ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLINICAL GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Encyclopedia of Clinical Geriatric Medicine is a comprehensive professional reference designed for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical and nursing students, pharmacists, rehabilitation professionals, long-term care adherents, and healthcare teams caring for older adults.

The book presents geriatric medicine as an integrated clinical discipline rather than a collection of isolated diseases. It explains how multimorbidity, frailty, cognition, functional status, medication burden, nutrition, mobility, caregiver support, and personal goals interact to shape clinical outcomes in later life.

Readers will find detailed coverage of comprehensive geriatric assessment, chronic disease management, frailty and sarcopenia, dementia and cognitive disorders, neuropsychiatric conditions, medication safety and deprescribing, common geriatric syndromes, rehabilitation, long-term care, palliative care, advance care planning, and health-system approaches to aging.

Practical clinical frameworks, case-based examples, assessment checklists, red-flag guidance, decision-making strategies, and interdisciplinary care principles are integrated throughout the book to support real-world application.

Key topics include:

• Comprehensive geriatric assessment
• Multimorbidity and complex chronic disease management
• Frailty, sarcopenia, and functional decline
• Dementia, delirium, and cognitive disorders
• Depression, anxiety, and neuropsychiatric conditions
• Polypharmacy, medication safety, and deprescribing
• Falls, orthostatic hypotension, pain, continence, and nutrition
• Rehabilitation and restorative care
• Assisted living and nursing-home medicine
• Long-term care planning
• Palliative and end-of-life care
• Advance care planning and decision-making capacity
• Caregiver burden and interdisciplinary care
• Age-friendly health systems and quality improvement

Written in a clear, structured, professor-level medical style, this reference is designed to support both learning and clinical practice.