Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trends and issues -- Theories of aging -- Physiologic changes -- Health promotion, health maintenance, and home health considerations -- Communicating with older adults -- Maintaining fluid balance and meeting nutritional needs -- Medications and older adults -- Health assessment for older adults -- Meeting safety needs of older adults -- Cognition and perception -- Self-perception and self-concept -- Roles and relationships -- Coping and stress -- Values and beliefs -- End-of-life care -- Sexuality and aging -- Care of aging skin and mucous membranes -- Elimination -- Activity and exercise -- Sleep and rest.

Prepare for a successful career in caring for geriatric populations! Williams' Basic Geriatric Nursing, 7th Edition is an easy-to-read text which presents the theories and concepts of aging along with appropriate nursing interventions. This comprehensive book helps you understand the unique physiologic and psychosocial changes that affect the elderly adult. Threaded throughout this new edition are practical QSEN boxes and Nurse Alert features, which highlight safety, cultural considerations, health promotion, coordinated care, and home care specific to elderly patients. -- From publisher's description.