Geriatric medicine

Durch die steigende Lebenserwartung und das Anwachsen der Gruppe älterer und hochbetagter Menschen steigt auch der Anteil derer, die an einer Multimorbidität, also mehreren chronischen Erkrankungen gleichzeitig leiden.

Durch die steigende Lebenserwartung und das Anwachsen der Gruppe älterer und hochbetagter Menschen steigt auch der Anteil derer, die an einer Multimorbidität, also mehreren chronischen Erkrankungen gleichzeitig leiden.

Acute geriatrics has become an important specialist discipline.

Pain is one of the most frequent health complaints among older people.

Höreinschränkungen gehören zu den häufigsten Behinderungen und Defiziten sinnlicher Wahrnehmung, zugleich sind die Grenzen zwischen Höreinschränkungen und intellektuellen wie psychischen Einbußen fließend.

In einer alternden Gesellschaft schränken Funktionsverluste und chronische Erkrankungen unseren Alltag oft ein.

In einer alternden Gesellschaft schränken Funktionsverluste und chronische Erkrankungen unseren Alltag oft ein.

Multiprofessionelle Teamarbeit ist in der Geriatrie unverzichtbar.

Die wachsende Zahl Demenzkranker stellt eine große Herausforderung für die Gesellschaft dar.

Die Sicherstellung einer angemessenen vollstationären Betreuung von Hilfe- und Pflegebedürftigen stellt eine Herausforderung im demografischen Wandel dar.

Die Verbesserung der Möglichkeiten einer häuslichen Betreuung Hilfe- und Pflegebedürftiger stellt eine der Herausforderungen im demographischen Wandel dar.

Während in den letzten Jahren innerhalb der Palliative Care Tumorpatienten im Vordergrund standen, so rückt neuerdings die Situation älterer Menschen ins Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit.

Depressionen gehören zu einer der häufigsten psychischen Störungen bei älteren Menschen.

In Deutschland gibt es einen zunehmenden Trend zur stationären Pflege.

Cure of dementia through drugs is not possible so far, the development can only be slowed.

Delirium is one of the most important geriatric syndromes, and its potentially unfavourable prognosis is increasingly being recognized.

Die psychotherapeutische Behandlung Älterer stellt trotz des demografischen Wandels bisher ein eher randständiges Thema dar.

Hochaltrige Patienten stellen eine neue, aber zunehmende Zielgruppe gesundheitlicher Versorgung in Deutschland dar.

This book provides a comprehensive view of rational suicide in the elderly, a group that has nearly twice the rate of suicide when chronically ill than any other demographic.

This book illustrates the role of Mediterranean diet in connection with well-being and particularly its impact on health and elderly care, as well as on the mechanisms of aging.

This book presents a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to vascular disease for the geriatric patient, focusing on vascular pathology and interventions but also on perioperative care, anesthetic care, functional outcomes and quality of life, as well as ethical considerations that impact decision making.

This multi-disciplinary collection of essays captures discussion, thinking and research surrounding the recent surge of interest in how technology can help us as we age.

With the expertise of an author panel of leading clinicians in the field of surgery, trauma, critical care and geriatrics the new edition of this text addresses the explosion in knowledge on the impact aging has on injury, acute illness and critical care management.

There is a growing need for a book on emergency general surgery in the elderly, as adults age 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of the population  worldwide, and their number is expected to double to 89 million between now and 2050.

This book offers a concise and updated guide for all readers (physicians and non-physicians) interested in gaining a comprehensive and precise understanding of sarcopenia.

This book provides a global comprehensive and systematic state-of-the review of this field that fills the gaps between research, practice, and policy.

This book provides a comprehensive, scholarly, and practical account of delirium that will be of value for all doctors and nurses involved in the care of the elderly.

Among the various theories proposed to account for the process of aging, the free radical theory is of practical interest since it includes the possibility of retarding this process by administrating natural or synthetic antioxidants and free radical scavengers.

This book focuses on the concept of subjective views of aging.

Clinical cases are a key component in modern medical education, assisting the trainee or recertifying clinician to work through unusual cases using best practice techniques and this title focuses on the management of exfoliative dermatitis, also known as "e;red man"e;.

Community-based integrated care (CBIC) is designed to keep older adults where they want to be - at home and out of hospitals and nursing homes.

This book critically reviews 75 important published papers that influence the practice of geriatric psychiatry.

Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia.

This book summarizes evidence on frailty and ageing, how this may impact patient outcomes and how frailty can be assessed, managed and incorporated in the decision-making process for older patients with cancer.

The transitional phase from pre-older adult to older adult affects the wellbeing of the concerned person economically, physically, and psychologically.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the assessment and management of older people's oral health care needs.

This book aims to present the age-related alterations in redox signaling networks and their diagnostic biomarkers in aging cells using multidisciplinary approach.

This book offers a concise and updated guide for all readers (physicians and non-physicians) interested in gaining a comprehensive and precise understanding of sarcopenia.

This book provides family doctors with a wealth of evidence-based indications and tips regarding geriatric medicine and approaches for the management of older patients, to be applied in daily practice.

The global burden of geriatric hip fractures is enormous.

This book provides an overall introduction to the medical management of dementia with chapters dedicated to specific topics such as pain, epilepsy, vascular risk factors in dementia and review of medication, which are often not addressed in books on the subject, and thereby filling a gap in the field.

This book provides concrete scientific basis that we can conceive the possibility of modifying or even completely canceling aging process, despite the fact that aging is commonly regarded as the result of the overall effects of many uncontrollable degenerative phenomena.