Elderly Care Medicine For Lawyers (Medic0-Legal Practitioner Series)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 10
Foreword......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Table of Cases......Page 20
Table of Figures......Page 22
Table of Abbreviations......Page 26
1 DISEASE PRESENTATION ILLNESS IN OLD AGE......Page 28
2 FALLS IN THE ELDERLY......Page 36
3 INCONTINENCE......Page 46
4 PRESSURE SORES......Page 54
5 CONFUSION  DELIRIUM DEMENTIA AND DEPRESSION......Page 62
6 ELDER ABUSE......Page 72
7 HIP FRACTURES  FRACTURE OF THE FEMUR......Page 80
8 ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE CARE OF OLDER PEOPLE......Page 94
9 COMMON RISKS TO WHICH ELDERLY PATIENTS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE......Page 106
10 TREATMENT IN THE ELDERLY......Page 114
11 VASCULAR DISEASE......Page 124
12 CANCER IN OLD AGE......Page 138
13 ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT......Page 158
14 HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE......Page 170
15 DISCHARGE OF THE ELDERLY FROM HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY CARE......Page 176
16 THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE’S ACCOUNTABILITY IN RELATION TO THE CARE OF OLDER PEOPLE......Page 182
17 LIFE EXPECTANCY......Page 196
18 AGE BASED RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE......Page 202
19 THE ROLE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST IN RELATION TO OLDER PEOPLE......Page 216
APPENDIX 1 BARTHEL INDEX......Page 234
APPENDIX 2 AMPS SKILL ITEMS......Page 235
Index......Page 238