Lecture Notes on Geriatrics

Preface to the Fifth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Abbreviations; 1. Demography, Care in the Community and Social Aspects; 2. Why Geriatric Medicine? Special Features of Medicine in the Elderly; 3. Disability and Rehabilitation 4. The Ageing Brain 5. Falls and Immobility 6. Locomotor Problems 7. Stroke Made Simple 8. Other Diseases of the Nervous System 9. Cardiovascular Disorders 10. Respiratory Disease 11. Gastrointestinal Disease 12. Disorders of Homeostasis and Metabolism 13. The Urinary Tract 14. Blood and Bone Marrow 15. Eyes, Ears and Skin 16. Death and Dying Appendices: 1. Standards for Long-Term Care 2. Annual Review of Patients over 75 Years of Age 3. Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (DGM) 4. The Barthel Scale 5. The Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) 6. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) 7. Legal Requirements Concerning Patients with Dementia 8. Fitness to Fly 9. Risk Factors for Arterial Occlusion 10. Respiratory Function in the Elderly 11. Deaths to Report to the Coroner Index