The Care of the Older Person

The fifth edition of this widely used book by caregivers brings to you updated and revised content, built on the basic understanding that medicine does not work in a vacuum, but rather alongside other disciplines to provide the environment for a healthy and fulfilling long life. Edited by alumni and senior faculty at McGill University, with international contributions, this book advocates the achievement of better, longer, satisfying, and more productive lives for older persons.It is ahelpful resource for physicians, professional caregivers, therapists, students, and residents in medical and nursing disciplines, who care for our burgeoning older population and need to know what to look for and when to consult specialists.Key Features:1. Follows a uniform structure with many chapters having a hypothetical vignette for instructional purposes and with the clinical chapters detailing the features and diagnosis of given conditions, along with possible management protocols specific to afflicted older individuals.2. Builds on the success of the previous four editions to provide high-quality content from international experts for physicians and other caregivers in the field.3. Provides possible management for pressing problems, including the nursing home challenge, pandemics such as COVID, and precision therapy for cancer.

DISCLAIMEREDITORS/CONTRIBUTORSCONTRIBUTORS HELPING 1. IntroductionJose A. Morais2. Caring for the older personAbraham Fuks3. FrailtySathya Karunananthan and Howard Bergman4. Physical activity as a countermeasure to frailtyGuy Hajj Boutros and Antony D. Karelis5. Doctor, my spouse is getting forgetfulSerge Gauthier6. Update on Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and managementSerge Gauthier7. Navigating the journey of dementia as a caregiverClaire Webster8. How to diagnose and manage deliriumHaibin Yin9. Why does my patient have gait & balance disorders?Olivier Beauchet10. Could my patient be malnourished?Jose A. Morais11. Dental care in older personsMichael Wiseman12. Eating, drinking and swallowing problems of vulnerable older adultsHeather C. Lambert VULNERABILITY13. Architecture and the agingJulia Gersovitz and Boris Morin-Defoy14. Are the immunizations of my patient up to date?Dominique Tessier15. Management of older patients in the emergency department: this man is old, but is it an emergency?Cyrille Launay16. Critical care of the older personAstrid F. Pilgrim and Michael R. Pinsky17. COVID-19 in long-term careJulia Chabot, Philippe Desmarais and Michael Stiffel CARING18. Arthritis in the older personLinda Yue, Kevin Yip and Joseph A. Markenson19. Stroke prevention in the elderlyLiam Durcan20. Advances in cardiac care for older personsP. David Myerowitz21. Could my patient be at risk of orthostatic hypotension?Eric T. Hedge and Carmelo Mastrandrea22. The care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older adultsBryan Ross and Jean Bourbeau23. How do I manage my patient with peripheral arterial disease?Oren K. Steinmetz and Anna Eva Kinio24. How to manage type 2 diabetes in frail elderly patientsYoung-Sang Kim and José A. Morais25. Hepatobiliary considerations, including cancerErica C. Roth, Sunil S Karhadkar and Antonio di Carlo26. Abdominal organ transplantation in the older personAntonio di Carlo and Sunil Karhadkar CANCER27. Cancer in older adultsDoreen Wan-Chow-Wah28. Cancer screening in the older adultCatalina Hernandez Torres and Tina Hsu29. Diagnosis and management of bowel cancerJessica Holland and Barry L Stein30. Precision Medicine and Care of the Older PatientAnne Croudass and Donald White31. Psycho oncology: living with the fear of deathNorman Straker CONSIDERATIONS32. Incontinence in older adults Samer Shamout and Lysanne Campeau33. Sleep disorders in older personsShachi Tyagi34. Polypharmacy and deprescribing in the elderlyLouise Mallet35. After the menopauseRonald M. Caplan36. The senior adult eyePeter M. Odell37. Hearing loss and agingJoseph J. Montano38. Skin care of the older person: the skin and its associated changesAziz Khan and Hao Feng39. Caring for the older person undergoing plastic surgery Subhas Gupta and Erin O’Rorke UNDERSTANDING, PROTECTING40. Elder abuseMark J. Yaffe41. Late-life anxietyJess Friedland, Paulina Bajsarowicz and Philippe Desmarais42. An overview of late-life depressionArtin Mahdanian and Silvia Monti De Flores43. Assessment of decision-making capacityCatherine Ferrier44. How can older people be protected?Randy S. Perskin45. Financial guidance for seniorsKaren C. Altfest46. The role of religious belief in the end-of-life care of older personsA. Mark Clarfield MEDICAL TERMS Medical terms and their meaning: GlossaryRonald M. Caplan Bibliography & Supplemental Bibliography

Dr Ronald M. Caplan is Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is an Obstetrician Gynecologist and medical author. He is a founding Editor of The Care of the Older Person, along with distinguished McGill Faculty members Olivier Beauchet,MD; Howard Bergman, MD; Abraham Fuks, MD; Serge Gauthier, MD, Phil Gold, MD and Jose Morais, MD.