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Adapted from Ebersole and Hess' Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging (3rd ed.), the first Canadian edition could not be more timely as we begin to experience the "gerontological explosion" with the first wave of baby boomers reaching age 65. Older adults are the "core business of health care" (John A. Hartford Foundation, n.d.). Nurses, as well as other health care providers, will increasingly be caring for and providing services to older adults from diverse cultural backgrounds in a variety of Canadian health care settings. Theris Touchy, Kathleen Jett, and the Canadian authors Veronique Boscart and Lynn McCleary correctly approach caring for older adults from a health perspective, rather than a disease perspective, with an emphasis on strengths, resilience, resources, and capabilities that promote wellness and functional ability.
This comprehensive book is written for Canadian nursing students, nurses, and educators. Older adults and their care partners would also find most of the chapters relevant and useful to them in promoting or maintaining their own health. The book is organized around four major topics: (a) foundations of healthy aging, (b) changes of aging, (c) coping with chronic illness,...