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F T Sherman

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PubMed1992

Aging and mental health: primary care of the healthy older adult. A roundtable discussion: Part I.

Dementia, depression, alcoholism, and suicide are some of the most important mental health issues for the aging population. Among the factors that affect the physician's ability to evaluate and manage these disorders are drug-induced side effects, the ability and willingness of patients to communicate their feelings, the level of caregiver cooperation, and limitations imposed by federal regulations and reimbursement policies. In this first of three installments of a panel discussion, experts in geriatrics and geropsychiatry discuss healthy aging, age-related memory and sensory loss, changes in mentation postanesthesia, sexuality in the elderly, and side effects of common psychoactive medications.

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PubMed1992

Aging and mental health: diagnosis of dementia and depression.

In this second segment of a panel discussion on aging and mental health, panelists focus on the primary care evaluation and management of the patient with dementia, including differential diagnosis of depression. Other topics of discussion include the roles of psychiatric referral and psychotherapy in patient management, suicide prevention, and alcoholism in elderly patients.

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PubMed1979

A portable medical record system for the elderly.

A portable medical record system consisting of a bracelet and wallet card, was given to two groups of ambulatory, chronically ill, mentally clear, older patients. Group 1 included 23 patients discharged from a skilled nursing facility and treated in the community; group 2, 24 patients attending the outpatient department of an acute general teaching hospital. Biweekly follow-up telephone calls to patients and subsequent discussions with physicians demonstrated the usefulness of this system in predominantly nonemergency settings. Overall, the physicians noticed the bracelet during 46% of the visits and the wallet card during 28%. Group 2 physicians, however, noticed the bracelet and/or wallet card more frequently than did group 1 physicians. Reasons for the difference in recognition among the two groups and the implications for future use of a portable medical record system for the elderly are discussed.

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