Prevention of hypothermia.
This article examines normal thermoregulation and the changes in temperature control associated with the ageing process. Factors that influence hypothermia in older people are identified and the article concludes with advice that nurses may give to older people to prevent hypothermia.
McLafferty
Ella
E
School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee.
Farley
Alistair
A
Hendry
Charles
C
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001364:Awareness; D001831:Body Temperature; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*