A Comprehensive Guide to Safety and Aging: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Security

ISBN-13: 9781032055053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 360 str.

Barry S. Eckert; Robert Wolf; Amy Ehrlich

Opis

This text covers safety topics related to aging. Featuring a toolkit including checklists and workbook elements to outline what tasks need to be conducted, and in what order, the book aims to identify potential risks and avoid potential pitfalls. It discusses fire safety, food safety, occupational safety, personal emergency response systems (PERS), fall detection devices, remote patient monitoring devices, electronic medication ordering and dispensing, home-based activity monitoring, legal safety tools, medical safety concerns, and tools, falls prevention and vertigo. The text will appeal to professionals and graduate students in the fields of ergonomics, human factors, occupational health, and safety.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. Hazards of Hospitalization. 3 Atypical Presentations of Common Diseases. 4. Hip Fractures in Older Adults. 5. Functional Fitness for Optimal Aging. 6.Care Transitions. 7. Medication Management Issues in the Older Adult Patient. 8. Oral Health and Older Adults. 9. Preventing Falls and Fall-related Injuries among Older Adults. 10. Home Modifications. 11. Advancements in Technology to Promote Safety and Support Aging in Place. 12. Supporting Community Engagement with Assistive Technology as a Means of Health Promotion for Older Adults. 13. Older Adult Driver Safety. 14. Travel and Seasonal Safety for Older Adults. 15. Emergency Preparedness and Fire Safety. 16. Safety Considerations for Older Workers. 17. Mental Health – Depression, Anxiety and Social Isolation. 18. Suicide Prevention. 19. Social Isolation and Loneliness. 20. Caregiver Safety and Self-Care. 21. Opioid Use and Abuse in Older Adults. 22. Reducing Harm Related to Substance Use by Older Adults. 23. Hearing and Aging. 24. Common Eye Diseases, Their Visual Outcomes and Strategies for Enhancing Use of Remaining Vision. 25. Blindness and Low Vision Rehabilitation Services. 26. Safety Considerations in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Including Dementia. 27. Legal Safety Tools. 28. Older Adults and Scams. 29. Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation. 30. Financing Care: How Clinicians Can Support and Prepare Their Patients. 31. Health Inequities: Closing the Disparities Gap in the Aging Population. 32. The Value of Age-Friendly Public Health Systems to Older Adult Health and Well-Being. 33. The Impact of Aging on Healthy Eyes.