A whole-person framework for health, healing, and aging well. As the US population ages, health professionals face a growing challenge: how to move beyond disease-centered models of care to support wellness, resilience, and quality of life in later adulthood. An Integrative Approach to Promoting Wellness in Aging offers a comprehensive, evidence-based framework for meeting that challenge. Bringing together conventional Western medicine with complementary and alternative approaches, this book introduces an integrative model of care that addresses the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions of health. Nalini Jairath, PhD, RN, and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN, with insight from other experts in the field, examine the biological and psychosocial processes that shape aging-such as inflammation, metabolism, mobility, and the mind-body connection-while demonstrating how evidence-based, integrative strategies can be applied to chronic conditions common among older adults. Designed for students and practitioners across the health professions, the book combines theory with practice by exploring topics such as nutrition and exercise, mind-body modalities, herbal and nutritional supplements, biomechanical and bioenergy approaches, and community-based interventions. Case studies, learning objectives, chapter summaries, and review questions support classroom use and professional training. Attentive to systems and policy, the book also considers the implications of integrative health for aging services, education, and health policy. By emphasizing personalized, patient-centered care and prevention-focused strategies, An Integrative Approach to Promoting Wellness in Aging equips health professionals with tools to promote wellness across the lifespan-and to rethink what healthy aging can look like in practice.
Nalini Jairath, PhD, RN, is a retired associate professor and former dean at the Conway School of Nursing at Catholic University of America. Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN, is a clinical associate professor at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Contents Acknowledgments List of Contributors Introduction Nalini Jairath, PhD, RN and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Part I. Foundational Concepts and Key Considerations Chapter 1 Integrative Health: A New Approach to Wellness Promotion in Older Adults Nalini Jairath, PhD, RN and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 2 Older Adults, Health, and Health Care Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 3 An Evidence-Based Approach to Integrative Health Care Nalini Jairath, PhD, RN and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 4 Disease Prevention Roger Carpenter, PhD, RN and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 5 Digital Health Care for Older Adults Nalini Jairath, PhD, RN Chapter 6 Health Behavior Change for Wellness Robin Majeski, PhD, RN and Michelle Pearce, PhD Part II. Integrative Care Interventions and Approaches Chapter 7 Food and Exercise as Medicine Carolyn Sue-Ling, PhD, MPA, RN and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 8 Nutritional/Dietary Supplements Carolyn Sue-Ling, PhD, MPA, RN and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 9 Medications and Older Adults Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN and Deirdre Carolan Doerflinger, PhD, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, FAANP, DEGN Chapter 10 The Mind-Body Connection and Mind-Body Interventions Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN and Michelle Pearce, PhD Chapter 11 Biomechanical Approaches: Massage Therapy, Chiropractic, and Osteopathic Medicine Larry H. Plotkin, DC, CSCS, CSNC and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 12 Bioenergy/Biofield Approaches: Therapeutic Touch and Reiki Jennifer DiBenedetto, PhD, APRN, FNP-C and Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 13 Alternative Health Systems Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Part III. Application of Integrative Approaches Chapter 14 Community-Level Approaches to Promoting Wellness in Older Adults Robin A. Majeski, PhD, RN Chapter 15 Individual-Level Applications to Promoting Wellness: Case Studies Nalini Jairath, PhD, RN and Robin Majeski, PhD, RN Index
A whole-person framework for health, healing, and aging well.
