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Elderly Patients in Hospital, A White Paper addressing the social aspects of elderly care, 'Our health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services', w...
Prevention of Falls in Elderly People, Falls in elderly people Falls in elderly people are a major threat to older adults' quality of life, often causing a decline ...
Epilepsy in Elderly People, Status epilepticus appears to occur more frequently in individuals greater than 60 years and the morbidity and mortality of status epilepticus are significantly gr...
Community Care, The services are aimed at the elderly and those who have mental illness, learning disability and physical disability. The main aim in providing community care service...
Prevention of Falls in the Elderly, Falls Elderly falls
Primary Care Clinics, Examples of clinics which are provided in primary care clinic Well-woman/well-man clinic Antenatal clinic Elderly medicine clinic Hypert...
Palliative Care of Heart Failure, This model proved ineffective, as many clinicians would defer or delay palliative care referral until they were certain a patient was dying. [ 5 ] The N...
Screening for Depression in Primary Care, Stressful home environments. The elderly. Social isolation . Unexplained symptoms . Depression may be more difficult to det...
Nutritional Support in Primary Care, Vulnerable psychosocial situation: eg, elderly living alone, people with learning disabilities living alone, poverty or social isolation, people ...
Counselling in Primary Care, One study found it was beneficial in the management of elderly patients with depressive disorder. [ 5 ] Access has always been the issue in primary ...
Coping with Uncertainty in Primary Care, When faced with an osteoarthritic elderly patient do you prescribe an NSAID , a COX-2 inhibitor , a codeine -based or related drug, plain ...
Prescribing in Palliative Care, Particular care should be taken when prescribing for elderly or frail patients, and for patients who are malnourished, cachectic and/or oedem...
End of Life Care, These standards include: If you are approaching the end of life, you should: Have the chance to discuss advance care planning. Have joined-up car...
Palliative Care, What is palliative care? Palliative care is essentially about providing the care we need to make sure that we are able to live our lives as well...
Mouth Care, Good mouth care can prevent some problems from developing, or prevent minor problems from getting worse. How to take care of your mouth If you are at risk of develop...
Stoma Dietary Care, Book now Living with a stoma Most hospitals will have a team of stoma care nurses who will help people who have a stoma to become used to livi...
NHS and Other Care Options, As well as dealing with medical problems, other services usually offered at GP surgeries include: Antenatal care during pregnancy and postnatal ...
Refer Yourself for NHS Antenatal Care, Book a private telephone consultation with a local pharmacist today Book now Self-referral for antenatal ...
Cardiac-type Chest Pain Presenting in Primary Care, Atypical presentations are common (especially in women, older men, people with diabetes, and people from ethnic minorities) - eg, abdominal...
Antenatal Care, Other general principles In uncomplicated pregnancies, midwife/GP care should normally be offered, with specialist care readily available when complica...