Written by internationally renowned authors, this is a comprehensive introduction to aged care for the nursing profession in clinical practice.

Completely revised with new chapters and sections covering everything the health-care provider needs to know when working with the older adult either at home or

Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an old

As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age 65 in 2011, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and woefully unprep

Society, as a whole is getting older. Thanks to the extraordinary advances in technology and medicine, humans are now living longer than ever before, and are sh