Health and Wellbeing for Older People, 1st Edition

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Section 1 Health Promotion concepts and older people. What affects the health of older people? The scope, goals and values of health promotion with older people. Who promotes the health of older people? Section 2 Facilitating health and well-being. Helping older people towards healthier living. Planning and evaluating health promotion with older people. Working in partnership with others. Using effective communication tools with and for older people. Section 3 Working with older people in different settings. Working with older people in community settings. Working with older people in hospital settings. Working with older people in residential settings. Section 4 The way forward: challenges in the promotion of health of older people. Life, work and livelihood in the Third Age. Resources. Index.

"This is a well crafted and technically perfect book informing a range of health professionals about health promotion for older people" Linda Nazarko, Director Nightingale, Nursing Times Vol 98, No 34

"A welcome addition to the resources available to those involved in working formally and informally with older people. Useful for 'dipping-into' to explore a particular facet of health promotion with older people. The language and the style of the writing is eminently readable. Having tried out some of the activities, it is evident that these have been carefully thought out. This is likly to become a 'well-thumbed' favourite of health promotion practitioners and a recommended core reader."
Gill Walker, May 2005