexuality
