Reading Resources: Certificate III in Aged Care Work

• Aged Care Nursing- A Guide to Practice - Susan Carmody and Sue Foster- written to inspire and empower nurses  
• Assisting Patient Care- Sheila A Sorrentino- 2^nd Edition 
• Nursing Dictionary- 2^nd Edition- UN Panda- Low cost and effective nursing dictionary.  Easily portable.  Contains illustrations. 
• Encyclopedia of Elder Care – The comprehensive resource on geriatric and social care 
• Ethics in Health Care- 1^st Edition- SA Pera, S Van Tonder. 
• If I Forget You, You Remember- Evidence based practices within a holistic framework of quality care.  Definitive textbook on aged care nursing 
• Primary Nursing in Elderly Care - Jillian MacGuire, Elizabeth Adair, Deborah Botting 
• Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health- Ausmed Publication 
• Ageing at Home-  1^st Edition- Theresa Cluning- Practical approaches to community care 
• Caring for People with Problem Behaviours- 2^nd Edition- Bernadette Keane, Carolyn Dixon- Practical textbook for carers and nurses 
• Spirituality -The Heart of Nursing- 1^st Edition- An important Australian textbook written by a range of health professional- Professor Susan Ronaldson 
• Understanding Medication Management in Your Health Care Organisation- 1^st Edition- Joint commission resources- Practical tool for international health care organizations seeking to improve their medication management and reduce medication errors.  Case studies and strategies included. 
• How Drugs Work- 1^st Edition-Hugh McGavock- Basic Pharmocology for health care professionals and an invaluable text for educating staff about minimising clinical risk. 
• Nursing Documentation- Writing What We Do- 1^st Edition- Multi-author- Jennifer Richmond- Suitable for general nurses and those on long term care. 
• Nursing Documentation in Aged Care- 1^st Edition-  Christine Crofton, Gaye Witney. Ideal for residential care settings.  Also accompanying 2hr audio book.  A guide to practice. 
• Nursing the Person with Cancer- 1^st Edition-Gordon Poulton- A book for all nurses, multi-culturalism, caregiver support, sold extensively throughout Australia. 
• Palliative Care and Aged Care- 1^st Edition- Professor Margaret O’Connor, Dr Rosalie Hudson- End of life issues, specific to the needs of the elderly.  A guide to practice. 
• Guideline for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care- Sharon France- Navigational Tool. 
• Living, Dying, Caring- Life and death in a Nursing Home- 1^st Edition- Jennifer Richmond, Rosalie Hudson.  Ideal for those who enjoy working with older people. 
• Communicating with Dying People and their Relatives- 1^st Edition- Jean Lugton- Sold extensively to nurses who work in aged care. 
• Life After Death- Dr Phillip Bachelor- Understanding bereavement and working through grief. 
• Eternity and Me- Allan Kellehear PhD Professor of palliative care at La Trobe University in Melbourne.   25 Australians from diverse social backgrounds tell it like it is- Recommended by the Australian Grief and Bereavement Centre. 
• Web Resources: Certificate III in Aged Care Work- 24 real life stories, video documentary, with facilitator’s guide- produced by the centre for grief education 1997. 
• Making Sense of Risk Management- 2^nd Edition- Dr Paul Lambden, Roy Lilley- A workbook for primary care. 
• Infection Control in Residential Aged care- 2^nd Edition- Kevin J Kendall- Endorsed by Royal College of Nursing Australia. A core text. The author is a popular teacher who works for Barwon Health and is well known and regarded by infection control nurses throughout Australia. 
• Keeping in Touch- with Someone who has Alzheimers- 1^st Edition- Jane Crisp- Communication strategies. 
• Web Resources: Certificate III in Aged Care Work-1^st Edition- Rosalie Hudson- Endorsed by The Royal College of Nursing Australia. Also available with accompanying 2hr audio book. 
• Geriatric Medicine- A pocket guide for doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, and students-2^nd Edition- Written by 5 Geriatricians from Australia and New Zealand- David Fonda, Wendy Busby, Ron Scholes, Michael Woodward and Len Gray.    Low cost and very helpful medical book.  
• Cultural Dictionary- Revised 2003- Fiona McIlroy- Project of Migrant Resource Centre of Canberra and Queanbeyan.  Funded by Commonwealth/State Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services. 
• Caring for the Person with Faecal Incontinence- 2^nd Edition- Karen Cavarra, Andrea Prentice, Cynthea Wellings and Janette Williams.  Useful handbook about a compassionate approach to management. 
• Urinary Incontinence- 1^st Edition- Cynthea Wellings and David Fonda. 
• Wound Care Nursing- 1^st Edition- Sue Templeton- Modern up to date wound management, best practice and evidence based wound care. A 24hr audio book does accompany this book. 

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