Suchergebnisse

Introduction, an historical perspective / Prisca von Dorotka Bagnell -- The use of gerontological resources, a five year analysis of information dissemination / Willie M. Edwards -- Integrating information technology in gerontology, the Andrus Gerontological Information Center / Margaret Kronauer Longo, Stewart R. Greathouse, Jean E. Mueller -- The National Gerontology Resource Center / Paula M. Lovas -- Information transfer in gerontology and health, a centralized and decentralized model / Marta L. Dosa -- The National Archive of Computer-Readable Data on Aging / Susan B. Haberkorn, Michael W. Traugott -- Information documentation on aging in an international context, an analysis by an information user / George Thomas Beall -- Selections of multidisciplinary information sources / Janet R. Bailin, Sherry Morgan -- Canadian information resources and services in gerontology and geriatrics / Elaine Duwors, Joanne Gard Marshall, Gale Moore -- Collecting books on old age / Joseph T. Freeman

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: A Geriatrician's Success Story -- 1.1 Geriatric Fellowship -- 1.2 My First Job -- 1.3 Moving Up the Ladder -- 1.4 Going into Private Practice -- 1.5 Doing What's Important -- 2: Why Geriatric Medicine Matters -- 2.1 Basic Tenets of Geriatric Medicine -- 2.2 My Grandfather and the Healthcare System -- 2.3 Doing the Right Thing -- 2.4 Geriatrics and the Individual -- 2.4.1 The MedWiseTM Philosophy of Care -- 2.4.2 Geriatric Medical Model of Care -- 2.4.3 Geriatric Medical Approach to Practice -- 3: Matching Clinical Strengths to Revenue -- 3.1 Evaluating Provider Reimbursement -- 3.2 Staying True to the Geriatric Approach to Care -- 3.3 Palliative Care -- 3.4 The Importance of the Customer -- 3.5 Don't Take No for an Answer -- 3.6 Understand Coding -- 3.7 The Future Is Now -- 4: Taking Full Risk -- 4.1 An Opportunity Arises -- 4.2 Due Diligence -- 4.3 Decisions to Make -- 4.4 Meeting the Physicians -- 4.5 Focus on the Geriatric Model of Care -- 4.6 Give and Take -- 4.7 Specialty Capitation -- 4.8 Information System Decision -- 4.9 Care Coordination -- 4.10 Hospital Days per Thousand -- 4.10.1 Hospital Rounds 12/7 -- 4.10.1.1 Hospital Rounds 12/8 -- 4.10.1.2 Hospital Rounds 12/9 -- 4.10.2 Hospital Rounds 12/10/1998 -- 4.10.2.1 Hospital Rounds 12/14 -- 4.10.2.2 Hospital Rounds 12/15 -- 4.10.2.3 Hospital Rounds 12/16 -- 4.10.2.4 Hospital Rounds 12/18 -- 4.10.2.5 Hospital Rounds 12/21 -- 4.10.2.6 Hospital Rounds 12/22 -- 4.10.2.7 Hospital Rounds 12/23 -- 4.10.2.8 Hospital Rounds 12/28 -- 4.11 Negotiating with Hospitals -- 4.12 In the Middle of Giants -- 4.13 Aligning Incentives -- 5: The Psychology of Geriatricians -- 5.1 The Hospitalist Comparison -- 5.2 Fish Out of Water -- 5.3 What Is a Geriatrician -- 5.4 Achieving Balance -- 5.5 The Aversion to Making Money.

The second volume in this long-running series presents the usual critical and intensive review chapters divided into five sections but also addresses particular topics of special interest, including drugs and their use, and misuse, among the aged; the nonmedication orientation to treatment of various disorders; the immune system; and clinical procedures in the management of urinary incontinence. As with all the volumes, the contributors represent an international array of leading experts

The significant aging of the world population increases the demand for professionals with adequate training to care for the elderly. There is shortage and unsatisfactory distribution of health professionals worldwide, and so occurs in relation to professionals trained to care for the elderly. The deficiency of Medical Education in Geriatrics is a global phenomenon, since only about 40% of the countries refer some content of Geriatrics in undergraduate Medical courses. Even though Brazil has advanced legislation in terms of elderly policy, less than half of the medical courses offer Geriatrics disciplines/modules or content related to aging, besides the lack of training activities for teachers, specialists and researchers in the field. This situation is worsened by the fact that in this population group there is prevalence of chronic-degenerative diseases, specificities in the manifestation of diseases and, consequently, their handling, emphasizing the need for a biopsychosocial model with the performance of a multidisciplinary team trained for this purpose. Despite the efforts of several institutions and societies around the world involved in establishing a minimum Geriatrics curriculum in Medicine courses and qualifying professionals to work in the area, the problem is aggravated by the speed of population aging. The challenges are many and there is a lot of work to be done. The creation of feasible and sustainable models of care for the elderly should be the goal of governments and of all of those who work in the field, not only in Brazil, but all over the world.