Description: Part One: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS Aging Today Theories of Aging Health and Wellness Age-Related Changes Laboratory Values and Implications for the Aged Part Two: BASIC BIOLOGIC NEEDS Managing Basic Physiologic Needs Biologic Maintenance Needs Common Chronic Problems and the Management Comfort and Pain Management Pharmacology and Drug Use Mobility Maximizing Sensory Function Part Three: SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS Environmental Safety and Security Health Care, Economic, and Legal Concerns of the Aged Frailty, Vulnerability and Neglect Part Four: THE NEED TO BELONG Intimacy, Sexuality, and Aging Relationships and Their Significance Isolation, Loneliness, Alienation, and Stigmatization Part Five: SELF-ESTEEM Crisis and Stress Management Transitions and Role Changes Mental Health and Mental Disorders Cognition: Function and Dysfunction in Old Age Psychotropic Drug Management Gender, Cohort, and Culture Part Six: SELF-ACTUALIZATION Actualizing the Self Death, Dying and Grief Transcendence, Spirituality, and Legacies The Professionalization of Gerontic Nursing

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