Reichel's Care of the Elderly

Dr Jan Busby-Whitehead is Professor and Chief in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, and Director of the Center for Aging and Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr Samuel C. Durso is Jim and Patti Dresher and Dresher Foundation Professor and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, and Director of the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr Christine Arenson is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, and Co-Director of the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Education at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr Rebecca Elon Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr Mary H. Palmer is Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Dr William Reichel was an Affiliated Scholar at the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center.

• Section 1. General approach to the care of the elderly: 1. Essential principles in the care of the elderly; 2. Biology of aging; 3. Comprehensive geriatric assessment; 4. Screening and prevention; 5. Appropriate use of medications; 6. Nutrition and aging; 7. Physical activity and exercise for older adults; Section 2. Geriatric syndromes: 8. Frailty; 9. Fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults; 10. Evaluation and management of dizziness; 11. Evaluation and management of dementia; 12. Recognition, management, and prevention of delirium; Section 3. Care of the elderly by organ system: 13. Diagnosis and management of heart disease; 14. Hypertension; 15. Peripheral artery disease; 16. Neurologic problems; 17. Prevention, diagnosis, and management of stroke; 18. Movement disorders; 19. Sleep disorders; 20. Clinical geropsychiatry; 21. Substance use disorder; 22. Pulmonary issues; 23. Gastrointestinal disorders; 24. Serious Infections; 25. Human immunodeficiency virus; 26. Kidney disease; 27. Urological conditions; 28. Urinary incontinence; 29. Fecal incontinence; 30. Gynecologic issues; 31. Endocrine disorders; 32. Diabetes mellitus; 33. Lipid management; 34. Osteoporosis and other metabolic bone disorders; 35. Common rheumatologic disease; 36. Geriatric emergency medicine; 37. Musculoskeletal injuries; 38. Dermatologic conditions; 39. Pressure injuries: practical considerations in prevention and treatment; 40. Anemia and other hematological problems; 41. Cancer; 42. Ocular disorders; 43. Geriatric otolaryngology; 44. Oral health; 45. Foot health; Section 4. Principles of care for the elderly: 46. Surgical principles; 47. Rehabilitation; 48. Geriatric sexuality; 49. Aging in adults with intellectual disabilities and severe and persistent mental illness; 50. Home and community-based long-term care; 51. Institutional post-acute and long-term care medicine; 52. Hospital-based care; 53. Introduction to palliative care; 54. The mistreatment of older adults; 55. Driving and the older adult; 56. Integrative medicine; 57. Retirement: a contemporary perspective; 58. Cultural competence; 59. Health literacy; 60. Caregiving; 61. Practice transformation for better care of older adults; 62. Health care organization and financing; 63. Ethical decision making; 64. Epidemic and pandemic impacts on the elderly population.