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Chapter 4 - Prevention and screening

from Section I - General approach to the care of the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

By
James T. Birch  and
Shelley Bhattacharya
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Christine Arenson ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Daniel Swagerty ,
Laura Mosqueda ,
Maria Fiatarone Singh  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel Swagerty
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Laura Mosqueda
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Maria Fiatarone Singh
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

The need for key screening and prevention activities for older adults is evidence-based. Prevention of infectious disease and illness is often overlooked or considered irrelevant in the geriatric population and is equally as important as management of the multiple acute and chronic conditions that are encountered. Approaches to screening for chronic illness, cancer, and preventable illnesses have evolved and undergone modification over many decades of research and evaluation of outcomes. Screening of common geriatric syndromes such as depression and dementia has been recently updated.
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
 , pp. 46 - 57
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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