Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine

Prasun Chatterjee MD (Geriatric Medicine) FRCP (Edinburgh)Chief, Geriatric Medicine and Longevity Science, Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram and New Delhi; Member, Technical Advisory Group for Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation, WHO; UN Decade of Healthy Ageing; Former Professor, AIIMS, Department of Geriatric Medicine, New Delhi, India; Vice President - Indian Academy of Geriatrics

• SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGYCHAPTER 1: Global Demography and India's PerspectiveCHAPTER 2: Theories of AgingCHAPTER 3: Physiological Changes with AgingCHAPTER 4: Immunology of AgingCHAPTER 5: Psychological Changes of AgingCHAPTER 6: MultimorbidityCHAPTER 7: Longevity and Anti-agingCHAPTER 8: Oral Health in Older AdultsCHAPTER 9: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Approach to Geriatric PatientsCHAPTER 10: Government Schemes for Senior CitizensSECTION 2: GERIATRIC SPECIFICSCHAPTER 11: Healthy Aging and Intrinsic CapacityCHAPTER 12: FrailtyCHAPTER 13: SarcopeniaCHAPTER 14: FallCHAPTER 15: Syncope in ElderlyCHAPTER 16: IncontinenceCHAPTER 17: Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate MedicationsCHAPTER 18: Pressure UlcerCHAPTER 19: DeliriumCHAPTER 20: Cardiac Frailty and Heart Failure in ElderlyCHAPTER 21: Sleep-disordersCHAPTER 22: Elder AbuseCHAPTER 23: Diseases of Aging EyeCHAPTER 24: Mild Cognitive ImpairmentCHAPTER 25: Major Neurocognitive DisorderCHAPTER 26: Obesity in ElderlyCHAPTER 27: Mobility IssueCHAPTER 28: Osteoarthritis and Other Degenerative Joint DiseasesCHAPTER 29: OsteoporosisCHAPTER 30: Psychiatric Disorders in Older Population: Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Somatoform Disorder and SchizophreniaCHAPTER 31: Hearing Impairment in ElderlyCHAPTER 32: Vertigo in ElderlyCHAPTER 33: Sexuality in Older AgeCHAPTER 34: Spirituality in Older AdultsCHAPTER 35: Occupational Therapy for Older AdultsCHAPTER 36: Geriatric Models of CareSECTION 3: PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL GERIATRICSCHAPTER 37: Social GeriatricsCHAPTER 38: Vaccination in ElderlyCHAPTER 39: Perioperative AssessmentCHAPTER 40: Role of Artificial Intelligence in Elderly CareCHAPTER 41: Palliative Care in Geriatric CareCHAPTER 42: Geriatric OncologyCHAPTER 43: Constipation in Older Adults: Assessment, Management, and Special ConsiderationsCHAPTER 44: Prehabilitation and Postoperative Rehabilitation among the Elderly Patients: Recent Advances and Future ProspectivesCHAPTER 45: Introduction to OrthogeriatricsCHAPTER 46: Planning and Designing Age Friendly Health Care Facility