Quality of Life and Person-Centered Care for Older People

by Thomas Boggatz

Overview

This book explores the meaning of quality of life in care for older persons and introduces the reader to their main concerns when receiving care. Based on qualitative research, it pays particular attention to the needs and requirements of older people, considering their individual family situations, social circumstances, values and lifestyles. Person-centred care is a way of providing nursing care that puts older people and their families at the core of all decisions, seeing each person as an individual, and working together to develop appropriate solutions.

Following an introduction to the concept of quality of life in old age, the book reviews essential findings from worldwide research into the experiences of older people with regard to nursing care and the impact of these experiences on their quality of life. It investigates health promotion, care provided in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and palliative care. Each chapter includes a brief introduction to the respective field of nursing care and the problems it has to deal with, concluding with a discussion of their implications for nursing practice in the respective field of care. In closing, the evidence from qualitative research is discussed in relation to current gerontological theories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030299897
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	11/16/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	466
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas Boggatz was born in 1962 in Germany and finished his training as a male nurse in 1992. He studied Nursing Education at the Institute of Health and Nursing Science at the Charité, Berlin, Germany, from where he graduated in 2003 as a nurse educator.

From 2005 to 2008, he worked in Egypt to establish a training centre for geriatric care and a home care service in Greater Cairo. In 2010, he received a doctorate in Nursing Science from the Charité, Berlin, Germany, for a thesis about care dependency and care seeking attitudes among older people in Egypt.

He has been teaching nursing science at the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg, Austria and is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Nursing Science at the Philosophical-Theological University Vallendar. He conducted research about quality of life in care settings for older persons and has published a number or research articles, particularly on the topic of geriatric nursing care and quality of life.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Quality of life in old age. Theoretical Perspective.- Quality of Life: The perspective of community-dwelling older adults.- Health promotion and quality of life in old age.- Quality of Life in Long-term Care Facilities.- Quality of Life in the Process of Dying.- Person-centred care and quality of Life.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Crystal L Plank, RN, BSN, RAC-CTA, IP (University of Missouri)
Description: This book presents theoretical perspectives on quality of life for older people. It explores health promotion in the older adult, the effects of community-dwelling and long-term care, the process of dying, and person-centered care. Diagrams and tables add to the excellent quality of the book.
Purpose: The purpose is to address the needs of the elderly in different settings by presenting research and findings on quality of life. This book meets these objectives as health care today focuses on person-centered care for the geriatric population.
Audience: The audience is people interested in the research of elderly care. It is also for caregivers who want to know the research behind the care they are providing to older persons. The author cites numerous references and expounds on the research tables and figures in the book.
Features: The book addresses complex geriatric concerns such as sexuality, social adjustment, self-perception, and the needs of others with supportive research. It also addresses health promotion in relation to body, social, identity, and behaviors. This is a valuable aspect, as these are areas that are often overlooked in the older generation. The book includes multiple tables and figures that assist readers in visual and organizational understanding.
Assessment: This is a useful book for analytical readers seeking research about care delivered to older persons. It includes many references and cites other supportive titles, which is invaluable.

Doody's Review Service

The book offers the already existing findings summarized as metasyntheses in order to derive a model of quality of life from the perspective of older persons. From this model, caregivers, nurses, and other health professionals can derive recommendations on how to approach older persons in a person-centered way in order to promote their quality of life.” (Nunziata Comoretto, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol. 43, 2022)

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