- •Geriatric Ophthalmology
- •Foreword
- •Preface
- •Contents
- •Contributors
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Case Vignette
- •Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- •Patient Care
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- •Professionalism
- •Systems-Based Practice
- •Case Resolution
- •References
- •Refractive Error in the Geriatric Population
- •Case Vignette
- •Patient Care
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- •Professionalism
- •Systems-Based Practice
- •Scenario Resolution
- •References
- •Cataracts and Cataract Surgery
- •Case Vignette
- •Patient Care
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- •Professionalism
- •Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- •Systems-Based Practice
- •Case Resolution
- •References
- •Glaucoma in the Elderly
- •Case Vignette
- •Patient Care
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- •Professionalism
- •Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- •Systems-Based Practice
- •Case Resolution
- •References
- •Diabetic Retinopathy and Its Management
- •Case Vignette
- •Systems-Based Competency
- •Communication Skills and Professionalism
- •Management of Diabetic Retinopathy in Older People: Medical Knowledge and Patient Care
- •Management of Diabetic Macular Edema
- •Practice-Based Learning
- •Management of the Level of Diabetic Retinopathy
- •Case Resolution
- •References
- •Case Vignette
- •Patient Care
- •Management of AMD in Older People
- •Management of Intermediate and Often Large Drusen
- •Management of the Neovascular Stage
- •Impact on Patient’s Perception of Quality of Life Because of Vision
- •Case Resolution
- •References
- •Low Vision: When Vision Fails
- •Case Report
- •Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Patient Care
- •Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- •Professionalism
- •Systems-Based Practice
- •Case Resolution
- •References
- •Visual Loss and Depression
- •Case Vignette
- •Introduction
- •Practice-Based Learning
- •Communication Skills
- •Systems-Based Learning
- •Professionalism
- •Patient Care Summary
- •References
- •Visual Loss and Dementia
- •Case Vignette
- •Introduction
- •Perimetry
- •Neuroimaging
- •Practice-Based Learning
- •Communication Skills and Professionalism
- •Systems-Based Practice
- •Patient Resolution
- •References
- •Visual Loss and Hearing Loss
- •Case Vignette
- •Introduction
- •Practice-Based Learning
- •Communication Skills
- •Professionalism
- •Systems-Based Care
- •Summary
- •References
- •Visual Loss and Falls
- •Case Vignette
- •Introduction
- •Practice-Based Learning
- •Practice-Based Improvement
- •Systems-Based Learning
- •Communication Skills
- •Patient Care Summary
- •References
- •Elder Abuse
- •Case Vignette
- •Patient care
- •Five Common Manifestations of Adult Maltreatment (Adapted from. Lachs et al.3)
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Eight Red Flags for Elder Abuse (Adapted from Purdy10)
- •Interpersonal Skills and Communication
- •Nine Questions to Ask a Suspected Victim of Adult Mistreatment2
- •Professionalism
- •Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- •Systems-Based Practice
- •Elder Abuse Resources (Adapted from Aravanis2 and Kleinschmidt 7)
- •Case Resolution
- •References
- •Functional Impairment and Visual Loss
- •Case Vignette
- •Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
- •Patient Care
- •Medical Knowledge
- •Interpersonal and Communication Skills
- •Professionalism
- •Approach to the Visually Impaired Patient
- •Systems Based Practice
- •Case Resolution: System-Based Practice
- •References
- •The Research Agenda-Setting Project (RASP)
- •Screening for Comorbidities
- •Case Vignette
- •Introduction
- •Practice-Based Learning
- •Communication Skills
- •System-Based Learning
- •Professionalism
- •Patient Care Summary
- •References
- •Refer Comorbidities
- •Case Vignette
- •Introduction
- •Practice-Based Learning
- •Communication Skills
- •System-Based Learning
- •Professionalism
- •Patient Care Summary
- •References
- •Index
Geriatric Ophthalmology
Andrew G. Lee l Hilary Beaver
Editors
Geriatric Ophthalmology
A Competency-based Approach
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Editors |
|
Andrew G. Lee |
Hilary Beaver |
Department of Ophthalmology |
Department of Ophthalmology |
Weill Cornell Medical College |
Weill Cornell Medical College |
The Methodist Hospital |
The Methodist Hospital |
Houston, TX 77030 |
Houston, TX 77030 |
USA |
USA |
aglee@tmhs.org |
habeaver@tmhs.org |
ISBN 978-1-4419-0009-8 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0014-2
DOI 10.1007/b137372
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Dr. Andrew Lee would like to dedicate this book to his parents, Alberto C. Lee, M.D. and Rosalind L. Go Lee, M.D who taught him that wisdom comes with age and that it is not the years in your life that count but the life in your years.
