![]() ![]() ![]() The establishment of the first formal standards for nursing care for older adults, adopted in 1970 by the American Nurses Association (ANA), was a landmark initiative for nurses in geriatrics. As knowledge, technology, public policy and societal expectations changed, the scope, types of geriatric services and quality of nursing care also changed. The care was often given almost entirely by nurses and their assistants in nursing homes or in people’s own homes. ![]() Initially, geriatric nursing focused on physical care, comfort measures and palliation. The nursing profession has a long history of providing healthcare to sick older people. Hage, in A Comprehensive Guide to Geriatric Rehabilitation (Third Edition), 2014 Introduction ![]()
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