Essential Geriatrics * By Henry Woodford

Geriatrics / Gériatrie Why Geriatrics ?

Why geriatric medicine ? Many have asked this question... residents considering specialization; specialists reluctant to acknowledge change in their aging patients; and anxious patients narrowly defining geriatric medicine as end-of-life care. All have wondered how caring for older patients differs from that of younger adults. The difference, in fact, is immense. The transition from a disease-f...

Geriatrics

This overview covers several topics related to the management of frequent problems in elderly persons. Several studies have shown that treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia with psychotropic medication is modestly effective and could increase the risk of adverse events, including death. Influenza vaccination in long term care residents was shown to be effective in a systematic revi...

XV. Geriatrics

Community Geriatrics

In 1971 negotiations were started with various General Practitioners and Medical Officers of Health to investigate the possibility of establishing regular asssssment clinics in various Health Centres for elder'y patients in the geriatric department's catchment 2one. The Southmead Geriatric Department catchment area is some 30 miles long stretching from Berkeley to Clevedon and some five miles w...

Bringing geriatrics into oncology or also oncology into geriatrics?

letters to the editor Bringing geriatrics into oncology or also oncology into geriatrics? We read with interest the article of Sifer-Rivière et al. [1] on the the role and status of geriatricians in a Pilot Geriatric Oncology Program that appeared in the October issue of this year. The authors' that considerations derive from the work carried out in one of the Pilot Oncogeriatric Coordination U...