Geriatric Medicine Made Easy: Modern Principles, Clinical Person Centered Care & Practice

Old age isn't a disease. But it changes everything about how you practice. A 75-year-old with chest pain isn't a 50-year-old with more birthdays. Their heart works differently. Their kidneys handle drugs differently. Their brain might not show symptoms the same way. Miss those differences, and you miss the diagnosis or worse, cause harm. This book was written for that gap. It's geriatric medicine stripped down to what you actually need on the ward, in clinic, or at the bedside. No fluff. No dense geriatric theory for its own sake. Just clear, practical guidance on caring for older adults the way they deserve. What you'll actually use: The science of ageing, made useful. Chapter One walks through what changes in every organ—heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, muscles, immune system—and what those changes mean for your clinical decisions. The geriatric giants, tackled head-on. Falls, frailty, delirium, dementia, functional decline. Not as textbook categories, but as real problems you need to assess and manage today. Chronic disease, but make it personal. Heart failure, AFib, hypertension, COPD, CKD, osteoarthritis. The guidelines were written for younger bodies. Learn how to adapt them for someone who's 85. The stuff they don't teach in med school. Polypharmacy and deprescribing. The Beers criteria. The prescribing cascade. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA). How to have the hard conversation about goals of care, DNACPR, and the last days of life. Mental health, pain, cancer, nutrition, rehabilitation. All through a geriatric lens. And a whole section on systems and the future: long-term care, home care, technology, global ageing, and fighting ageism in healthcare. Appendices packed with tools you'll reach for: cognitive screens (MMSE, MoCA), functional tools (Barthel Index), frailty scales, mood screens (GDS), nutritional tools (MUST, MNA), pain assessment for dementia patients, and quick clinical reference cards. Written for residents, family docs, internists, nurses, and anyone who cares for older adults. Because the older population is growing faster than the specialty. You don't need to be a geriatrician. You just need to think like one. Open it when you're stuck. Keep it close for the everyday. Get your copy now!