LibGuides: Geriatrics: Resources

Books

Ethical Patient Care by Mathy D. Mezey (Editor); Melissa M. Bottrell (Editor); Christine K. Cassel (Editor); Terry T. Fulmer (Editor); Judith L. Howe (Editor); Kathryn Hyer (Editor)
ISBN: 0801876524
Publication Date: 2003-04-29
Ethical Patient Care: A Casebook for Geriatric Health Care Teams is designed to teach effective and responsible group decision making to clinicians working in teams to treat older patients.
Geriatric Residential Care by Robert D. Hill (Editor); John Bowling (Editor); Brian L. Thorn (Editor); Anthony Morrison (Editor)
ISBN: 9780805838466
Publication Date: 2001-12-01
This text offers assistance in developing and maintaining residential care environments that maximize quality of life and personal well-being in the presence of declining physical and emotional resources that are associated with the vicissitudes of living into advanced aging.
Geriatrics by Carol Leth Stone
ISBN: 9780313376191
Publication Date: 2011-04-07
This book is an invaluable source that provides reference information on the myriad issues related to aging faced by the elderly and their healthcare providers.
Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology by William R. Hazzard; Jeffrey B. Halter
ISBN: 9780071641241
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
The most complete, authoritative guide available on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the elderly.
Medicare Matters by Christine Cassel
ISBN: 052093234X
Publication Date: 2005-10-17
Writing in accessible language, using case studies to illustrate how policies translate to everyday lives, and applying lessons from the practice of geriatric medicine, Cassel makes a powerful argument for reforming and modernizing Medicare. She offers a new vision of what healthy aging could be and delineates what is needed to reach this vision, including changes in the medical sector, in the policy arena, and in our cultural beliefs about aging.
Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine by Samuel Durso; Lesley Bowker; James Price; Sarah Smith
ISBN: 9780199706518
The Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine is the essential ready-reference to effective geriatric practice.

Websites

Databases

APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Indexes journal articles, technical reports, monographic series, dissertations, and other materials relating to psychology. Articles are selected from more than 1,500 journals published in 35 languages.
Subject Coverage:
psychology & related fields
Dates of Coverage:
1600s to present
Update Frequency:
weekly
Size:
more than 5 million records
Notes:
Ninety-nine percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
Has one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry
Offers options for searching on Cited References
Training Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/APAPublishingTraining/videos
CINAHL {Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature} This link opens in a new window
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature) indexes and abstracts more than 900 nursing, allied health, biomedical, and consumer health journals. It includes healthcare books, nursing dissertations, standards of professional practice, nurse practice acts, and educational software.
Subject Coverage:
nursing and allied health
Dates of Coverage:
1982 to present
1986 to present (for records with abstracts)
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 670,000 records
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
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Produced by the National Library of Medicine and covers journal literature published internationally in all areas of medicine.
Subject Coverage:
experimental medicine, clinical medicine, nursing, psychiatry, health services administration, dentistry, nutrition, toxicology, education, pathology, veterinary medicine
Dates of Coverage:
1965 to present
1975 to present (for records with abstracts)
Update Frequency:
monthly
Size:
more than 12,000,000 records
more than 4,800 biomedical journals
Note:
Uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree hierarchy, subheadings, and explosion capabilities.
Ovid Journals This link opens in a new window
An aggregate of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies.
PubMed (for MSU) This link opens in a new window
Is a huge index database for biomedical literature maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This link is to a customized version for Morehead State University which allows for quick links within the interface to articles from the online journals to which the library subscribes.
Subject Coverage:
medicine and biology
Dates of Coverage:
varies by journal title
Update Frequency:
varies by journal title
Size:
more than 23 million citations

Note:
Recommended for users of Chrome - LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that makes linking to full-text easier in PubMed. Go to https://thirdiron.com/libkey-nomad/
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
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A clinical decision support resource which includes access to over 11,000 topics in over 22 specialties.
"UptoDate is a well-known resource in the medical field. This database functions as a clinical decision support tool providing quick access to information that can help the clinician at the bedside. The information provided in each of the many clinical topics is considered evidence-based and has gone through a peer-review process before the summary of findings is presented. Additional tools such as drug interaction monitoring, clinical calculators, images, and practice changing updates are also highly sought after in the community of medical and health science users."
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Journals

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
As described by the journal: "[It is] a peer-reviewed journal that aims to introduce new knowledge related to geriatric medicine and to provide a forum for the analysis of gerontology, broadly defined."
Geriatric Nursing
From ScienceDirect: "Geriatric Nursing is a comprehensive source for clinical information and management advice relating to the care of older adults. The journal's peer-reviewed articles report the latest developments in the management of acute and chronic disorders and provide practical advice on care of older adults across the long term continuum."
Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
From SAGE journals: "
About this journal
Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation (GOS) is a peer-reviewed open access journal that provides clinical information concerning musculoskeletal conditions affecting geriatric orthopaedic patients.
International Journal of Older People Nursing
From the journal: "International Journal of Older People Nursing is an online peer-reviewed quarterly journal providing an international forum for advancing knowledge and practice in gerontological nursing."
Journal of Geriatric Mental Health
From the Indian Association of Geriatric Mental Health: "Journal of Geriatric Mental Health is an International Journal that aims to enhance the mental health care of elderly/geriatric subjects."
The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
From the journal: "OJIN is a peer-reviewed, online publication that addresses current topics affecting nursing practice, research, education, and the wider health care sector."