The role of family physicians in older people care / Jacopo Demurtas, Nicola Veronese, editors.
Demurtas, Jacopo, editor.; Veronese, Nicola, editor.
2022
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Title The role of family physicians in older people care / Jacopo Demurtas, Nicola Veronese, editors.
ISBN 9783030789237 (electronic bk.)
3030789233 (electronic bk.)
3030789225
9783030789220
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78923-7
Publication Details Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-78923-7 doi
Call Number RC952
Dewey Decimal Classification 618.97
Summary 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. After discussing old and new features of healthy ageing and the approaches required in Family Medicine Consultation, the text introduces key elements of geriatric medicine such as frailty, sarcopenia, and the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), before describing a range of characteristics unique to older patients in different contexts, with a dedicated section on Palliative Care. The role of polypharmacy and the importance of quaternary prevention and deprescribing are also addressed. Finally, the book emphasizes both the importance of a humanistic approach in caring and the approach of research and meta-research in geriatrics. Though many texts explore the role of primary care professionals in geriatric medicine, the role of family doctors in older people care has not yet been clearly addressed, despite the growing burden of ageing, which has been dubbed the Silver tsunami. Family physicians care for individuals in the context of their family, community, and culture, respecting the autonomy of their patients. In negotiating management plans with their patients, family doctors integrate physical, psychological, social, cultural and existential factors, utilizing the knowledge and trust engendered by repeated visits. They do so by promoting health, preventing disease, providing cures, care, or palliation and promoting patient empowerment and self-management. This will likely become all the more important, since we are witnessing a global demographic shift and family doctors will be responsible for and involved in caring for a growing population of older patients. This book is intended for family medicine trainees and professionals, but can also be a useful tool for geriatricians, helping them to better understand some features of primary care and to more fruitfully interact with family doctors.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 11, 2022).
Added Author Demurtas, Jacopo, editor.
Veronese, Nicola, editor.
Series Practical issues in geriatrics, 2509-6079
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030789220
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Introduction: Family Doctors and the Silver Tsunami: how to face the storm
Scales and Scores for comprehensive geriatric assessment in primary care
Nutritional issues of older people in primary care
Frailty and sarcopenia in primary care: current issues
The older patient with cognitive impairment in primary care
The older patient with psychiatric illness
The older patient at home
Managing incontinence
Intermediate care in older population: the role of the Family Doctor
The older patient in nursing home
The role of caregivers in older people
Red Flags in elderly care
Vaccinations in older people
The Geriatric Team: clinical and social aspects
Elder Abuse and Domestic Violence
Polipharmacy and overtreatment
Quaternary Prevention and Deprescribing
Quality or quantity of life? Supportive and palliative approach to the elderly
Dying at home
Dying in 4D (or more)
Integrating spiritual care in the frame
Dignity Therapy
Conclusions.

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