Working with your older patientNational Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 1994 - 39 pages |
Contents
Dont Call Me Edna | 7 |
Some People With This Condition | 17 |
Many People Believe | 22 |
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activities of daily ADLs Administration on Aging advance directives Aging Information Center alert Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's disease appropriate Ask the patient Beisecker Box 8057 Gaithersburg Center P.O. Box clinicians cognitive impairment Continuing Medical Education cues current concerns death diagnosis Directory for Older disorders doctor East Orchard elder abuse elderly Encourage the patient evaluated example family members Folstein foot problem function Geriatrics Give one point handbook health care professionals Help for Incontinent hospice care IADLs illness Information Center P.O. Institute on Aging Institutes of Health interview issues keep lifestyle long-term Mini-Mental State Examination National Aging Resource National Institute NIA's Resource Directory NIMH Depression Awareness Number nursing home obtaining older patients older person patient tell patient wants patient's behavior patient's current percent physicians questions report symptoms Sensitive Topics sexuality Signs of depression Simon Foundation social history sometimes stress terminal care tions treatment plan typical urinary incontinence