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    The document discusses evidence-based practices for caring for older adults. It outlines efficacious interventions for conditions like depression, including cognitive, behavioral and brief psychodynamic therapies. Effective communication strategies are discussing, emphasizing including older adults in conversations rather than just talking around them. Non-verbal communication like singing, touching and humming can also be important especially for those with dementia. The document also discusses medication adherence, noting that goals should be agreed upon with the older person and simplifying regimens can improve outcomes. Counselling older adults may require outreach due to stigma, and relaxation strategies can help with common issues.

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    The document discusses evidence-based practices for caring for older adults. It outlines efficacious interventions for conditions like depression, including cognitive, behavioral and brief psychodynamic therapies. Effective communication strategies are discussing, emphasizing including older adults in conversations rather than just talking around them. Non-verbal communication like singing, touching and humming can also be important especially for those with dementia. The document also discusses medication adherence, noting that goals should be agreed upon with the older person and simplifying regimens can improve outcomes. Counselling older adults may require outreach due to stigma, and relaxation strategies can help with common issues.

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    The document discusses evidence-based practices for caring for older adults. It outlines efficacious interventions for conditions like depression, including cognitive, behavioral and brief psychodynamic therapies. Effective communication strategies are discussing, emphasizing including older adults in conversations rather than just talking around them. Non-verbal communication like singing, touching and humming can also be important especially for those with dementia. The document also discusses medication adherence, noting that goals should be agreed upon with the older person and simplifying regimens can improve outcomes. Counselling older adults may require outreach due to stigma, and relaxation strategies can help with common issues.

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    Care of The Elder Person: Evidence Based Practice

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    The document discusses evidence-based practices for caring for older adults. It outlines efficacious interventions for conditions like depression, including cognitive, behavioral and brief psychodynamic therapies. Effective communication strategies are discussing, emphasizing including older adults in conversations rather than just talking around them. Non-verbal communication like singing, touching and humming can also be important especially for those with dementia. The document also discusses medication adherence, noting that goals should be agreed upon with the older person and simplifying regimens can improve outcomes. Counselling older adults may require outreach due to stigma, and relaxation strategies can help with common issues.

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    CARE OF THE ELDER PERSON

    EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE

    EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
    Evidence-based practice is about integrating individual
    clinical expertise and the best external evidence.
    Efficacious interventions included cognitive, behavioral,
    and brief psychodynamic therapies for depression, life
    review therapy for older persons with depression and older
    persons living in institutional settings, cognitive-behavioral
    interventions for sleep disorders, psychoeducational
    support groups for caregivers, and cognitive retraining for
    older persons with dementia.
    Reference: Evidence-Based Effective Practices With Older
    Adults, Jane E. Myers and Melanie C. Harper (2004)

    COMMUNICATION

    COMMUNICATION

    Talk between coworkers is also essential to good

    care, but including the resident in conversations is


    essential and talking without including the resident
    should be avoided
    In these situations, the older person may not only
    feel ignored, but not valued or appreciated

    NON-VERBAL
    Nonverbal COMMUNICATION
    communication is also effective in

    connecting with older adults through social


    interaction and may be a preferred mode of
    communication for persons with Alzheimers
    disease and other dementias. Singing, humming,
    and touch have all be identified as important in
    communication with older adults in long-term care,
    including persons with dementia.
    Reference: Evidence-based Strategies for
    Communicating with Older Adults in Long-term
    Care, Kristine Williams, RN, PhD

    MEDICATION ADHERENCE

    MEDICATION ADHERENCE
    Adherence (adherence) noun steady or faithful

    attachment.
    Therapeutic goal understood and agreed on by an older
    person may not match the one intended by the
    prescriber. Thus, achieving full adherence with
    medication should not be seen as a goal per se but only
    as a means for reaching a satisfactory therapeutic result
    and maximizing drug safety.

    MEDICATION ADHERENCE
    Improved adherence resulted in a significant 41%
    reduction in mortality
    Successful interventions included medication review with
    a specific focus on regimen simplification, individualized
    patient education combined with medication reminders or
    patient follow-up.
    Monitoring and follow-up of the drug's effectiveness
    (benefits and potential harms) should be conducted.
    Reference: Evidence-Based Strategies for the Optimization
    of Pharmacotherapy in Older People, Eva Topinkova (2012)

    COUNSELLING

    COUNSELLING
    The reluctance of older clients to seek counseling is due in
    part to historical stigma associated with mental health
    service; due in part to lack of public awareness of mental
    health services; and due in part to a lack of counselor
    preparedness, attitudinally or in terms of skills, for work
    with this population.
    Counselors seeking to provide services to older persons
    may need to be active in recruiting clients from
    community as well as institutional settings. This may
    require a willingness to talk with groups and individuals
    and actively advocate for the mental health needs in this
    special population.

    Studies using relaxation have been associated with

    positive outcomes for each condition; hence, counselors


    are advised to include relaxation strategies in their
    repertoire of skills for helping older adult clients.
    Reference: Evidence-Based Effective Practices With
    Older Adults, Jane E. Myers and Melanie C. Harper
    (2004)

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