Hayashi Jennifer L., Leff Bruce (eds.) Geriatric Home-Based Medical Care: Principles and Practice

Springer, 2016. — 736 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-23365-9This book is a practical reference for any clinician who has struggled to care for an older adult in a home setting. The volume is written by experts in the field who describe fundamental principles and clinical approaches of geriatric home-based care and their application to specific diseases and conditions, including delirium, incontinence, falls, and chronic pain and disability. The book also details house calls for special populations, from the developmentally disabled to those afflicted with neurologic or psychiatric diseases. The volume explores house calls within the context of the US healthcare system.Geriatric Home-Based Medical Care: Principles and Practice is a valuable resource for geriatricians, geriatric nurses, primary care physicians, social workers, public health officials, and all medical professions who need tools to provide timely, compassionate, and high-quality care for their older adult patients.Fundamentals
Introducing Home-Based Medical Care
House Calls in the Health Care Ecosystem
Getting Started with Home-Based Medical Care
Clinical Approach to Caring for Patients at Home
Care Planning and Coordination of Services
How to Perform a House Call
Common Cognitive Issues in Home-Based Medical Care
Common Neurologic Issues
Adult Psychiatric Care in the Home
Common Functional Problems
Common Infections
Wound Care in Home-Based Settings
Social and Ethical Issues in Home-Based Medical Care
Palliative Care
Caregiving