Download or read book Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment written by Alberto Pilotto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an up-to-date review on the principles and practice of multidimensional assessment and management of the older individual, which represents the cornerstone of modern clinical practice in the elderly. The early chapters cover the main elements and scope of the comprehensive geriatric approach and explain the pathways of care from screening and case finding through to in-depth assessment and treatment planning. Subsequent chapters review the evidence of how best to apply the multidimensional assessment and management approach in defined healthcare settings and within specific clinical areas, such as cancer and surgery. Finally, the education and training challenges are reviewed and the prospects for future clinical service and research in this important field are examined. The book is very timely given the recent advances in application of this approach, which reflect the growing international realization that older people are “core business” in many clinical areas where the role of specialist geriatric medicine has hitherto been limited. Accordingly, the book will be relevant to a wide range of clinicians. The authorship comprises many of the best known and widely published experts in their respective fields.

Download or read book Frailty in the Elderly written by Sara Palermo and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The progressive growth in the number of older adults worldwide has led to a modification of the current healthcare scenario and a parallel increase in the use of public resources. In this book, we propose a conceptual framework within which aging, frailty, and care are analyzed through the lens of complexity medicine. Therefore, we present a multidimensional perspective that takes into account biomedical, (neuro)psychological, and socio-ecological vulnerability. The theses presented are the result of an inductive approach, based on many years of experience in the field, which has made it possible to identify strategies for frailty recognition and effective responses even in complicated clinical settings. The book is intended to be a tool of concrete and easy consultation, rich in reflections and suggestions.

Download or read book The Governor s Dilemma written by Kenneth W. Abbott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Governor's Dilemma develops a general theory of indirect governance based on the tradeoff between governor control and intermediary competence; the empirical chapters apply that theory to a diverse range of cases encompassing both international relations and comparative politics. The theoretical framework paper starts from the observation that virtually all governance is indirect, carried out through intermediaries. But governors in indirect governance relationships face a dilemma: competent intermediaries gain power from the competencies they contribute, making them difficult to control, while efforts to control intermediary behavor limit important intermediary competencies, including expertise, credibility, and legitimacy. Thus, governors can obtain either high intermediary competence or strong control, but not both. This competence-control tradeoff is a common condition of indirect governance, whether governors are domestic or international, public or private, democratic or authoritarian; and whether governance addresses economic, security, or social issues. The empirical chapters analyze the operation and implications of the governor's dilemma in cases involving the governance of violence (e.g., secret police, support for foreign rebel groups, private security companies), the governance of markets (e.g., the Euro crisis, capital markets, EU regulation, the G20), and cross-cutting governance issues (colonial empires, "Trump's Dilemma"). Competence-control theory helps explain many features of governance that other theories cannot: why indirect governance is not limited to principal-agent delegation, but takes multiple forms; why governors create seemingly counter-productive intermediary relationships; and why indirect governance is frequently unstable over time.

Download or read book Les Besoins Des Proches de Patients en Soins Palliatifs Domicile written by Haude Lasserre and published by Omniscriptum. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les proches, ou aidants naturels, sont indispensables à l'accompagnement d'une personne en fin de vie à domicile. Nous avons donc recherché leurs besoins, par des entretiens semi-dirigés auprès de quinze personnes ayant accompagné un patient suivi en soins palliatifs par l'Hospitalisation A Domicile (HAD) de Dax. D'après notre étude, les besoins les plus importants, selon ces proches, sont : les soins apportés au mourant avec bien sûr le soulagement de ses symptômes et en premier lieu de la douleur ; la coordination des différents soignants ; et l'accompagnement fait au quotidien par les infirmières et aides-soignantes. Le dispositif de permanence 24h/24 est aussi primordial pour se sentir en sécurité à domicile. De plus les proches doivent être considérés comme des partenaires de la relation de soins en fin de vie, et donc intégrés aux décisions et aux soins eux-mêmes s'ils le souhaitent. Nous, professionnels de santé, devons être attentifs aux proches, car le retentissement de cet accompagnement n'est pas anodin. Il entraîne des répercussions sur leur vie professionnelle, personnelle, familiale et sur leur santé. Il est donc important de leur consacrer du temps afin d'entendre leur souffrance et de les préparer à la mort de leur parent, pour qu'ils puissent être présents auprès de leur malade et vivre ses derniers moments avec lui jusqu'au bout. La pluridisciplinarité de l'accompagnement d'un patient en soins palliatifs et de ses proches est cruciale. Le développement des HAD ainsi que des réseaux est donc préconisé. Les formations de tous les soignants sont aussi essentielles. Et une transmission des savoirs aux proches nous semble recommandée.