Long Term Conditions - A Guide For Nurses And Healthcare Professionals

Divided into three sections, this book explores living with a long-term condition; empowerment; and care management. Rather than being disease focused, it looks key issues and concepts which unify many different long-term conditions, including psychological and social issues that make up a considerable part of living with a long-term condition. Within each of the chapters, issues of policy, culture and ethics are intertwined, and case studies are used throughout, linking the concepts to specific diseases.

Key features:

• A comprehensive textbook on the principles and practice of caring for people with long -term conditions

• User-friendly in style with learning outcomes, further reading, useful websites, and case studies throughout linking to specific conditions
• Moves away from a disease focused medical model, and takes a needs-led approach

• Uniquely explores the overarching issues of living with one or more long- term conditions,
• Focuses on the importance of multi-disciplinary team work and collaborative teamwork in the management of long- term conditions 

Helen Ford is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Care at Coventry University. Her main responsibility is pre-registration and undergraduate teaching. Helen has experience of both caring for and teaching about patients with long-term conditions.

Introduction.

SECTION 1 LIVING WITH A LONG-TERM CONDITION.

1 Nutrition (Helen Ford).

Introduction.

Nutrition in context.

What is nutrition?.

Basics of nutrition.

How much do we need to eat?.

Assessing dietary intake.

Assessing nutritional status.

Nutrition problems in long-term conditions.

Conclusion.

References.

Further reading.

Resources.

2 Chronic Pain: Living with Chronic Pain (Gay James).

Introduction.

Causes and pathology of pain.

Types of chronic pain.

Incidence of chronic non-malignant pain.

Psychology and social considerations in chronic pain.

The impact of pain.

Chronic pain assessment.

Interventions to manage chronic pain.

Conclusion.

References.

Further reading.

Organisations in the United Kingdom who may offer support.

3 Depression and Long-term Conditions (Robert Tummey).

Introduction.

What is depression?

Recognition of depression as co-morbidity with long-term physical conditions.

Prevalence of depression as co-morbidity with long-term physical conditions.

Diagnosis of depression.

Treatment for depression.

Conclusion.

References.

Further reading.

SECTION 2 EMPOWERMENT.

4 Adaptation in Long-Term Conditions: The Role of Stigma Particularly in Conditions that Affect Appearance.(Andrew R Thompson).

Introduction.

LTC, Visible difference, disfigurement and body-image.

Psychosocial, social and cultural impact of living with an LTC affecting appearance.

Stigmatisation and LTCs.

Psychosocial interventions.

Conclusion.

Acknowledgements.

References.

Resources.

Further reading.

5 Self-Management in Long-term Conditions. (Sue Randall and Andrew Turner).

Introduction.

Context.

Historical perspective.

Self-care and self-management.

Co-creating health initiative (CCH).

Underpinning theories.

Conclusion.

References.

Resources.

Further reading.

6 Assistive Technology – A Means of Empowerment.(Darren Awang and Gillian Ward).

Introduction.

Policy background.

Defining key terms.

Whole system demonstrators.

Ethical issues.

Workforce design, education and training.

A technological future?.

Conclusion.

References.

Resources.

Further reading.

7 Risk and Empowerment in Long-term Conditions.(Annette Roebuck).

Introduction.

Risk in context – the bigger picture.

Wider views of risk and empowerment.

Empowerment.

Conclusion.

Acknowledgements.

References.

Further reading.

SECTION 3 CARE MANAGEMENT.

8 Care Coordination for Effective Long-term Condition Management (Sue Randall).

Introduction.

Population contexts in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in relation to LTCs.

Care coordination.

Broad theoretical frameworks of care delivery.

Service delivery models.

New ways of working.

Conclusion.

Acknowledgments.

References.

Resources.

Further reading.

9 Rehabilitation in Long-term Conditions (Bernie Davies and Jo Galloway).

Introduction.

Definitions and concepts of rehabilitation.

The role of rehabilitation in the context of managing LTCs.

Models and theories informing rehabilitation.

Teams and teamwork in rehabilitation.

The principles and process of rehabilitation for people with LTCs.

Outcome measures and evaluation.

References.

Resources.

Further reading.

10 Palliative Care in Long-term Conditions: Pathways to Care (Claire Whittle and Jill Main).

Introduction.

What is palliative care?.

What is end of life care?.

Illness trajectories.

Family and carers.

Dying from LTCs.

End of life symptoms and management of symptoms.

Policies.

Models of care.

Spirituality.

Conclusion.

References.

Resources.

Further reading.

Index.