Malignancy (19–36 %) Gastrointestinal: accounts for 50 % Lung, lymphoma, prostate, ovarian, or bladder Nonmalignant gastrointestinal disease (9–19 %) Swallowing and motility disorders Peptic ulcer disease Malabsorption Chronic diseases Endocrine…
Fig. 12.1 Homecare medicine and palliative care : skills and settings Table 12.1 Primary palliative care Key components of primary palliative care Pain/symptom assessment and management Social/spiritual assessment Understanding of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Jennifer L. Hayashi and Bruce Leff (eds.)Geriatric Home-Based Medical Care10.1007/978-3-319-23365-9_1 1. Introducing Home-Based Medical Care Jennifer L. Hayashi1 and Bruce Leff1 (1) Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of…
Patient characteristics Caregiver characteristics Dementia, especially with neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral disturbances [8] Increasing ADL/IADL dependence [10, 12] Presence of geriatric syndromes (e.g., falls, sleep disturbance) [10, 12] Spouse and/or…
Accurately understand the choices Manipulate relevant information and weigh risks and benefits Communicate a decision Be consistent 11.4.2 Threshold for Evaluation and Certification of Incapacity Even when a person can…
Patient-focused care Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions. The support for a…
Interprofessional education (IPE) Interprofessional education occurs when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care (http://www.caipe.org.uk/about-us/defining-ipe/). When students from…
Ethics The body of values and judgements relating to human conduct, especially with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions, and to the motives and ends of such…
Interprofessional The terms ‘interprofessional education/practice/teamwork’ etc. have been defined by various groups. These terms are often used interchangeably. Where we simply use the term ‘interprofessional’, we do so when two…
Dementia Dementia is now referred to as a neurocognitive disorder (NCD) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), that is, the result of chronic or progressive damage to the brain. Early signs of…
