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Women's Health

Medical Problems in Women over 70

When Normative Treatment Plans do not Apply

Publication Date April 2007
Publisher Informa Healthcare
Product Type Book
Pages 224
ISBN Number 978-0-415-37352-4
Product Code IFH00122

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Summary

Care of the older patient is characterized by increasing incidence of chronic and acute diseases, with many patients suffering from several conditions simultaneously. The susceptibility to disease increases not only because of physiological factors relating to the aging process, but also due to changes in lifestyle, such as decreased mobility. Issues relating to polypharmacy are exacerbated by concerns about compliance, for example in patients experiencing cognitive decline.

Decisions about appropriate medical care are complicated by the fact that many of the normal values that can be relied upon as a guide in younger individuals, do not apply in the older patient.

This book is designed to educate gynecologists about these issues.

It draws upon the experience of specialists in a variety of clinical and non-clinical specialties, reviews current knowledge of the problems encountered in caring for the elderly female patient, and suggests guidelines for best practice.

Contents

  • Section 1: Epidemiology and Scope of Problem
    • 1. Worldwide Population Changes
    • 2. New Social Structures (Divorce, Widowhood, Rural and Urban)
    • 3. Mortality and Climate Change
  • Section 2: Conditions Affecting The Elderly (Pathology, Impact on Daily Living, Investigations, Contribution to Ill Health Management Strategies)
    • 4. Balance, Falls and Mortality
    • 5. Vision
    • 6. Audition
    • 7. Dementia
    • 8. Depression and Mood Changes (Care at Home, in Residential Care, Hospital, Drug/Ect/Cognitive Therapy)
    • 9. Dentition
    • 10. Continence
    • 11. Sex (Couple and Single-Sex Relationships, Heterosexual and Same-Sex, at Home, Living Alone, Residential Care)
    • 12. Sleep Disorders
  • Section 3: Managing The Problem
    • 13. Setting up A One-Step Gerontology Service
    • 14. Investigations Bp, Bmi, Hb, Biochemistry,Immunology (What Are The Normative Values, What Does The Physician Need to Ask?)
    • 15. Diet and Micronutrients: Living Alone and Residential Care
    • 16. Polypharmacy Getting Prescriptions, Compliance, Drug Interactions, Drug Metabolism Changes with Age
    • 17. Alternative and Complementary Therapies
    • 18. Designing Living Places Independent and Residential
    • 19. Palliative Care: Location, Chemotherapy, Analgesia
    • 20. Caring for Carers: Professional and Non-Professional Index & Bibliographies