Evidence-Based Geriatric Medicine

Dr. Jayna Holroyd-Leduc is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She received her medical degree at the University of Toronto, Canada. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the University of Toronto, before completing a research fellowship in Geriatrics and Quality Improvement at the San Francisco VA Medical Centre and the University of California, San Francisco. Her research interests include systematic reviews, knowledge translation, clinical decision support and improving care provided to older patients. She is the University of Calgary Geriatric Medicine Training Program Director and the Department of Medicine QI Lead.Madhuri Reddy MD MSc is an Internist and Geriatric Medicine specialist. She is currently Director of the Wound Healing Clinic at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She has published several original research papers, been editor or on the editorial board of several publications, has written book chapters for clinicians, as well as a book for patients and their caregivers on the care of chronic wounds (Healing Wounds, Healthy Skin). Dr Reddy completed her Geriatric Medicine training at the University of Toronto in Canada.

“This is a good book for lay caregivers and support personnel training to provide care, as it includes many options for consideration.”  (Doody’s, 10 August 2012)

• List of contributors, viForeword, ixSharon Straus1 Function and frailty: the cornerstones of geriatric assessment, 1Paige K. Moorhouse & Kenneth Rockwood2 Computer-based clinical decision support systems in the care of older patients, 13Marina Martin & Mary K. Goldstein3 Simplifying the pillbox: drugs and aging, 25Sudeep S. Gill & Dallas P. Seitz4 Breathing easier: respiratory disease in the older adult, 43Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer5 Breathing easier: an approach to heart failure in a patient with an aging heart, 58Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy, & Anita Asgar6 Clarifying confusion: prevention and managing delirium, 65Ranjani Aiyar & Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc7 Preserving the memories: managing dementia, 73Dallas P. Seitz, Philip E. Lee, Sudeep S. Gill, & Paula A. Rochon8 Enjoying the golden years: diagnosing and treating depression, 94Jane Pearce & Stuart Carney9 A balancing act: preventing and treating falls, 105Emily Kwan & Sharon Straus10 Keeping dry: managing urinary incontinence, 124Cara Tannenbaum11 Keeping things moving: preventing and managing constipation, 140Dov Gandell & Shabbir M.H. Alibhai12 Preventing and treating pressure ulcers, 155Madhuri Reddy, Sudeep S. Gill, Sunila R. Kalkar, Wei Wu, & Paula A. Rochon13 Elder Abuse, 166Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, & Karli R.E. Urban14 A good death: appropriate end-of-life care, 175Cari Levy & Jean S. KutnerIndex, 187