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SYGEPLEJE TIL IMMOBILE PATIENTERSelv et kortvarigt sengeleje kan medføre alvorlige komplikationer for patienter og borgere, hvorfor viden om korrekt lejring, mobilisering og opfyldelse af fundamentale behov er af afgørende betydning for at kunne forebygge komplikationer.Med udgangspunkt i huskereglen TOPSKUD beskriver de enkelte kapitler i HÅNDBOG I SYGEPLEJE: IMMOBILITET de hyppigste komplikationer med fokus på definition, anatomi og fysiologi, den sygeplejefaglige problemstilling, relevante observationer og interventioner, evt. parakliniske undersøgelser, behandling, prognose og profylakse.TOPSKUD står for:TromboseObstipationPneumoniSpidsfod/smerterKontrakturerUrinvejsinfektionDecubitusBogen er målrettet sygeplejestuderende, nyuddannede og nyansatte sygeple­jersker, der til daglig arbejder med immobile patienter og borgere i det danske sundhedsvæsen, og forfatterne er forskere og sundhedsprofessionelle, kliniske vejledere og undervisere på tværs af landet.

”Det er en hård dag i dag! Kan jeg virkelig være den eneste pårørende til en kræftramt, der i perioder bliver fyldt med afmagt, træthed og en stor følelse af ensomhed? Sygdommen har taget kontrollen over vores fælles liv."Pårørende til kræftpatienter er en overset gruppe i sundhedsvæsnet og på arbejdsmarkedet. Gennem en spørgeundersøgelse og otte interviews dokumenterer forfatter Anita Justesen, hvor vigtige de pårørende er for den kræftsyge, og hvor stor en byrde, der bæres af denne gruppe. I bogen fortælles om tabubelagte følelser, om et sundhedsvæsen, der har spillet fallit, om arbejdspladsers manglende forståelse og om venner og familie, der trækker sig.Endelig samles trådene i bogen til en række anbefalinger, der kan støtte op om de pårørende.Om forfatterenAnita Justesen (f. 1959), cand.mag. i historie og erhvervsøkonomi, stoppede med at arbejde, da hendes mand blev ramt af kræft. Denne bog er hendes personlige og kærlige opråb til omverdenen om, at man som pårørende har behov for at blive hørt, set og anerkendt for den indsats, man gør.

This book gathers the revised and selected contributions to the 6th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2022, held on September 20-22, 2022, in Leuven. It describes original and innovative research on how design can contribute to the quality of life of people with dementia, their loved ones, and caregivers. The papers highlight the value of participation within design, analyzing it at three levels: personal, product, and organizational. The presented ideas and findings address 'The Residue of Design' and go beyond the initial impact of the design itself by looking at what benefits design research brings for people with dementia. The papers cover topics such as the development of creative design methods to foster participation and engagement from people with dementia, evaluation studies or critical reflections that reveal the impact of products and the built environment in dementia care, and raising awareness and countering stigma in societal views on dementia.

The process of growing older is known as aging. Among humans, it refers to the gradual accumulation of changes in a person's physical, psychological, and social characteristics over time. At the molecular and cellular level, ageing is caused by the accumulation of a range of molecular and cellular damage throughout time. This results in a gradual loss of physical and mental capacity, and an increased risk of disease and, eventually, death. These changes are not linear or continuous, and they are only tangentially related to a person's chronological age. Aging has an impact on both innate and adaptive immunity. Proinflammatory cytokines, such as IL-6 and TNF-and acute-phase reactants, such as C-reactive protein and blood clotting factors, all rise paradoxically as humans' innate immune system ages. The readers would gain knowledge that would broaden their perspective about healthy aging and the immune system through this book. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by it.

Age is a natural process of gradual change that begins in early adulthood, including physical and mental changes. Many body functions start to deteriorate gradually after the early middle age. Physiology, heredity, lifestyle, senescence, biology and other factors have an impact on the aging process. Cataracts and refractive errors, osteoarthritis, depression, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia as well as neck and back pain are common conditions that are related with aging. Some people are more prone to have multiple diseases at once as they get older. Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, hypertension, osteoporosis, cancer, and type 2 diabetes are a few more examples of aging-related diseases. These diseases rise exponentially with age. This book provides significant information to help develop a good understanding of aging. It covers in detail some existent and innovative concepts revolving around this domain. The extensive content of this book provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the subject.

Nursing includes the collaborative and independent care of people and involves preventing illness, supporting good health, and caring for the disabled, sick or dying people. The purpose of nursing care of older adults is intended to assist medical professionals in identifying signs and symptoms, assisting in diagnosis, and choosing relevant outcomes to monitor and evaluate the older adult's status. Nursing interventions are steps taken by the nurse to help the patient reach their goals and achieve the desired outcomes. Some of the examples of nursing interventions include monitoring the body vitals periodically, administering medications, educating the patient, and assessing the patient's pain levels. This book contains a detailed explanation of the diagnosis, interventions and outcomes associated with nursing care of older adults. It presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this book.

The mitochondrion is a double-membrane-bound cell organelle, which is responsible for processing oxygen and converting food substances into energy. It is essential for cellular bioenergetics and consequently plays a significant role in aging related energy deterioration. Aging is a natural biological process, which occurs in all living organisms and is characterized by declining bioenergetics. A loss of mitochondrial activity and quality is also linked with the development of a variety of age-related diseases. Aging has a negative effect on the mitochondrial heath, as it creates imbalances in the main mitochondrial-regulated pathways. Mitochondrial dysfunction occurs when the mitochondrion fails to function properly as a result of another disease or condition. Secondary mitochondrial dysfunction may be caused by a variety of diseases including diabetes, muscular dystrophy, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and Lou Gehrig's disease. This book provides significant information to help develop a good understanding of the role of mitochondrion in aging and disease. It will serve as a reference to a broad spectrum of readers.

Nursing is a health-care profession dedicated to assisting individuals, families, and communities in achieving, maintaining, or regaining maximum health and quality of life. It also plays an important role in teaching, situation assessment, and support. Nursing differs from other health-care professionals in terms of patient care, education, and scope of practice. In the context of providing care to the older people, nursing involves maintaining effective communication with the patients, which in turn is helpful in obtaining patient outcomes. Caring for the elderly requires the usage of appropriate body language, exercising the patient, showing respect, listening actively to the patient, recognizing sensory challenges, and showing empathy. This book provides comprehensive insights on caring for older people. It elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to the studies on this area of nursing practice. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this book.

Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a specialized branch of medical science that focuses on serving the health care needs of the elderly. The objective of this speciality is to prevent and treat diseases and disabilities in older adults for promoting their overall well-being. Geriatrics deals with the prevention, cure, and rehabilitation of the elderly. The study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive and biological aspects of aging is called gerontology. Aging is a biological process that causes a steady physiologic deterioration accompanied with disability and disease. It is characterized by the development of wrinkles, decline in fertility, reduced body mass, decreased mobility and strength, and gray hair. Adult stem cell transplantation, cloning, tissue transplantation, and gene therapy are currently being investigated as potential treatments for aging related diseases. Common diseases caused due to aging include diabetes, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and cardiovascular disease. This book presents the upcoming researches on geriatric medicine and gerontology. It is appropriate for students seeking detailed information in this area as well as for experts.

Aging refers to the physiological changes that are endured by an organism, which results in the deterioration of biological functions and the capability to adjust with the metabolic stress. It is a progression, which takes place during the life span of a living organism. Cells and organs, or the whole organism undergoes aging with the passage of time. Diseases related with age are basically difficulties that arise with senescence and they differ from the process of aging. Age related diseases include cancer, cardiovascular disease, cataracts, hypertension, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, and type-2 diabetes. The frequency of such diseases tends to increase with age. This book aims to understand the clinical perspectives of aging. Also included herein is a detailed explanation of the various mechanisms and interventions of aging and aging-related diseases. This book will prove to be immensely beneficial to students and researchers in the field of aging and geriatric medicine.

Schaurig schöner Westerwald.Nach dem endgültigen Zerwürfnis mit ihrem jüngeren Verlobten hat die Altenpflegerin Annerose Weintraud eine Entscheidung getroffen: Sie will raus aus dem tristen Alltag und sich von den Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit befreien. Doch dazu wird es nicht kommen. Auf ihrer allabendlichen Nordic-Walking-Strecke in ihrem kleinen Heimatort im Westerwald wird sie heimtückisch ermordet! Bei den Ermittlungen gerät das Team der Kripo Herborn in ein Netz von Lügen und dunklen Geheimnissen. Fast jeder in der völlig zerstrittenen Familie hatte ein Motiv. Spätestens nach dem zweiten Mord wird klar, dass nichts so ist, wie es scheint, und der Mörder ein kaltblütiger Perfektionist ist. So lässt auch der dritte Mord nicht lange auf sich warten ...

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So verschieden die individuellen Ernährungsvorlieben und Gebräuche sind, so unterschiedlich sind die Bedürfnisse älterer, betreuungsbedürftiger Menschen. Das Buch fasst die Empfehlungen für bedarfs- und bedürfnisgerechte Ernährung in der Geriatrie leicht verständlich zusammen und geht darüber hinaus auf spezielle Bedürfnisse aus der Biografie und der Religion der zu betreuenden älteren Menschen ein. In Bezug auf die Lebensqualität nimmt das Essen in der Altenbetreuung immer einen zentralen Stellenwert ein.Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede von Ernährungsgewohnheiten in verschiedenen Religionen und praxisbezogene Hilfestellungen für den Verpflegungsalltag komplettieren das Buch. Mit den vielen Ratschlägen können Konflikte vermieden und die Essenssituation kann für alle Seiten angenehm gestaltet werden. Ein wichtiger Teil sind die Geschichten und Rezepte der hochaltrigen Menschen, sie helfen ein Verständnis für die individuellen Bedürfnisse zu entwickeln. Zum leichteren Nachkochen unterstützen die Videos.Das Buch richtet sich an Betreuende und Pflegende älterer Menschen, aber auch soziale Dienstleister und Ausbildungseinrichtungen werden darin Impulse für ihre Arbeit erhalten.

GUIDE TIL GERIATRISK SYGEPLEJEMed HÅNDBOG I SYGEPLEJE: GERIATRI har du altid den erfarne sygeplejerske ekspertise i kittellommen, når det handler om pleje af patienter i det geriatriske speciale.Ældre medicinske patienter præsenterer sig ofte med komplekse problemstillinger, der kræver, at det kliniske personale bruger alle facetter af deres medmenneskelige såvel som faglige kompetencer.Bogen er opdelt i tre hovedkapitler med et væld af relevante underkapitler, så læseren hurtigt kan danne sig et overblik:1. Det levede liv – hvem er den ældre medicinske patient?2. Den geriatriske patient og sygdomme3. Sygeplejefaglige kompetencerBogen henvender sig til sygeplejestuderende og nyuddannede sygeplejersker i det geriatriske speciale, men kan med fordel anvendes af alle sundhedsprofessionelle, som ønsker en lettilgængelig indføring i den geriatriske patient og plejen til denne.

Throughout the history of Western philosophy, events have most often been assigned a secondary or derivative status with respect to substances or subjects, which are taken to underwrite them. An event, for instance, is understood to be a modification of the attributes of a substance. Linguistically, this framework is replicated in our grammar: a sentence begins with a subject and a predicate, while an event is represented as a change in predicate. However, since the 1930s, a number of philosophers have argued that no ontology can be sufficient without assigning events a primary, fundamental, and ontologically positive status in their own right.1 Remarkably, many have further argued that no ontology can be sufficient without assigning being an evental nature itself.2 In other words, they have advanced what I will call "evental ontologies." Many of the central texts arguing for evental ontologies are exceptionally difficult to interpret, and this is often a result of the way their arguments undermine the technical vocabulary of the tradition and its grammar built around subject predication. As a consequence, the reasons for taking such a position are frequently glossed over in relevant scholarship, which opts for either uncritical adoption of the terminology of evental ontologies or the dismissal of them on the grounds of their conceptual obscurity and seeming contrivance.

Die Digitalisierung durchzieht als Megatrend auch die Dienstleistungsbranchen Gesundheit und Pflege. Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien setzen vermehrt Impulse, Gesundheits- und Pflegeleistungen zu unterstutzen: z.B. Televisite - Telekonsultation, Monitoring - KI - Entscheidungsunterstutzungssysteme, Medical Apps, digitale Patientenakte. Haufig wird die Notwendigkeit der technischen Unterstutzung mit dem Fachkraftemangel begrundet. Die Digitalisierung hat zudem das Potenzial, das Versorgungsgeschehen von der Arbeit am Klienten bis hin zu den Verwaltungsstrukturen grundlegend zu verandern. Wie der Einsatz von digital unterlegten Technologien insbesondere im sensiblen Bereich der Altenpflege erfolgreich umgesetzt werden kann und dabei auch stets den Menschen im Blick behalt, erlautern die Autoren dieses essentials anhand von Beispielen aus den Bereichen Augmented Reality, Robotik, Sturzsensorik und Pflegedokumentation. Dabei werden sie von dem Konzept Strategische Mensch-Maschine-Partnerschaft geleitet. Die neuen Anforderungen an die Qualifikation der handelnden Akteure werden ebenso diskutiert wie Fragen technologischer Voraussetzungen.  

This edited volume is a compilation of 30 articles discussing what constitutes food for health and longevity. The aim is to provide up-to-date information, insights, and future tendencies in the ongoing scientific research about nutritional components, food habits and dietary patterns in different cultures. The health-sustaining and health-promoting effects of food are certainly founded in its overall composition of macronutrients and micronutrients. However, the consumption of these nutrients is normally in the form of raw or prepared food from the animal and plant sources. The book is divided into four parts and a conclusion, and successfully convenes the well-established information and knowledge, along with the personal views of a diversified group of researchers and academicians on the multifaceted aspects of nutrition, food and diet. The first part reviews the scientific information about proteins, carbohydrates, fats and oils, micronutrients, pro- and pre-biotics, and hormetins, along with a discussion of the evolutionary principles and constraints about what is optimal food, if any. The second part discusses various kinds of foods and food supplements with respect to their claimed benefits for general health and prevention of some diseases. The third part brings in the cultural aspects, such as what are the principles of healthy eating according to the traditional Chinese and Indian systems, what is the importance of mealing times and daily rhythms, and how different cultures have developed  different folk wisdoms for eating for health, longevity and immortality. In the part four, various approaches which are either already in practice or are still in the testing and research phases are discussed and evaluated critically, for example intermittent fasting and calorie restriction, food-based short peptides, senolytics, Ayurvedic compounds, optimal food for old people, and food for the prevention of obesity and other metabolic disorders.The overreaching aim of this book is to inform, inspire and encourage students, researchers, educators and medical health professionals thinking about food and food habits in a holistic context of our habits, cultures and patterns. Food cannot be reduced to a pill of nutritional components. Eating food is a complex human behavior culturally evolved over thousands of years. Perhaps the old adage "e;we are what we eat"e; needs to be modified to "e;we eat what we are"e;.

Hinschauen und Zuhören!Dieses Buch für Einrichtungsleiter*Innen, Träger und Führungskräfte stellt alltägliche Gewalterfahrungen zusammen, von denen Bewohner*Innen, Zugehörige, Pflegende und Leitungspersonen berichten. Die Ergebnisse sind teilweise sehr ernüchternd, denn wenn von alltäglichen Gewalterfahrungen gesprochen wird, dann heißt das: Gewalt geschieht jeden Tag. Man kann sie sehen und hören vorausgesetzt, man sieht genau hin und hört genau zu. Grundlage für eine gewaltsensible und gewaltvermeidende Pflegekultur ist ein gemeinsames Verstehen dessen, was als Gewalt zu identifizieren ist. Dazu gehört auch das Bewusstsein, das institutionelle Strukturen Gewalt begünstigen können. Der Autor führt aktuelle Fakten und Ergebnisse auf und zeigt, wie man präventiv dagegen steuern kann.

Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.Trotz des schnellen Wachstums des Anteils der Bevölkerung in einem Alter ab 80 Jahren an der Gesamtbevölkerung ist das Wissen über diese Bevölkerungsgruppe bislang gering. Zwar gibt es thematisch, methodisch und regional spezifische Studien, jedoch keine repräsentative Erfassung der Lebenssituation und Lebensqualität dieser Altersgruppe für den gesamtdeutschen Raum. Eine gute Datenlage ist jedoch notwendig: Zum einen, um den besonderen Unterstützungsbedarfen im hohen Alter zukünftig besser gerecht werden zu können. Zum anderen, um Lösungsansätze für sozialpolitische Herausforderungen wie der sozialen Sicherung im Alter sowie im Hinblick auf eine Generationengerechtigkeit entwickeln zu können. Schließlich, um negativen Altersbildern und Vorurteilen über die Lebensqualität im hohen Alter empirisch fundiert entgegenwirken zu können. Die Studie "Hohes Alter in Deutschland¿ (D80+) ist eine bundesweit repräsentative Querschnittsbefragung der hochaltrigen Menschen in Privathaushalten und in Heimen. Sie wird vom Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ) gefördert und gemeinsam vom Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health (ceres) und dem Deutschen Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA) durchgeführt. Die Studie vereint Perspektiven der an den beteiligten Institutionen verorteten Disziplinen wie Soziologie, Psychologie, Versorgungswissenschaften, Gerontologie und Medizin. Im vorliegenden Band werden zentrale Befunde u.a. zu den Themenbereichen Soziale und Digitale Teilhabe, Gesundheit und Versorgung, sowie Werte und subjektives Wohlbefinden vorgestellt.