Geriatric Medicine Textbook: Evidence-Based Care of Older Adults: Comprehensive Assessment, Frailty, Dementia, Polypharmacy, Falls, Palliative Care, ... Aging for Clinicians, Nurses, and Students - Couverture souple

Willis, Dr Juana S

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798161974162

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Every year, the number of older patients grows, and every year the gap widens between clinicians who know how to manage them and those who are still learning on the job. Missed delirium, preventable falls, medication harm, and care plans that ignore what the patient actually wants are not rare events. They are the daily cost of treating an older person like a younger one.

Your colleagues are already building this skill. Residents on geriatric rotations, nurse practitioners taking on larger panels of older patients, and pharmacists reviewing long medication lists are all facing the same complexity, and those who learn a clear method now will be the ones trusted with the hardest cases later. Waiting means learning it the hard way, one missed diagnosis at a time.

This textbook was written so you do not have to learn it the hard way. It teaches you to think like a geriatric specialist: to look past a single diagnosis and weigh function, cognition, medications, mood, mobility, and social context together, then turn that picture into a practical plan.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• How to perform a structured, whole-person assessment of an older patient
• Recognizing and managing frailty, sarcopenia, and declining function
• Delirium, dementia, and depression: how to tell them apart and respond
• Safe prescribing, polypharmacy review, and deprescribing principles
• Falls, gait, balance, and mobility: prevention and practical interventions
• Common syndromes such as incontinence, pressure injury, and malnutrition
• Rehabilitation planning, safe discharge, and transitions between care settings
• Palliative care, goals-of-care conversations, and supporting caregivers
• Delivering clear, compassionate communication with patients and families

WHAT SETS IT APART
Many references list conditions one organ system at a time. This book is organized around the problems older patients actually present with, so what you read maps directly onto what you will face on rounds, in clinic, and at the bedside. Each chapter moves from the clinical question to the practical action, with a focus on decisions you can use the same day. Readers who adopt this approach early stop reacting to problems and start anticipating them.

HOW TO USE IT

1. Read the chapter that matches the patient or problem in front of you.
2. Apply the assessment steps and compare them with your own practice.
3. Return to the summaries for fast review before rounds, rotations, or exams.

WHO IT IS FOR

• Physicians, residents, and fellows in internal medicine, family practice, and geriatrics
• Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses
• Pharmacists, therapists, and social workers on interdisciplinary teams
• Medical, nursing, and allied health students on geriatric rotations

Consider what is at stake. A single overlooked medication interaction, an unrecognized delirium, or a discharge plan that falls apart at home can change a patient’s life. Every month spent without a reliable framework is a month of decisions made on instinct alone.

The older population is not waiting for anyone to catch up. The professionals who prepare now will be ready for the next complex patient, and those who put it off will meet that moment unprepared.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798161974162
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg