Gerontology is considered multidisciplinary, which means experts in this field can be interested in a range of subjects, like public policy, psychology, or even economics. Their goal is to teach people about the problems older adults face and find future solutions. Geriatric doctors, also called...
All 67 respondents thought there was a need for geriatric medicine as a specialty to provide greater input into the care of older surgical patients. Vascular (52%) and colorectal surgery (15%) were identified as having the greatest need for geriatric medicine input. Respondents identified lack ...
However, considering that the MMSE scores of the participants were within the normal range, recall biases might not have been significant. Third, in addition to supporting the use of a dyadic perspective in the management of chronic illness, the aim of this study is to emphasize that further ...
Also, the online form of the questionnaire owed to the relatively homogenous age range of the participants, who are familiar with the use of social media platforms. The previous two factors also probably led to the availability of the questionnaire to participants of more fortunate socioeconomic ...
There is a certain level of memory loss associated with old age; however, this is not the same as the one associated with dementia. If it has come to the point where one is not able to function as well as one could have and can’t do basic tasks because they have forgotten how to...
First, GPs tend to care for patients from birth to older age – that is where the term "family doctor" came from. They traditionally cared for your whole family, and many can also care for women during pregnancy and childbirth. Internists care for either adults or children; they don’t ...
Age and Ageing 2019;48:iii1–iii16 Article Google Scholar Bréchemier D, Sourdet S, Girard P, Steinmeyer Z, Mourey L, et al. Use of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to define frailty in geriatric oncology: Searching for the best threshold. Cross-sectional study of 418 old ...
Regardless of our age, we all know that there’s no place like home. This is why older adults dream of aging in place. To make this dream a reality, all you need to do is plan ahead. Even before retirement, you’ll likely be able to anticipate your needs, in terms of both health...
This is a typical older adult that we would see in our pulmonary clinic. I want to start by asking you, how does your approach as a geriatrician affect how you approach an older adult with COPD? Austin: For patients with COPD or older adults who come in with shortness of breath, ...
While the eConsult ChamplainBASE™ services offer access to several geriatric specialty groups, only five percent of eConsults in this sample were sent to one of these groups. This finding is in line with a previous study of ChamplainBASE™ eConsult service use in long-term care which ...