Overview
- Each chapter includes a case vignette for useability
- The first text to offer guidance on medical comorbidities in the context of dementia
- Written by experts in the field
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This book is designed to guide all physicians in long-term care, in-, and outpatient settings who work with elders with co-current dementia and medical comorbidities. Chapters cover a wide range of challenging topics, including epidemiological data, evaluation and management techniques to optimize physical and cognitive function in patients with dementia, safety measures, and nonpharmacologic measures to support cognition. Chapters also discuss the unique aspects of managing the most common chronic diseases and the management of musculoskeletal pain in elders with dementia. Except for the introductory chapter, each chapter will include a case vignette to highlight some of the primary challenges of management of the particular chronic disease/condition in elders with dementia, making this an accessible and highly practical tool for medical professionals of all backgrounds.
Written by experts in the field, Dementia and Chronic Disease is an excellent resource for all medical professionals treating patients with dementia, including geriatricians, family medicine physicians, social workers, nurses, hospitalists, and all others.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Angela Georgia Catic
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dementia and Chronic Disease
Book Subtitle: Management of Comorbid Medical Conditions
Editors: Angela Georgia Catic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46398-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46397-7Published: 12 June 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46398-4Published: 11 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 241
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Public Health