Today’s older adults are increasingly more diverse and active, requiring more comprehensive and holistic care than ever before.

Our gerontological nursing resources foster a “whole person” perspective on gerontology to broaden students’ understanding and prepare them for the changing care needs they’ll encounter throughout their nursing careers.

To effectively prepare students for the complexities of modern healthcare, nursing programs require resources that address the evolving needs of our aging population. As older adults lead more diverse and active lives, the demand for comprehensive gerontological nursing expertise has never been greater. Lippincott empowers nursing faculty with a suite of solutions designed to meet this challenge head-on. Our resources provide the evidence-based tools and innovative frameworks necessary for effective gerontological nursing education, ensuring students are equipped to promote functional health and wellness in older adults.

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Gerontological Nursing, 11th Edition

Charlotte Eliopoulos, RN, MPH, PhD
2025

Building on a trusted foundation, this two-time AJN Book of the Year finalist and Doody’s 4-Star title offers concise, evidence-based coverage of gerontological care. With a heightened focus on clinical judgment, pathophysiology, and disease management, it equips students to meet the unique physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of older adults in wellness and illness.

  • NEW! Assess Your Competency learning aids strategically placed throughout the text check students’ understanding of key points, ensuring mastery of critical concepts before moving forward.
  • NEW! Healthy People 2030 Objectives clarify the relevance of content to current nursing practice standards and national health priorities.
  • UPDATED! Unfolding Patient Stories, written by the National League for Nursing, familiarize students with real patient care scenarios that correlate directly with vSim® for Nursing simulations, providing a consistent experience to strengthen students’ clinical preparation.
  • UPDATED! Bringing Research to Life features highlight the clinical relevance of current research and help students apply the latest evidence-based findings to nursing practice.
  • UPDATED! Expanded content prepares students for the most relevant challenges in today’s gerontological care environment, including LGBTQ+ considerations, PTSD, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, vaccinations, fall prevention, and COVID-19.
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Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults, 9th Edition

Awarded first place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Award in Gerontologic Nursing Category.

Evidence-based, well-balanced with wellness promotion and with a framework focused on what matters. The coverage of health inequity, health literacy, and social determinants of health prepares students to work proactively with older adults to promote high levels of functioning and quality of life, despite limitations that may accompany aging, disease, and related conditions.

  • NEW! Health Inequities boxes alert students to Inequities and current issues that may impact the care of older populations.
  • NEW! What Matters framework (Medication, Mentation, and Mobility) uses the Functional Consequences Theory for promoting wellness in Older Adults.
  • NEW! Expanded coverage of health inequity, health literacy, and social determinants of health familiarizes students with current information on these important topics.
  • NEW! Added content helps students implement principles of the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative and keeps students current with the latest insights on Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN), transitional care, interprofessional collaboration, technology to promote wellness in older adults, and addressing needs of caregivers.
Doody’s 4 Star Review

“This book is a comprehensive manual for hitting the highlights of geriatric clinical care. It delves deep into the biggest clinical issues facing today's seniors and provides areas for further information and study in specific areas, should readers need it. As compared to other books of similar interest, this book goes above and beyond what nursing students today need to hear. The emphasis on wellness, not just short-term treatment, allows new nurses to understand that nursing isn't a quick fix; rather, it is a life-long journey.”
— Wendy Boren, RN, BSN, (University of Missouri) for Doody’s Review Service

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Lippincott® CoursePoint+ for Gerontological Nursing

Lippincott CoursePoint+ is the leading digital curriculum learning solution for nursing education, featuring an interactive eBook, adaptive learning, virtual simulations, and a trusted clinical decision support tool widely adopted by nurse employers. For educators, it offers flexible implementation and detailed reporting to personalize instruction and support student success.

Feature highlights

  • Interactive eBook provides students with anytime, anywhere access to their title, along with tools to take notes and highlight text, and a read-aloud feature for added convenience.
  • NEW! One-Minute Nurse videos simplify complex nursing concepts into quick, digestible videos to enhance understanding and retention.
  • Lippincott® Advisor offers students access to a point-of-care decision tool commonly used in real-world nursing practice.
  • vSim® for Nursing builds students’ confidence and sharpens clinical judgment through realistic virtual simulations.

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Enhance your course by incorporating these learning tools and manage your course easily, all in one platform with single sign-on. Talk to your sales representative about enhancements including LMS integration.

Lippincott® Client Cases for Clinical Judgment

Encourage thoughtful practice in patient care. Build a clinical judgment mindset across the curriculum with cognitive practice in hundreds of realistic and complex patient scenarios across 17 areas in an unfolding EHR introducing students to the realities of decision making about patient care.
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Lippincott® DocuCare

Lippincott® DocuCare gives students hands-on experience with realistic charting and workflows modeled after leading EHR systems. With 400 customizable patient records, robust clinical decision support, and clinically realistic simulation updates, all in a user-friendly course management platform. Students build clinical judgment along with charting and communication skills that today’s healthcare employers expect and patients need.
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vSim® for Nursing*

Deliver the most realistic and up-to-date experience available with expert-authored virtual simulations co-developed by Laerdal Medical and scenarios written by National League for Nursing. vSim® for Nursing provides real-world, evidence-based scenarios with built-in point-of-care solutions for reference and remediation to hone students’ clinical judgment, competence, and confidence. *Included in CoursePoint+
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vrClinicals for Nursing

Enhance clinical decision-making skills with virtual experiences that immerse students in realistic, multi-patient care scenarios in a safe setting that prepares them for the demands of practice.
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Empower your students with the evidence-based tools and simulation-driven insights needed for superior geriatric care.

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