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American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting
June 2015
Palliative Care for Nonhealing Chronic Wounds
Dr. Levine addressed how palliative care concepts can be applied to chronic wounds and how this can improve care of older adults and lower healthcare costs.
Read the full story... Diagnosis and Management of Dementia with Lewy Bodies Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common cause of neurodegenerative disease, after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Read the fully story... Strategies for Reducing Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients with Urinary Catheters Among patients with a urinary catheter, the inclination to screen for UTIs may be even greater, and when bacteriuria is observed, it may be incorrectly diagnosed and managed as a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), even when symptoms are absent. Read the full story... Impact of Diabetes on Functional Status During a session at the AGS meeting, Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, discussed the unique considerations of diabetes in older adults. Read the full story...
