The definitive guide to safe, effective care of older adults—updated with important new content and streamlined for quick access
A Doody's Core Title for 2023, 2024 & 2026!
Covers the complete range of topics in geriatric care, including theory and fundamentals, assessment, conditions, diseases, symptoms, policies, and societal issues that affect older patients
Provides a framework for using the functional and cognitive status, prognosis, and social context of patients to guide diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
Delivers essential information on important topics such as delirium, cognitive impairment, dementia, falls and mobility disorders, Parkinson disease and other movement disorders, sleep disorders, and arthritis
Includes guidance on care in all settings – clinic, home, hospital, and long-term care, as well as pre- and post-operative settings
New content on technology to enhance geriatric care, caregiving support, the unique needs of older immigrants, Medicare and Medicaid, legal issues and conservatorship, aid in dying, assisted living care, short-stay rehabilitation, prostate cancer, marijuana use, syncope, and driving safety
A Doody's Core Title for 2023, 2024 & 2026!
Covers the complete range of topics in geriatric care, including theory and fundamentals, assessment, conditions, diseases, symptoms, policies, and societal issues that affect older patients
Provides a framework for using the functional and cognitive status, prognosis, and social context of patients to guide diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
Delivers essential information on important topics such as delirium, cognitive impairment, dementia, falls and mobility disorders, Parkinson disease and other movement disorders, sleep disorders, and arthritis
Includes guidance on care in all settings – clinic, home, hospital, and long-term care, as well as pre- and post-operative settings
New content on technology to enhance geriatric care, caregiving support, the unique needs of older immigrants, Medicare and Medicaid, legal issues and conservatorship, aid in dying, assisted living care, short-stay rehabilitation, prostate cancer, marijuana use, syncope, and driving safety
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Table of Contents
Section1. Principles of Geriatric Assessment and Care
Introduction to the Care of Older Persons: Knowledge, Skills & System Change
Guiding Principles
Overview of Geriatric Assessment (6)
Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care
Teams
Patient Goals
Prognosis
Functional Assessment
Falls & Gait Impairment
Vision Impairment
Hearing Impairment
Dementia
Incontinence
Depression
Nutrition
Medication Use
Caregiver Support
Financial, Environmental and Social Resources
Abuse
Preventive Services
The Interprofessional Team (5)
Key Definitions & Context
Innovations in Geriatric Interprofessional Teams
Evidence for Interprofessional Teams
Barriers to Teamwork
Resources and Tools for Teamwork
Goals of Care and Consideration of Prognosis (3)
Guide to Goals of Care Discussions
Importance of Surrogate Decision Makers
Prognostication
Prognosis Related to Specific Diseases
Communicating Prognosis to Patient or Surrogate
Functional Assessment & Functional Decline (2)
Epidemiology of Func
Section1. Principles of Geriatric Assessment and Care
Introduction to the Care of Older Persons: Knowledge, Skills & System Change
Guiding Principles
Overview of Geriatric Assessment (6)
Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care
Teams
Patient Goals
Prognosis
Functional Assessment
Falls & Gait Impairment
Vision Impairment
Hearing Impairment
Dementia
Incontinence
Depression
Nutrition
Medication Use
Caregiver Support
Financial, Environmental and Social Resources
Abuse
Preventive Services
The Interprofessional Team (5)
Key Definitions & Context
Innovations in Geriatric Interprofessional Teams
Evidence for Interprofessional Teams
Barriers to Teamwork
Resources and Tools for Teamwork
Goals of Care and Consideration of Prognosis (3)
Guide to Goals of Care Discussions
Importance of Surrogate Decision Makers
Prognostication
Prognosis Related to Specific Diseases
Communicating Prognosis to Patient or Surrogate
Functional Assessment & Functional Decline (2)
Epidemiology of Func
