The Complete Geriatric Care Reference

Clinical Guidance for Aging, Functional Change, Dementia, Frailty, and End-of-Life Decisions

von Colin J. Harland, Amelia T. Fenton, Rachel M. Westbrook

540 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Geriatric care does not stay still. The priorities that make sense for a healthy older adult may look very different after cognitive decline, recurrent falls, increasing frailty, loss of independence, or the progression of serious illness.THE COMPLETE GERIATRIC CARE REFERENCE is designed for clinicians who need to navigate those changes without losing sight of the person behind the diagnoses. It brings together the medical, functional, cognitive, practical, and decision-making challenges that shape care across later life-from maintaining independence to recognizing when treatment goals themselves need to be reconsidered.Older adults rarely present with one problem at a time. A new medication may affect balance. Cognitive decline can complicate adherence and safety. Frailty may change the expected benefit of an intervention. Hospitalization can accelerate functional loss. Family support, living circumstances, prognosis, and the burden of treatment can become as important to the next decision as the disease being treated.This reference helps readers connect those variables rather than managing them in isolation. The emphasis is on recognizing meaningful change, distinguishing potentially reversible problems from progressive vulnerability, balancing treatment benefit against burden, and adapting the care plan as health, function, and patient priorities evolve.Readers will find practical support for: - evaluating functional and cognitive change in clinical context;- addressing falls, medication burden, frailty, and multimorbidity;- recognizing delirium and other changes that demand timely reassessment;- coordinating care across outpatient, hospital, rehabilitation, and supportive settings;- working with families and caregivers when dependence increases; and- approaching prognosis, goals of care, treatment limitations, and end-of-life decisions with greater clinical clarity.The book is intended for physicians, residents, medical students, advanced practice clinicians, and other professionals responsible for the increasingly complex needs of older patients. It can be used both as a broad clinical reference and as a resource for those difficult moments when several reasonable options exist but the consequences of each option are very different.The strongest geriatric decisions are not necessarily the most aggressive or the least aggressive. They are the decisions that fit the patient's condition, remaining function, likely trajectory, priorities, and tolerance for treatment.Keep THE COMPLETE GERIATRIC CARE REFERENCE within reach when the question is no longer only what can be treated, but what should be prioritized now-and what kind of care best serves the person as circumstances change.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176341454
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published