Zawada E.T. (Ed.) Challenges in Elder Care

ExLi4EvA, 2016. — 116 p. — ISBN: 9535126644; 9535126652This work is intended as a brief but focused compilation to assist with diagnosis and management of the most common serious medical problems in the rapidly growing geriatric population.
The geriatric population recently expanded by the fact that the baby boomers have reached the milestone of 65 years of age in the past 5 years. Tips for diagnosis, medication administration, and logistics of cost-effective management in the health-care continuum are presented in this book. The latter often consists of a journey from home to medical office to emergency room to hospital bed to intensive care unit to long-term acute care hospital to skilled nursing facility to long-term residential facility and/or back home, which is also reviewed in the book Geriatrics.Introductory Chapter: Overview of Challenges in Geriatric Medicine in 2016
Patient Frailty: Key Considerations, Definitions and Practical Implications
Assessment and Management of Older People in the General Hospital Setting
An Overview of Polypharmacy in Geriatric Patients
Role of LTACH in Chronic Critical Illness in the Elderly
Ethics of ICU Care for the Elderly