Caring for Older People in Australia: Principles for Nursing Practice, 2nd Edition

1. Healthy ageing and the older person
2. Understanding the ageing process
3. Person-centred care: culture, diversity and spirituality
4. Attitudes and communication: the older person, carers and families
5. Nutrition, hydration and feeding: impact on the older person
6. Pharmacology and complementary therapies
7. Risk assessment of the older person
8. Care of the older person in the emergency department
9. Rehabilitation, co-morbidity and complex care
10. Transition of settings: loss and grief
11. Pain and the older person
12. A palliative approach
13. Promoting continence
14. Depression in older people
15. Dementia: understanding & responding to behaviours
16. Sexuality
17. Continuous improvement in aged care
18. Bereavement care