Table of Contents

Contributors vi

Preface vii

Acknowledgements viii

1 Introducing Geriatric Medicine 1
Nicola Cooper & Graham Mulley

2 Prescribing in Older People 5
Jon Cooper & Julia Howarth

3 Delirium 11
John Holmes

4 Falls 16
Nicola Cooper

5 Bone Health 23
Katrina Topp

6 Syncope 28
Raja Hussain

7 Transient Ischaemic Attack and Stroke 34
Jon Cooper

8 Dementia 39
John Wattis & Stephen Curran

9 Urinary Incontinence 43
Eileen Burns & Anne Siddle

10 Peri-operative Problems 48
Kirsty Forrest

11 Rehabilitation 53
Lauren Ralston & John Young

12 Palliative Care 59
Lucy Nicholson & Suzanne Kite

13 Discharge Planning 64
Mamoun Elmamoun & Graham Mulley

14 Intermediate Care 69
Nicola Turner & Catherine Tandy

15 Benefits and Social Services 73
John Pearn & Rosemary Young

Index 77

About the Author

Nicola Cooper
Consultant in Acute Medicine and Geriatrics, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Kirsty Forrest
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Education, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Graham Mulley
Professor of Elderly Medicine and President of the British Geriatrics Society, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK