Download or read book Nursing Case Studies on Improving Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults written by Meredith Wallace Kazer and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This globally focused resource integrates sound research evidence, real-life case scenarios, and effective, practical strategies to address a key health care initiative of the 21st century--optimal quality of life for older adults. Distinguished by its broad and global outlook, the book includes contributions from an international cadre of widely published scholars and is designed for easy integration into traditional nursing education curricula. The book explores the experiences of older adults at home, and in acute and primary care, assisted living, nursing home and hospice environments and examines their needs for dealing with multiple, differentiated health, spiritual, and emotional considerations.