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2. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care), serves the needs of old adults.It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care.

3. Geriatrics - Wikipedia

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   Geriatric providers receive specialized training in caring for elderly patients and promoting healthy aging. The care provided is one largely based on shared-decision making and is driven by patient goals and preferences, which can vary from preserving function, improving quality of life, or prolonging years of life.

4. Geriatric dentistry - Wikipedia

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   The dental classification of ageing however is more useful if it is based on the patient's ability to seek dental care independently. [10] Frail elderly have chronic, debilitating, physical, medical and emotional problems who are unable to maintain independence without continued assistance from others. As a result, the majority of the frail ...

5. Geriatric care management - Wikipedia

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   Geriatric care management is the process of planning and coordinating care of the elderly and others with physical and/or mental impairments to meet their long term care needs, improve their quality of life, and maintain their independence for as long as possible.

6. America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker - The Huffington Post

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   The headline of a PowerPoint presentation prepared for the meeting was non-committal: “Risperdal in BPSD”—Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia. But the subhead was direct and seemed to signal an about-face from Johnson & Johnson’s drive to promote Risperdal off-label to the elderly: “The BPSD project shall be terminated as ...

7. Geriatric anesthesia - Wikipedia

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   The perioperative care of elderly patients differs from that of younger patients for a number of reasons. Some of these can be attributed to the changes that occur in the process of aging, but many are also caused by diseases that accompany seniority. The distinction between so-called normal aging and pathological changes is critical to the ...

8. Aging in place - Wikipedia

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   The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model was created in the early 1970s in order to meet the chronic care needs of older people through their community. As an assistance program, one must be at least 55 years of age, certified by their state to need nursing home care, are able to live safely in the community at the time of ...

9. Gerontological nursing - Wikipedia

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   Gerontological nursing is complex and requires extensive interventions to keep the elderly safe. Nurses must be able to accommodate their patients for the vision loss, hearing loss, and dental issues. Elderly people with poor vision can be given reading materials with larger font, be provided with magnifying glasses, and brighter lighting. [15]