States and explains the principles underpinning safe, personalized, and dignified nursing home practice using an integrated, cooperative approach. This title reflects the International Association for Geriatrics and Gerontology's conviction that nursing home practice is an interdisciplinary endeavor that requires a sound theoretical, scientific, and values base in addition to clinical expertise. Mindful of the influences of different culture and context, the premise of this text is that there is a shared and common knowledge base to guide nursing home practice and approaches to caring that are universal. --From publisher description.

Introduction to nursing home life and alternatives. Long-term care needs in an aging world -- The nursing home movement -- Nursing home experience -- Advancing nursing home practice through culture change -- Fundamentals of nursing home practice. Principles of nursing home practice -- Models of care delivery -- Multi-professional teams: working together -- Nursing home leadership -- Admission to a nursing home -- Education and research -- Managing age-related syndromes and changes. Aches and pains: managing pain in the nursing home -- Low mood, anxiety, and depression -- Confusion, agitation, and other behavioral disturbances -- Eating and drinking -- Sexuality within the nursing home -- Incontinence -- Bowel changes -- Mobility and falls prevention -- Sleep disturbance -- Skin disorders and pressure ulcers -- Oral health -- Communication challenges: vision, hearing, and speech -- Disease management. Hypertension, hypotension, and heart failure -- Neurologic disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Infections and their control -- Anemia -- Endocrine disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Pulmonary disorders -- Oncology.