- •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
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