Stroke in Old Age
No of trials/patients Stroke OR (95% CI) Death OR (95% CI) MI OR (95% CI) Stroke/death OR (95% CI) 16/7572 Favours CEA 1.81 (1.40–2.34) No difference 1.59 (0.94–2.70) Favours CAS…
Palliative Care of the Older Person
© The Editor(s) 2018Balakrishnan Kichu R. Nair (ed.)Geriatric Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3253-0_21 21. Palliative Care of the Older Person Susan Newton1, 2 (1) University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia (2) The Maitland Hospital, Maitland, NSW, Australia …
Advance Care Planning
Steps Example phrases Open the discussion • Right now you’re healthy. This is a good time to think about your health in the future. It’s often easier to talk when…
Ethics and the Care of the Elderly
(1) NT Department of Health, Darwin, NT, Australia Key Points While people across all cultures agree about the value of respecting elderly people, levels of elder abuse in most…
Osteoarthritis
© The Editor(s) 2018Balakrishnan Kichu R. Nair (ed.)Geriatric Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3253-0_18 18. Osteoarthritis Vasi Naganathan1, 2 (1) Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia (2) Ageing and Alzheimer’s Institute, Concord…
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Elderly: Challenges and Management
ESC 2012 [3] HFSA 2010 [4] ACC/AHA 2013 [5] ESC 2016 [6] Symptoms and signs typical of HF BNP > 100 pg/mL NT-proBNP > 800 pg/mL Clinical signs/symptoms of HF…
Physiology of Ageing
Fig. 2.1 Summary of ageing changes in selected systems 2.1.1 Ageing Versus Disease When discussing the notion of “normal ageing” or “physiological ageing”, one generally refers to the process of…
Rehabilitation for the Older Patient
© The Editor(s) 2018Balakrishnan Kichu R. Nair (ed.)Geriatric Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3253-0_13 13. Rehabilitation for the Older Patient Tara Ball1 (1) Lingard Private Hospital, Merewether, NSW, Australia Tara Ball Email: tcb.rao@gmail.com Key Points Functional assessments and…
Residential Care
Goal Examples Recover functional independence and return to community living Rehabilitative stay following joint replacement, fracture, stroke, fall, infection, and cancer treatment Strive for functional improvement and move to assisted…
Ambulatory Care of the Elderly
Basic activities of daily living Independence = 1 Dependence = 0 (with supervision, direction, personal assistance, or total care) Instrumental activities of daily living Independence = 1 Varying degrees of…
