Health Maintenance and Preventive Care in Older Adutls with Dementia
This chapter discusses appropriate preventive testing in older adults, which requires weighing the benefits and burdens of testing. Decisions regarding which tests to offer need to be stratified by patients’ estimated life expectancy, which is not just de
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Dementia and Chronic Disease
Angela Georgia Catic Editor
Dementia and Chronic Disease Management of Comorbid Medical Conditions
Editor Angela Georgia Catic Department of Internal Medicine Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX USA Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Houston, TX USA
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Contents
1 Dementia and Chronic Disease in the Elderly�������������������������������������� 1 Angela Georgia Catic 2 Management of Physical Function in Older Adults with Dementia������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 11 Issam El-Bizri and Angela Georgia Catic 3 Management of Cognitive Function in Older Adults with Dementia������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 23 Angela Georgia Catic 4 Medication Management in Older Adults with Dementia ������������������ 39 Mobolaji Adeola, Julianna Fernandez, and Jeffrey Sherer 5 Management of Heart Failure in Older Adults with Dementia ���������� 53 Omar Alzhrani, Kathryn Agarwal, and Nadia Fida 6 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Management in Older Adults with Dementia������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 77 Mahveen Sohail, Kirstyn James, and Medha N. Munshi 7 COPD Management in Older Adults with Dementia �������������������������� 95 Ruby Shah 8 CKD in Older Adults with Dementia ���������������������������������������������������� 111 Chidinma Ek
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