Geriatric Medicine Reference : Evidence-Based Management of Frailty, Polypharmacy, Dementia, Falls, and Multimorbidity
Language: English
Published by Independently Published Jul 2026, 2026
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- Title
- Geriatric Medicine Reference : Evidence-Based Management of Frailty, Polypharmacy, Dementia, Falls, and Multimorbidity
- Author
- Rebecca T. Sloane
- Publisher
- Independently Published Jul 2026
- Publication year
- 2026
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- Neu
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- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
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- 9798185273883
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- 558 grams
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- 279x216x13 mm
An older adult with repeated falls, memory changes, weight loss, confusion, weakness, or worsening mobility may not have one simple diagnosis. They may be living with frailty, heart failure, diabetes, dementia, chronic kidney disease, medication side effects, depression, caregiver strain, and a gradual loss of independence that can accelerate after even a minor illness.
In geriatric medicine, the challenge is not only identifying disease. It is understanding how conditions interact, recognizing what is reversible, deciding what matters most now, and creating care plans that protect function, safety, comfort, dignity, and quality of life.
Geriatric Medicine Reference is a practical clinical guide for medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, rehabilitation professionals, social workers, and healthcare trainees who want to care for older adults with greater confidence, structure, and clinical judgment.
This book focuses on the real problems clinicians face in aging populations: frailty, polypharmacy, dementia, delirium, falls, mobility decline, chronic pain, malnutrition, incontinence, sleep problems, depression, caregiver burden, repeated admissions, and patients with several chronic illnesses competing for attention.
Rather than treating each diagnosis separately, this reference shows how geriatric care works in real life. It helps readers assess the whole patient, identify reversible causes of decline, review medications safely, prioritize competing treatments, preserve mobility, support families, and build realistic plans that fit the patient’s values and daily abilities.
Inside, readers will find practical guidance on:
• Frailty assessment, sarcopenia, mobility decline, falls prevention, and functional preservation
• Multimorbidity management when several chronic diseases require competing treatments
• Polypharmacy review, deprescribing, medication safety, and prevention of treatment-related harm
• Dementia, delirium, depression, anxiety, and cognitive assessment in older adults
• Chronic disease management for heart failure, diabetes, COPD, kidney disease, arthritis, and other common conditions
• Nutrition, pain, sleep, continence, sensory loss, and other major geriatric syndromes
• Communication with patients, families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary care teams
• Advance care planning, goals-of-care discussions, palliative support, and long-term care decisions
• Hospital-to-home transitions, rehabilitation planning, caregiver support, and coordinated follow-up
What makes this book valuable is its realistic clinical focus. Older adults often do not present with textbook symptoms. Infection may appear as confusion. Medication toxicity may appear as a fall. Heart failure may first appear as fatigue, poor appetite, or loss of mobility. A minor illness can become a major setback when frailty and chronic disease are already present.
Good geriatric care requires balance. More medication is not always better. More testing is not always safer. Aggressive treatment may not always improve the outcome that matters most to the patient.
Geriatric Medicine Reference helps readers develop the judgment to manage illness while protecting independence, comfort, dignity, and meaningful daily function.
Whether you are preparing for clinical rotations, entering residency, working in primary care, hospital medicine, nursing, rehabilitation, long-term care, or community health, this book provides a clear and practical foundation for evidence-based care of older adults.
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