Filled with detailed work-ups, treatments, pearls, illustrations, differential diagnosis, references....Everything you ever needed to know about geriatric disorders, palliative care and death and dying issues in an easy to read and navigate format created specifically for the handheld device. Edited by multiple specialists. The perfect text for internists, family physicians, urgent care, residents, students and mid-level providers.

New in 2023 edition: Now over 240 illustrations and color photo's. Fully updated.

A complete Geriatric medical text. Topics include: prevention, screening, dementia & delerium, leg ulcers, palliative & hospice care, advanced care, geriatric syndromes, incontinence, constipation, falling, hip fractures, menopause, Alzheimers Disease... Features: Detailed treatments and workups for a multitude of topics. Edited by a board certified Geriatrician.

This text contains numerous illustrations and is fully referenced. No other text on the market provides such a collection of succinct and clinically relevant material that can be accessed at the bedside.

CONTENTS: Intro Approach Prevention Competency Driving Exercise Long-Term Care Adaptive Equipment *Geriatric SYNDROMES* Nutrition Delirium, Dementia; Memory Skin Ulcers Advanced Care Palliative Hospice Dying Process Bad News

Life Expectancy Aging Theories Elderly Abuse Fecal Incontinence Urinary Incontinence Constipation Hearing Loss Menopause Osteoporosis Hip Fx Delirium Dementia Arthritis Malnutrition Wasting Syndrome Functional Decline Pressure Ulcers (Decubiti) Frailty Alzheimer's Disease

Palliative Medicine: Comfort Care Pain Terminal Delirium Bowels Nausea Withholding / Withdrawing Care Terminal Sedation Food-Hydration Withdrawal Hospice Talking to Family Advanced Care Planning Euthanasia Spirituality Dying Process Coping with Death Hospice Care DNR Orders Brain Death Pronouncing Death Futile Care