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Future role of nurses in long-term care of late life adults

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Date Issued:
1994
Summary:
By the year 2020 with an estimated 55 million persons age sixty-five or greater, the aging of the population will replace population growth in national importance. In a population top heavy with aged individuals, patterns of disease and disability will be radically different from that of a population with a broad base of neonates. Presently, 86% of individuals age sixty-five and greater are living with one or more chronic diseases that require long-term care. The goal of this research was to define the future role of nurses in long-term care of late life adults. The futures methods used in this descriptive study include trend extrapolation and scenario building. The major finding of this research was the overburdening of the existing care systems by demographic pressures. The results of this research provide nurses with a basis for long-term strategic planning related to the future role of nurses in caring for late life adults.
Title: Future role of nurses in long-term care of late life adults.
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Name(s): Zebrowski, Bonita Gene
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Appleton, Cathy, Thesis advisor
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1994
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 119 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: By the year 2020 with an estimated 55 million persons age sixty-five or greater, the aging of the population will replace population growth in national importance. In a population top heavy with aged individuals, patterns of disease and disability will be radically different from that of a population with a broad base of neonates. Presently, 86% of individuals age sixty-five and greater are living with one or more chronic diseases that require long-term care. The goal of this research was to define the future role of nurses in long-term care of late life adults. The futures methods used in this descriptive study include trend extrapolation and scenario building. The major finding of this research was the overburdening of the existing care systems by demographic pressures. The results of this research provide nurses with a basis for long-term strategic planning related to the future role of nurses in caring for late life adults.
Identifier: 15069 (digitool), FADT15069 (IID), fau:11847 (fedora)
Note(s): Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1994.
Subject(s): Older people--Medical care
Older people--Long-term care
Geriatric nursing
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