The Geriatric Admission: A Handbook for Hospitalists

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Author(s): Anupama Roy Chowdhury, Derrick Chen Wee Aw
PDF: 7.4 MB

The Geriatric Admission: A Handbook for Hospitalists is a practical, hands-on guide tailored for hospitalists and other healthcare providers who manage elderly patients during their hospital stay. This handbook focuses on the unique needs of geriatric patients upon admission, providing essential insights and best practices for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning specific to older adults. With a concise, user-friendly format, it serves as a quick reference tool for managing common geriatric conditions, preventing complications, and ensuring patient safety.

Key Features:

1. Admission-Focused Guidance: Designed to help hospitalists navigate the key aspects of admitting geriatric patients, from initial assessment to developing a care plan tailored to each patient’s needs.
2. Concise, Practical Format: Organized in an easy-to-follow layout, the handbook delivers essential information quickly, making it perfect for use during busy hospital shifts.
3. Covers Common Geriatric Syndromes: Includes detailed information on managing conditions frequently encountered in older patients, such as delirium, frailty, falls, dehydration, and polypharmacy.
4. Evidence-Based Recommendations: Incorporates the latest guidelines and evidence-based practices, ensuring that hospitalists can provide high-quality, informed care that aligns with current geriatric medicine standards.
5. Patient-Centered Focus: Emphasizes patient-centered approaches, including effective communication with elderly patients and their families, addressing quality of life concerns, and involving the patient in care decisions.
6. Risk Mitigation and Complication Prevention: Provides strategies to minimize risks and prevent common complications in geriatric patients, such as pressure ulcers, infections, and adverse drug reactions.
7. Clinical Tools and Checklists: Offers helpful checklists, assessment tools, and protocols that streamline the admission process, helping hospitalists cover all critical areas efficiently.
8. Interdisciplinary Approach: Encourages coordination with nursing staff, pharmacists, social workers, and other care team members to create a comprehensive care plan that addresses the complex needs of older adults.

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