title: Management of relocation in cognitively intact older adults.
abstract: As the older adult population grows, the rate of relocation from one home to another will also increase. To promote planning for relocation to a new home and adjustment to this stressful life event, pre-relocation and post-relocation risks need to be assessed and interventions designed to facilitate relocation decision making and adjustment. The evidence-based guideline by Hertz et al. (2005) provides detailed tools and recommendations for management of pre-relocation and post-relocation processes with cognitively intact older adults by nurses and other health care providers in community-based care, long term care, and acute care settings.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Health Studies, Northern Illinios University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA. jhertz@niu.edu
authors.forename: Judith E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hertz
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rossetti
authors.forename: Mary Elaine
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: Julie Fisher
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014195:Travel