List of contributors, vi Foreword, ix Sharon Straus 1 Function and frailty: the cornerstones of geriatric assessment, 1 Paige K. Moorhouse & Kenneth Rockwood 2 Computer-based clinical decision support systems in the care of older patients, 13 Marina Martin & Mary K. Goldstein 3 Simplifying the pillbox: drugs and aging, 25 Sudeep S. Gill & Dallas P. Seitz 4 Breathing easier: respiratory disease in the older adult, 43 Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer 5 Breathing easier: an approach to heart failure in a patient with an aging heart, 58 Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, Madhuri Reddy, & Anita Asgar 6 Clarifying confusion: prevention and managing delirium, 65 Ranjani Aiyar & Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc 7 Preserving the memories: managing dementia, 73 Dallas P. Seitz, Philip E. Lee, Sudeep S. Gill, & Paula A. Rochon 8 Enjoying the golden years: diagnosing and treating depression, 94 Jane Pearce & Stuart Carney 9 A balancing act: preventing and treating falls, 105 Emily Kwan & Sharon Straus 10 Keeping dry: managing urinary incontinence, 124 Cara Tannenbaum 11 Keeping things moving: preventing and managing constipation, 140 Dov Gandell & Shabbir M.H. Alibhai 12 Preventing and treating pressure ulcers, 155 Madhuri Reddy, Sudeep S. Gill, Sunila R. Kalkar, Wei Wu, & Paula A. Rochon 13 Elder Abuse, 166 Erik J. Lindbloom, Landon D. Hough, & Karli R.E. Urban 14 A good death: appropriate end-of-life care, 175 Cari Levy & Jean S. Kutner Index, 187 Evidence-Based Medicine Series The Evidence-Based Medicine Series has a website at: www.evidencebasedseries.com
