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New Directions in Geriatric Medicine

Concepts, Trends, and Evidence-Based Practice

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Editors:
  1. Lee Ann Lindquist

    1. 10th Fl, CHICAGO, USA

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  • Written by experts in geriatric medicine
  • Each chapter concludes with "take-home points"
  • Identifies solutions for challenging problems encountered commonly with older adult patients
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Can Dementia Be Delayed? What You Need to Know to Counsel Your Older Patients

    • Emily Morgan, Bobby Heagerty, Elizabeth Eckstrom
    Pages 1-12

  3. Targeting Enhanced Services Toward High-Cost, High-Need Medicare Patients

    • Melissa Dattalo, Stephanie Nothelle, Elizabeth N. Chapman
    Pages 13-30

  4. Challenges to Diagnosis and Management of Infections in Older Adults

    • Theresa Rowe, Geetha Iyer
    Pages 31-47

  5. Urinary Incontinence Among Older Adults

    • Amy Hsu, Anne M. Suskind, Alison J. Huang
    Pages 49-69

  6. To Fall Is Human: Falls, Gait, and Balance in Older Adults

    • Patricia Harris, Maristela Baruiz Garcia
    Pages 71-90

  7. Should Your Older Adult Patient Be Driving?

    • Quratulain Syed, Ned Wilson Holland Jr.
    Pages 91-103

  8. Making House Calls: Treating Older Adults at Home

    • Linda V. DeCherrie, Melissa Dattalo, Ming Jang, Rachel K. Miller
    Pages 105-113

  9. Aging in Place: Selecting and Supporting Caregivers of the Older Adult

    • Jennifer Fernandez, Jennifer Reckrey, Lee Ann Lindquist
    Pages 115-126

  10. Skilled Nursing Facilities and Post-hospitalization Options for Older Adults

    • Jill Huded, Fernanda Heitor
    Pages 127-145

  11. Utilizing Geriatric Assessments to Fulfill the Medicare Annual Wellness Visits

    • Ming Jang, Rachel K. Miller, Lee A. Lindquist
    Pages 147-154

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 155-159
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About this book

This book is designed to present the clinical geriatric trends within general internal medicine and family practice, which practitioners often encounter in caring for their older adult patients. Chapters focus on increasingly difficult clinical decisions that practitioners have to make in caring for older adults, who often experience medical complications due to memory loss, physical disability, and multiple chronic conditions. Written by experts in geriatric medicine, each of these chapters start with the most up-to-date clinical geriatric research and provide specific examples or case studies on how to use this information to address the clinical needs of older adult patients. In addition, there is a set of concise “take-home points” for each chapter that are easy to commit to memory and implement in clinical care of aging patients. As the only book to focus on current trends in geriatric research and evidence-based eldercare practice, Clinical Trends in Geriatric Medicine is of great value to internists, family practitioners, geriatricians, nurses, and physician assistants who care for older adults.

Reviews

“The audience is very broad, ranging from primary care clinicians and specialists to family members working through the best care for their patients and loved ones. … This well-referenced book addresses some of the most difficult issues in geriatric medicine today. It serves as a tremendous source of information and a starting point for those who may be struggling with how to approach their older patients and/or relatives.” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody’s Book Reviews, July, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • 10th Fl, CHICAGO, USA

    Lee Ann Lindquist

About the editor

Dr. Lee Ann Lindquist is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and is board certified in Geriatric and Internal Medicine. She holds an MD, MPH, and MBA from Northwestern University and has contributed to over 20 cutting-edge publications during her career.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Directions in Geriatric Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts, Trends, and Evidence-Based Practice

  • Editors: Lee Ann Lindquist

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28137-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28135-3Published: 18 April 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80280-0Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28137-7Published: 09 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 159

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Primary Care Medicine

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