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Geriatrics, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

  • 1st Edition, Volume 44-3 - August 10, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Demetra Antimisiaris, Laura Morton
  • Language: English

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Drs. Antimisiaris and Gopalraj, is devoted to Geriatrics. Articles in this issue include: Geriatric… Read more

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This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Drs. Antimisiaris and Gopalraj, is devoted to Geriatrics. Articles in this issue include: Geriatric Assessment for the Primary Care Provider; Ageism in Medicine: What is Normal Aging?; Management of Polypharmacy in the 15 Minute Office Visit; Sexuality in the Older Adult; Alzheimer’s Disease and the Future; Evaluating the Older Driver; Diabetes in the Older Adult; Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?; Mental Health in Older Age; Advanced Care Planning in the Office; Pain in the Older Adult; Hyperlipidemia and Hypertension in the Older Adult; and Delirium: Assessment and Prognosis.

Table of contents

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

Geriatrics

Foreword: The Art of Managing Complexity, the Joy of Aging Gracefully

Preface: The Urgent Need for Robust Geriatric Patient Care Skills in Primary Care

Geriatric Assessment for Primary Care Providers

Managing Polypharmacy in the 15-Minute Office Visit

Sexuality in the Older Adult

Dementia for the Primary Care Provider

Evaluation of the Older Driver

The Older Adult with Diabetes and Busy Clinicians

Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?

Depression in Older Adults: A Treatable Medical Condition

Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Setting

Pain in the Elderly: Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Older Adults with Pain Complaints and Pain-Related Symptoms

Hypertension in the Older Adult

Delirium

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 44-3
  • Published: August 19, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Demetra Antimisiaris

Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Management and Systems Sciences, Family and Geriatric Medicine, and Neurology at the University of Louisville Schools of Public Health and Medicine. She also serves as Director of the University of Louisville’s Frazier Polypharmacy Program, which focuses on education, research, and outreach to address the growing challenges of polypharmacy.

Dr. Antimisiaris completed a geriatric pharmacy residency in 1990 at the VA Medical Center in Sepulveda, California, a UCLA geriatrics training site and part of the Greater Los Angeles Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (LA-GRECC). This program placed particular emphasis on addressing polypharmacy, shaping her long-standing focus in this area. Before entering academia mid-career, she worked as a consultant pharmacist.

Her research interests include multi-stakeholder approaches to medication use, health system drivers of polypharmacy, and medication-use risk modeling. She has authored numerous publications, serves as Assistant Dean of Continuing Medical Education (CME), contributes to NSF- and NIH-funded research projects, and provides a polypharmacy consultation service.

Dr. Antimisiaris has made significant contributions to education related to polypharmacy. Her work includes developing interprofessional education programs for healthcare learners, leading conference workshops, and teaching across undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physician assistant, athletic trainer, social work, psychology and nursing.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor in the Departments of Health Management and Systems Sciences, Family and Geriatric Medicine, and Neurology at the University of Louisville Schools of Public Health and Medicine. Fulbright Specialist, Polypharmacy, U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Specialist Program. Faculty and past co-chair, UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatrics. Adjunct Professor and preceptor, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Faculty Chair and content author- MTM certificate programs.

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Laura Morton

Affiliations and expertise
University of Louisville Louisville, KY