In the previous four chapters I have identified 64 common health problems afflicting elderly people and have discussed the research evidence on the available preventive care and health promotional strategies to counter each. In this chapter I provide a summary of this evidence in tabular form.

Section A (Tables 10.1 to 10.4) contains recommendations for inclusion in a preventive care protocol. These are based on what, at the present time, seem useful, safe, simple and reasonably cost effective to apply. Section B (Tables 10.5 to 10.7) contains those strategies excluded because they are not, at the present time, considered to be so.

The conclusions drawn are personal to the author. At times, these recommendations may differ from those proposed by various professional societies or from those proposed by the US Preventive Services Task Force or Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination. Readers will need to reach their own conclusions on what is appropriate for inclusion in their daily practice based on this conflicting information, the financial resources available to their health care system and what is considered by society as usual and normal preventive care.