Case-based Geriatrics

A full-color case-based guide to the principles and clinical aspects of geriatric care   Case-Based Geriatrics utilizes a case-and-evidence-based approach to help you understand the key principles and clinical points of geriatric medicine and healthcare. Written to reflect the field's growing trend toward interdisciplinary collaboration, the book is of value not only to physicians, but to the entire health team involved in the care of the elderly.   This unique text is constructed around case presentations, which are used as the primary teaching tool. These cases reflect issues and principles of geriatrics that are encountered and practiced worldwide. You will learn how cultural characteristics of both patients and providers have added new layers of complications to this already challenging field ' and how they can be recognized and overcome. Each case is directly linked to the learning objectives found in each chapter. Review questions appear at the beginning and end of each chapter to test your understanding.   Case-Based Geriatrics is divided into three sections: * Issues in Aging -- features foundational chapters covering essential topics such as biology of aging, worldwide demographics, the geriatric physical exam, sensory changes in aging, and approaches to laboratory testing and imaging in aging * Inter-professional Geriatrics -- provides an overview of multi-professional team care and covers important topics such as pre -and-post operative care, discharge planning and transitional care, end-of-life care, home care, and long-term care * Geriatric Syndromes and Important Issues -- covers common disorders such as delirium, dementia, depression, stroke, hypertension, osteoporosis, and more Victor Hirth, MD, MHA, AGSF Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine University of South Carolina School of Medicine Medical Director, Geriatric Services Palmetto Health Richland Columbia, SC Darryl Wieland, PhD, MPH, AGSF Professor of Medicine University of South Carolina School of Medicine Research Director, Division of Geriatric Services Palmetto Health Richland Columbia, SC Maureen Dever-Bumba, FNP, DrPh (c) Associate Director, Geriatric Education Associate Director, Palmetto State Geriatric Education Center University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, SC Table of contents Contributors Preface PART I: ISSUES IN AGING Section 1: Foundation 1. Why Geriatrics and Gerontology, Victor Hirth, Darryl Wieland, and Maureen Dever-Bumba 2. The Biology of Aging and Emerging Interventions, Bruce R. Troen and Adam Golden 3. Physical and Cognitive Function, Gilles O. Einstein, Michelle Horhota, and Mark McDaniel 4. The Global Democracy of Aging, Nina Tumosa and Margo-Lea Hurwicz 5. Cultural Competence in Geriatric Care, Margo-Lea Hurwicz and Nina Tumosa Section 2: Examination and Function 6. Medical Evaluation of the Older Person, Mark E. Williams and Anna M. Hicks 7. Functional Assessment, Jeffrey De Castro Mariano and David B. Reuben 8. Aging and Sensory Loss: Vision, Hearing, Somatosensory, and Vestibular, Anne L. Harrison, Anne Olson, and Scott Shaffer 9. Atypical Presentation of Diseases in the Older Adult, Keerti Sharma Section 3: Professional and Patient Decision-Making in the Older Adult 10. Assessing Decisional Capacity in Older Adults, Diane Chau, Patricia Lanoie Blanchette, Sreekanth Donepudi, and Reed Dopf 11. Health Literacy Practice and Assessment, Carolyn Crane Cutilli and Cynthia T. Schaefer 12. Approach to Laboratory Testing and Imaging in Aging, Allan S. Brett and Caroline Powell 13. Consideration Prior to Drug Prescribing in the Elderly, Edmund H. Duthie, Jr., Kathryn M. Denson, and Elizabeth Cogbill 14. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, David Haber, William Logan, and Sarah Schumacher Section 4: Common Situations 15. Older Drivers: Safe Mobility in the Later Years, Karlene Ball and Rachel Benz 16. Changing Living Environments for Older Adults: Environmental Supports for Aging in Place, J.L. Warren and S. Rodiek 17. Family Caregiving, Deborah C. Messecar, Carol Parker Walsh, and Allison Lindauer 18. Sexuality, Angela Gentili and Michael Godschalk PART II: INTERPROFESSIONAL GERIATRICS 19. Multi-Professional Team Care, Kathryn Hyer, Carol Babcock, Amanda H. Lucas, Larry E. Robinson, and Lee A. Hyer Section 5: Acute Care 20. Geriatric Consultation Services, Lisa M. Walke and Maria Maiaroto 21. Perioperative Care of the Older Adult, James T. Birch, Jr., Brian Leo, and Daniel Swagerty 22. Discharge Planning and Transitional Care, Erin L. Cooper and William L. Lyons Section 6: Chronic Care 23. Advanced Illness Care and Elders at the End of Life, Maura Brennan, Mayu Sekiguchi, and Julie McCole Phillips 24. Home Care, Peter Boling and Rachel Selby-Penczak 25. Long-Term Care, Daniel Ari Mendelson and Robert M. McCann Section 7: Adaptive Care 26. An Approach to Assessing and Ordering Physical Therapy, Jonathan W. Donley 27. Integrating Technology into Older Adult Living, Eun-Shim Nahm and Barbara Resnick Section 8: Rehabilitation 28. Interprofessional Management of the Complex Acute Surgical Patient, Mihaela S. Stefan and Gladys L. Fernandez 29. Interdisciplinary Team Care of the Older Adult with Cancer, Cathy C. Schubert and Heather Riggs PART III: GERIATRIC SYNDROMES AND IMPORTANT ISSUES 30. Delirium, Franklin S. Watkins and Jeff D. Williamson 31. Dementia, Loren S. Greenberg 32. Polypharmacy, Claudene J. George 33. Urinary Incontinence, Camille P. Vaughan and Theodore M. Johnson 34. Falls and Mobility Disorders, David A. Ganz, Wessam Labib, and Laurence Z. Rubenstein 35. Weight Loss, Alexandra E. Leigh and Christine S. Ritchie 36. The Frailty Syndrome, Peter Khang and Kuo-Wei Lee 37. Evaluating and Treating Depression in Older Adults, Stephen Thielke and Steven Vannoy 38. Pressure Ulcers, David R. Thomas 39. Common Gastrointestinal Problems, George Triadafilopoulos and Gaurav Arora 40. Hip Fractures, Susan M. Friedman, Daniel A. Mendelson, and Stephen L. Kates 41. Osteoporosis, Susan Ott 42. Approach to Common Infections in Older Adults, Stephen G. Weber 43. Congestive Heart Failure, Sandra Bellantonio, Mara Slawsky, Greg Valania, and Fadi Saab 44. Stroke, Mel L. Anderson III and Jeffrey I. Wallace 45. Management of Hypertension in the Elderly, Ihab Hajjar and Dae Hyun Kim Index