Titlebook: Older People; Their Support and Ca Gill Garrett Textbook 1990Latest edition Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990 care.eye.health.nursing

saturated-fat

Boycott

athlete’s-foot

,‘In the eye of the beholder’,f the age spectrum, young people often complain about the problems of ‘looking young whilst feeling old’, especially when anxious to gain admission to over-18 facilities such as pubs and certain films! As a society we tend to focus on age as being an important indicator of the essential person — not

Horizon

Health and happiness,shers of greetings cards for all manner of occasions are to be believed, there are two universal desires: for health and happiness. If we look at what these two concepts mean to different people, though, once again we find a wide variation in understanding, and consequently in expectation.

新鮮

Buttress

Staying put, youth, and their plans for the future may have been recast to come to terms with reality, but as they enter the later years only a few would truly desire a radical change. For the vast majority the option they desire most is the satisfactory continuation of their present lifestyle, give or take a l

不法行為

自制

Being cared for,e saw in the previous chapter; but a small proportion will need caring for in a more intensive manner, either in the community or in residential care. When we are working with this last group, it is all too easy to assume that most older people need this level of support. In fact, less than 6 per ce

GET

Illness in the older person,wn as ‘childhood infectious diseases’, while young men in particular are frequent accident victims, and many women in mid-life suffer from gynaecological problems. But in all these age groups, the conditions tend to be acute: they often arise suddenly, usually respond quickly to treatment, and frequ

Permanent