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Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 1 Ageing population and policyEdited by Section editor: Jean-Pierre Michel
- Chapter 1 Demography of global ageingDavid E. Bloom, Elizabeth Mitgang, and Benjamin Osher
- Chapter 2 Population ageing in EuropeEmily M. Grundy and Michael Murphy
- Chapter 3 Ageing in North America: Canada and the United StatesEileen M. Crimmins, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Lauren Brown, and Yongjie Yon
- Chapter 4 Population ageing in South and Central AmericaCarlos M. Paixao Junior, Roberto A. Lourenço, and Fernando Morales-Martínez
- Chapter 5 Population ageing in Sub-Saharan AfricaBilkish Cassim and Isabella Aboderin
- Chapter 6 Population ageing in AsiaDu Peng and Cao Ting
- Chapter 7 Population ageing in Arab countriesAbla Mehio Sibai and Anthony Rizk
- Chapter 8 Population ageing in OceaniaLeon Flicker and Ngaire Kerse
- Chapter 9 Health expectanciesJean-Marie Robine and Carol Jagger
- Chapter 10 Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later lifeRuth Bell and Michael Marmot
- Chapter 11 Implications of population ageing for societies and governmentsJohn R. Beard, Anne Margriet Pot, and Geeske Peeters
- Chapter 12 Economic implications of population ageingAndrew Mason and Ronald Lee
- Chapter 13 Policy options for responding to population ageingAlexandre Sidorenko and Alan Walker
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adultsEdited by Section editor: Finbarr C. Martin
- Chapter 14 A life course approach for understanding later life sustainabilityRichard Dodds, Holly Syddall, and Avan Aihie Sayer
- Chapter 15 Ageing, multimorbidity, and daily functioningBarbara Gryglewska, Karolina Piotrowicz, and Tomasz Grodzicki
- Chapter 16 Comprehensive geriatric assessment: evidenceAlberto Pilotto and Francesco Panza
- Chapter 17 Comprehensive geriatric assessment: the specific assessment technology of InterRAIGeorge Heckman and Pálmi V. Jónsson
- Chapter 18 Engaging older patients in their treatment and careAngela Coulter
- Chapter 19 Models of healthcare for older peopleKaisu Pitkala, John Gladman, and Martin Connolly
- Chapter 20 History taking and physical examinationJosé M. Ribera-Casado
- Chapter 21 CommunicationRebecca Allwood and Rowan H. Harwood
- Chapter 22 Interprofessional team building and case managementEllen Flaherty, Michaela Halnon, and Terry Fulmer
- Chapter 23 Age-friendly environments and their role in supporting Healthy AgeingAlana Margaret Officer, Lisa Warth, Norah Keating, and John R. Beard
- Chapter 24 Principles of medication managementDavid G. Le Couteur, Andrew J. McLachlan, and Sarah N. Hilmer
- Chapter 25 Optimizing pharmacotherapy for older patientsDenis O’Mahony
- Chapter 26 Limitations in the evidence for safe and effective medications for older peopleAntonio Cherubini and Graziano Onder
- Chapter 27 General principles of recovery and rehabilitationTorgeir Bruun Wyller and Erik Bautz-Holter
- Chapter 28 The approach of dying and death, and the mourning process of the survivorsJonathan Martin, Caroline Nicholson, and Rob George
- Chapter 29 Legal and ethical issues in care of older adultsReijo Tilvis
- Section 3 Principles and organization of careEdited by Section editor: B. Lynn Beattie
- Chapter 30 Integrating geriatrics principles into primary careAlfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft
- Chapter 31 Clinical interventions in home careGideon Caplan
- Chapter 32 Geriatric patients in the emergency departmentDon Melady and Barry J. Goldlist
- Chapter 33 Critical illness and intensive careMaria Carlo Duggan, Kwame Frimpong, and E. Wesley Ely
- Chapter 34 Older people presenting to acute care hospitalsRoger Y. M. Wong
- Chapter 35 Post-acute care and intermediate careLiang-Kung Chen
- Chapter 36 Preoperative assessment and perioperative managementJugdeep Dhesi and Judith Partridge
- Chapter 37 Long-term care: residential and nursing home care; from the past to the futureJos M. G. A. Schols and Adam Gordon
- Chapter 38 Dementia specialist care unitsRebecca Palm and Sabine Bartholomeyczik
- Chapter 39 Transitions between care settings until deathElizabeth C. Gundersen, Benjamin A. Bensadon, and Joseph G. Ouslander
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditionsEdited by Section editor: Jeremy D. Walston
- Chapter 40 Why do organisms age?Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
- Chapter 41 Age-related physiologic declinesElisa Fabbri, Marco Zoli, and Luigi Ferrucci
- Chapter 42 The emergence of ageing phenotypes and multisystem declineElisa Fabbri, Marco Zoli, and Luigi Ferrucci
- Chapter 43 Environment and ageing biologyArun S. Karlamangla and Teresa E. Seeman
- Chapter 44 Inflammation and its role in ageing and diseaseJintang Wang and Sean X. Leng
- Chapter 45 Immune system changes and immunosenescenceGraham Pawelec, Ludmila Müller, Tamas Fülöp, and Deborah Dunn-Walters
- Chapter 46 Mitochondrial decline and chronic conditions of older adultsEmanuele Marzetti, Francesco Landi, Francesca Martini, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, and Riccardo Calvani
- Chapter 47 Biological significance of gut microbiota changes associated with ageingKevin Horgan, Fergus Shanahan, and Paul W. O’Toole
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practiceEdited by Section editor: Jeremy D. Walston
- Chapter 48 Conceptualizing geriatric syndromesMarcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
- Chapter 49 DeliriumAlasdair M. J. MacLullich, Edward R. Marcantonio, and David J. Meagher
- Chapter 50 FallsClemens Becker, Jean Woo, and Chris Todd
- Chapter 51 Urinary incontinenceAdrian Wagg
- Chapter 52 Benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancerAlan So, Richard Savdie, Edmund C. P. Chedgy, and Chidi Molokwu
- Chapter 53 Pressure injuries in the ageing populationCindy Kiely and Magdalena Pupiales
- Chapter 54 Sarcopenia—definitions and epidemiologyJosé A. Morais
- Chapter 55 Pathophysiology of sarcopeniaTownsend Benard and Roger A. Fielding
- Chapter 56 Sarcopenia: assessment, management, and outcomesLuis Miguel F. Gutiérrez Robledo and Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda
- Chapter 57 Frailty in older adultsJeremy Walston
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolismEdited by Section editor: B. Lynn Beattie
- Chapter 58 Epidemiology of malnutrition in different care settingsMaria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia and Simone de Vasconcelos Generoso
- Chapter 59 Anorexia of ageingFrancesco Landi, Anna Maria Martone, Riccardo Calvani, and Emanuele Marzetti
- Chapter 60 Protein and energy requirements in health and illnessJürgen M. Bauer and Rebecca Diekmann
- Chapter 61 Vitamin D: its role in health and disease in older people Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari
- Chapter 62 Micronutrients: their roles in health and diseases in older peopleCédric Annweiler and Olivier Beauchet
- Chapter 63 From nutritional screening to assessment and nutritional planning in community, acute, and long-term careGianfranco Gioia, Alessio Molfino, Filippo Rossi Fanelli, and Maurizio Muscaritoli
- Chapter 64 ObesityMauro Zamboni, Francesco Fantin, and Gloria Mazzali
- Chapter 65 Metabolic syndromeStefania Maggi and Gaetano Crepaldi
- Chapter 66 Management of diabetes in older adultsLeocadio Rodríguez Mañas, Marta Castro Rodríguez, and Alan J. Sinclair
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensationEdited by Section editor: Finbarr C. Martin
- Chapter 67 Gait disorders: clinical significance and approach to evaluation and managementStephanie Studenski and Jessie VanSwearingen
- Chapter 68 Osteoporosis in the oldest old: epidemiology, assessment, and managementRené Rizzoli
- Chapter 69 Common fractures in older adults: epidemiology and outcomesHiroshi Hagino and Akiko Kondo
- Chapter 70 Management of common fractures in older adultsV. Ana Sanguineti, Jason R. Wild, Bellal Joseph, and Mindy J. Fain
- Chapter 71 Secondary prevention of fragility fractures: case finding, fracture liaison, falls reduction, and injury preventionTahir Masud and Paul J. Mitchell
- Chapter 72 OsteoarthritisFrancisco J. Blanco
- Chapter 73 Low back pain in older adults: from red flags to functional rehabilitationKieran O’Sullivan, Kjartan Vibe Fersum, Wim Dankaerts, and Peter O’Sullivan
- Chapter 74 Vasculitides in older peopleAlexis Régent and Loïc Guillevin
- Chapter 75 Management of common types of arthritis in older adultsJames B. Galloway and David L. Scott
- Chapter 76 Foot problemsHylton B. Menz
- Chapter 77 Injuries in sports activities in older peopleTomasz Kostka and Joanna Kostka
- Chapter 78 OrthogeriatricsJaqueline Close
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managementEdited by Section editor: Jean-Pierre Michel
- Chapter 79 Immunosenescence and infectious diseasesMichel Moutschen, Henri Martens, and Vincent Geenen
- Chapter 80 Epidemiology of infection in elderly populations in various settingsGaëtan Gavazzi, Thibaut Fraisse, and Benoit de Wazières
- Chapter 81 Pneumonia and respiratory tract infectionsAdamantia Liapikou and Antoni Torres
- Chapter 82 Tuberculosis in old ageAparajit Ballav Dey and Ramesh Kandel
- Chapter 83 Bone and periprosthetic joint infections in older adultsWerner Zimmerli and Parham Sendi
- Chapter 84 Infective endocarditisUrsula Müller-Werdan and Karl Werdan
- Chapter 85 Ageing with HIVAmy Justice
- Chapter 86 Healthcare-associated infections and emergence of antibiotic resistanceBenedikt Huttner and Stephan Harbarth
- Chapter 87 Healthcare-associated infections and infection controlPascal Astagneau, Elise Seringe, and François Bricaire
- Chapter 88 Vaccines against viral infectionsJanet E. McElhaney
- Chapter 89 Integration of vaccination of older adults in a life course programmeJean-Pierre Michel and Fiona Ecarnot
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managementEdited by Section editor: B. Lynn Beattie
- Chapter 90 Cell biology and carcinogenesis in older people Tamas Fülöp, Vladimir N. Anisimov, Francis Rodier, and Martine Extermann
- Chapter 91 Epidemiology of cancers in older adultsShane O’Hanlon and Margot Gosney
- Chapter 92 Screening for cancerAnne Horgan and Shabbir M. H. Alibhai
- Chapter 93 Multidisciplinary management, including chemotherapy of solid tumours (lung, breast, and colon)Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti and Martine Extermann
- Chapter 94 Haemopoietic diseases: leukaemias and myelomasRoberto Mina, Alessandra Larocca, and Antonio Palumbo
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managementEdited by Section editor: Jeremy D. Walston
- Chapter 95 Cardiac and vascular ageingHidetaka Ota and Masahiro Akishita
- Chapter 96 Dyslipidemias and other cardiometabolic risk factors in older adultsHidenori Arai
- Chapter 97 Physical factors in arterial ageingJunichiro Hashimoto and Michael F. O’Rourke
- Chapter 98 Peripheral vascular disease in older adults: diagnostic and treatment considerationsChung S. Lim, Sarah Onida, and Alun H. Davies
- Chapter 99 Aneurysmal diseasesGino Gemayel and Afksendiyos Kalangos
- Chapter 100 Pulmonary thromboembolismSimone Wärntges, Katrin Schäfer, and Stavros V. Konstantinides
- Chapter 101 Hypertension in older adultsHiromi Rakugi and Tatsuo Kawai
- Chapter 102 Syncope and neurocardiovascular instabilityRose Anne Kenny and Conal Cunningham
- Chapter 103 Management of atrial fibrillation and anticoagulant therapiesMark O’Neill, John Whitaker, Jonathan Birns, and Matthew Wright
- Chapter 104 Management of bradyarrhythmiasJames L. Harrison and Mark D. O’Neill
- Chapter 105 Management of tachyarrhythmiasJames L. Harrison and Mark D. O’Neill
- Chapter 106 Ischaemic heart diseaseMartina Rafanelli, Francesco Orso, and Niccolò Marchionni
- Chapter 107 Valvular heart disease: state of the art and treatment perspectivesAlain Cribier and Helene Eltchaninoff
- Chapter 108 Heart failure: definitions, investigation, and managementJohn G. F. Cleland and John Baxter
- Chapter 109 Cardiac rehabilitationAndrew Maiorana, Lis Neubeck, Sian Williams, and Keith Hill
- Chapter 110 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: outcomes and decision-making processes for older adultsEsther M. M. van de Glind, Barbara C. van Munster, and Marije E. Hamaker
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managementEdited by Section editor: Finbarr C. Martin
- Chapter 111 Examining the nervous system of an older patientHenry J. Woodford and James George
- Chapter 112 Peripheral neuropathies and motor neuron disordersStéphane Mathis and Jean-Michel Vallat
- Chapter 113 Headaches and facial painMark Weatherall
- Chapter 114 Traumatic brain injury and subdural haematomaAbdullah Bin Zahid and Uzma Samadani
- Chapter 115 Seizure disorders and managementSteven C. Schachter
- Chapter 116 Parkinsonism, Parkinson’s disease, and related conditionsJohn V. Hindle, Sion Jones, and Glesni Davies
- Chapter 117 Stroke: epidemiology of different types of strokesUy Hoang, Abdel Douiri, Salma Ayis, Yanzhong Wang, Anthony Rudd, and Charles Wolfe
- Chapter 118 Primary and secondary prevention of strokeLisa Manning, Man Yee Lam, and Thompson G. Robinson
- Chapter 119 Management of acute stroke within the stroke pathway and stroke clinicsJonathan Birns and Ajay Bhalla
- Chapter 120 Neurological rehabilitationJoseph S. K. Kwan, Mona M. Y. Tse, and Leonard S. W. Li
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managementEdited by Section editor: B. Lynn Beattie
- Chapter 121 Normal cognition and ageing: structure, function, and cognitive reserveJohn Starr
- Chapter 122 Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease: a relevant challenge for long-term follow-up of a population-based cohortJean François Dartigues, Leslie Grasset, Tabue Teguo Maturin, Alexandra Foubert, Karine Pérès, Catherine Helmer, and Hélène Amieva
- Chapter 123 Cognitive impairment—risk factors and preventionFrancesca Mangialasche, Tiia Ngandu, and Miia Kivipelto
- Chapter 124 Neuropsychological evaluation of cognitionHolly Tuokko and Colette Smart
- Chapter 125 Mild cognitive impairmentPieter Jelle Visser, Nienke Legdeur, Mara ten Kate, and Daniela Bertens
- Chapter 126 The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: assessment and criteriaBruno Dubois, Massimo Filippi, and Gunhild Waldemar
- Chapter 127 Assessment and diagnosis of the non-Alzheimer dementiasChiadi U. Onyike
- Chapter 128 Pharmacological interventions in mild cognitive impairment and dementiaJacques Hugon and Claire Paquet
- Chapter 129 Non-pharmacologic behavioural activity interventions to prevent dementiaMichelle C. Carlson and Vijay R. Varma
- Chapter 130 Management of comorbidities in dementia patientsGabriel Gold and Dina Zekry
- Chapter 131 Evidence-based management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementiaAnne Corbett, Clive Ballard, and Byron Creese
- Chapter 132 Caregivers in dementia: role and empowermentEmma Reynish, Nicola Thomson, and Jane Robertson
- Chapter 133 A new model of care for patients with dementia: the Japanese initiative for dementia careYohko Maki, Takashi Sakurai, and Kenji Toba
- Section 13 Mental health of older adultsEdited by Section editor: Jean-Pierre Michel
- Chapter 134 Mental health: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managementRenzo Rozzini and Marco Trabucchi
- Chapter 135 Sleep disordersYohannes Endeshaw and Donald L. Bliwise
- Chapter 136 Mood and anxiety disordersChristine M. Ulbricht, Jacob Hunnicutt, Anne Hume, Camilla B. Pimentel, Jennifer Tjia, and Kate L. Lapane
- Chapter 137 Functional psychosesLuis Agüera-Ortiz
- Chapter 138 Older people with substance problemsIlana Crome and Rahul (Tony) Rao
- Chapter 139 Elder abusePeter Crome and Amit Arora
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managementEdited by Section editor: Finbarr C. Martin
- Chapter 140 Common geriatric emergenciesSimon Conroy and Rosa McNamara
- Chapter 141 Management of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney diseaseNatalie Ebert and Elke Schaeffner
- Chapter 142 Oral health and mouth diseasesMichael I. MacEntee
- Chapter 143 Gastrointestinal disease in the older populationSilvia Carrión and Pere Clavé
- Chapter 144 MalabsorptionPhilippe Ducrotté and Philippe Chassagne
- Chapter 145 Constipation and faecal incontinencePhilippe Chassagne and Frédéric Roca
- Chapter 146 Age-associated breathlessnessChang Won Won and Sunyoung Kim
- Chapter 147 AnaemiaAmmon M. Fager and Harvey Jay Cohen
- Chapter 148 Endocrinology of ageingAlexis McKee and John E. Morley
- Chapter 149 Sexuality in older personsMarcello Maggio, Fulvio Lauretani, and Gian Paolo Ceda
- Chapter 150 Skin diseases more common in older adultsChristophe Trivalle and Daniel Wallach
- Chapter 151 Common age-related eye diseases and visual impairmentJacqueline Chua, Ching-Yu Cheng, and Tien Yin Wong
- Chapter 152 Hearing impairments and their treatmentsSara K. Mamo, Theresa H. Chisolm, and Frank R. Lin
- Chapter 153 Dizziness and vertigoDeclan Lyons, Avril Beirne, and Joanna Lawson
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life careEdited by Section editor: Jean-Pierre Michel
- Chapter 154 Why, when, and where do older people die?Elizabeth H. Prsic, Rebecca A. Spear, and Joan M. Teno
- Chapter 155 Prognostication and recognition of dyingViviana Forte and Giovanni Gambassi
- Chapter 156 Pain assessment and management in cognitively intact and impaired patientsNele Van Den Noortgate and Elizabeth Sampson
- Chapter 157 Symptom assessment and management at the end of lifeNele Van Den Noortgate and Elizabeth Sampson
- Chapter 158 Eating and drinking in later lifeFinbarr C. Martin, Abdulrazzak Abyad, Hidenori Arai, Marcel Arcand, Hashim Hasan Balubaid, B. Lynn Beattie, Yitshal N. Berner, Rajeev Mohan Kaushik, Pedro Paulo Marín, Yasuyoshi Ouchi, Marwan Ramadan, and Paulina Taboada
- Chapter 159 Rehabilitation: additional palliative care approachesMatthew Maddocks and Sheila Payne
- Chapter 160 Advance care planning for older peopleAline De Vleminck and Luc Deliens
- Section 16 Healthy ageingEdited by Section editor: Jeremy D. Walston
- Chapter 161 Healthy ageing phenotypes and trajectoriesSebastiano Collino, Blandine Comte, Estelle Pujos Guillot, Claudio Franceschi, Antonio Nuñez Galindo, Loïc Dayon, and Martin Kussmann
- Chapter 162 Empowerment of the ageing population: a contribution to active ageingIna Voelcker and Alexandre Kalache
- Chapter 163 Midlife risk factors of diseases and geriatric syndromesTimo E. Strandberg
- Chapter 164 Optimizing physical activity across the lifespanStephen D. Anton, Duane B. Corbett, and Todd M. Manini
- Chapter 165 Nutrition, ageing, and longevityTommy Cederholm and Mai-Lis Hellénius
- Chapter 166 Optimizing cognition in older adults: lifestyle factors, neuroplasticity, and cognitive reserveNicoletta Berardi, Alessandro Sale, and Lamberto Maffei
- Chapter 167 Preserving mental health and well-beingOsvaldo P. Almeida
- Chapter 168 Clinical translation of interventions that target ageing: towards a longevity dividendAllyson K. Palmer and James L. Kirkland
- Chapter 169 Driving, transportation, and mobility in the older adultBenjamin M. Shapiro and L. Jaime Fitten
- Chapter 170 Nanosciences and the medicine of ageingJames Podrebarac, Joel Edin, Erik J. Suuronen, Emilio I. Alarcon, and May Griffith
- Chapter 171 GerontechnologyTilak Dutta, Babak Taati, Pamela Holliday, Yue Li, Steven Pong, Alex Mihailidis, and Geoff Fernie
- Chapter 172 Personalized medicine for older adultsGunnar Akner
- Chapter 173 What next for geriatric medicine?Jean-Pierre Michel, B. Lynn Beattie, Finbarr C. Martin, and Jeremy Walston
- End Matter
