Everyone working in health services needs to be well informed about elderly people, their health and social problems and the services that may be of use. This book is written for a multidisciplinary readership, particularly medical, nursing, occupational and physiotherapy students. The first section deals with gerontology - the science of ageing - highlighting information relevant to clinical practice. The second section covers the medicine of old age, both psychiatry and geriatric medicine, and also provides background on the social context within which such problems arise. The third section is about the organization of health care for elderly people, taking a look at old people in different settings such as accident and emergency, primary care, institutional care and finishes with a review of the roles of the different members of the health care team.
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978-0-340-54559-1 (9780340545591)
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Part 1 Essentials of ageing: ageing; populations, organisms and cells; ageing skin; the ageing eye; the ageing ear; the ageing kidney; ageing bone, muscles and joints; the ageing brain; the ageing cardiovascular system; the ageing respiratory system; the ageing endocrine system; the ageing alimentary system; the ageing immune system; the ageing psyche. Part 2 Essential medicine of old age: the history of geriatric medicine; the elderly in society; social networks; presentation of disease; history taking and examination; helping your elderly patients to help your immobility; falls; confusion; incontinence; pressure sores; accidental hypothermia; joint contractures; depression; psychotic and other disorders; palliative care; better prescribing; elder abuse and inadequate care; ethnic elders; legal aspects; stroke. Part 3 Services for elderly people: the multidisciplinary team; comprehensive health care; the day hospital; severe chronic disability; prevention in old age; seeing patients at home; the elderly patient in accident and emergency; discharge from hospital; the roles of team members.
