Advanced Age Geriatric Care

Part 1 General considerations.- Ageing and Longevity.- End of Life Decisions in Geriatric Population.- Elderly Abuse and Neglect.- Decision Making Capacity and Consent in the Older Adult.- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.- Long Term Care Facilities and Support Services.- Immunity, Immunosenesence and immunization in the very elderly.- Orthogeriatrics.- Geriatric Anaesthesia.- Geriatric Diagnostic Imaging.- Geriatric Care in General Practice.- Geriatric Rehabilitation.- Geriatric Palliative care.- The Elderly in Intensive Care.- Part II Common diseases in older adults.- Cardiovascular Diseases in the Very Elderly.- Kidney diseases in the Elderly.- Mental Illness in the Oldest Old.- Eye Problems in the Oldest Old.- Dental and oral conditions in the very elderly.- Cancer in the Very Elderly and Management.- Geriatric Skin and Dermatoses.- Joints and Musculo-skeletal Disorders.- Respiratory diseases in the Oldest Old.- Managing Osteoporosis in theOldest Old.- Part III Geriatric syndromes and Related Problems.- Malnutrition and Malabsorption in the elderly.- Constipation, Faecal and Urinary Incontinence.- Gait Disorders in the Elderly.- Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Some Chronic Disorders.- Syncope in the Very Elderly.- Sarcopenia Sarcopenic Obesity and Frailty in Older Adults.- Headaches in the Elderly.- Delirium in the Oldest Old.- Prescribing in the Oldest Old.- Dementia in the Oldest Old.

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• Sistemas e serviços de saude
• Saude pública e medicina preventiva
• Medicina geriátrica

Chronic diseases;Healthcare systems;Epidemiology;Geriatric syndromes;Aging and longevity