The Care of the Older Person (eBook)

Jose Morais, Ronald Caplan, Olivier Beauchet (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | 3rd Edition
514 Seiten
Rmc Publishing, LLC (Verlag)
978-0-578-58098-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Society, as a whole is getting older. Thanks to the extraordinary advances in technology and medicine, humans are now living longer than ever before, and are shifting the demographic make-up on a worldwide scale.As a result, more and more of us are living and engaging with an aging population in both our personal and professional lives, and there's a heightened demand for concrete research and advice for how to effectively provide care for this growing demographic.The Care of the Older Person brings together some of today's most experienced researchers to provide concrete answers for care providers of all kinds doctors, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists those who build, run, and staff the facilities and housing for all of the aging population, as well as spouses and children of elderly. Most importantly, this information is for seniors themselves, who want to feel empowered in their stage of life.

Inhalt

DISCLAIMER iii

EDITORS/CONTRIBUTORS vii

CONTRIBUTORS ix

INTRODUCTION 1

Frailty 11

Physical activity as a countermeasure to frailty 19

Doctor, my wife is getting forgetful 37

Update on Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and management 43

How to diagnose and manage delirium 55

Why does my patient have gait & balance disorders? 69

Could my patient be malnourished? 83

Are the immunizations of my patient up to date? 99

Management of older patients in the emergency department: this man is old, but is it an emergency? 117

How to manage type 2 diabetes in frail elderly patients 129

Cancer in older adults 145

Cancer screening in the older adult 157

Psycho oncology: living with the fear of death 187

Incontinence in older adults 197

Polypharmacy and deprescribing in the elderly 215

After the menopause 231

Elder abuse 249

An overview of late-life depression 263

Assessment of decision-making capacity 279

How do I protect my patient? 295

Financial guidance for seniors 315

The role of religious belief in the end-of-life care of older persons 345

Glossary: Medical terms and their meaning 357

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.12.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Schlagworte: Elder care • frailty • geriatric medicine • menopause • seniors
• ISBN-10: 0-578-58098-5 / 0578580985
• ISBN-13: 978-0-578-58098-2 / 9780578580982