Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Psycho-social-cultural health -- Health care delivery : cultural considerations -- Health care delivery : cultural domains / Maria Milagros Kneusel -- Theoretical perspectives on aging and physical changes / Jane Tiedet -- How to deal with compromised independence -- Home-style adult safety and socialization options -- Home health services -- Skilled nurse competency requirements for home health services -- Hospice and palliative care services / Stephanie Bernahl Barss -- Skilled nurse competency requirements for hospice services -- Independent living -- Assisted living -- Long term care / Kaye Conrath -- Alzheimer's and memory care -- Additional community health resources for the financially compromised -- Why must clients and caregivers embrace self-advocacy? / Esther Freeman.

This clinical guide for gerontology nurses in community-based practice provides an overview of growing old in the United States; discusses cultural and socioeconomic considerations and common conditions and morbidities affecting older adults; and surveys the wide variety of community resources available to address the concerns of geriatric patients and clients.

Text in English.