Caring for Older Adults, An issue of Physician Assistant Clinics: Volume 11-1

In this issue of Physician Assistant Clinics, guest editor Kris Pyles-Sweet brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Caring for Older Adults. Top experts discuss topics of importance to PAs when caring for older adults, such as pain management, dental care, nutrition, and common neurological disorders, polypharmacy, and end-of-life care.

Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including aging in place, elder abuse from the ER perspective, dementia; advanced care directives and care planning; top ten skin concerns in the older years; the economics of aging; and more Provides in-depth clinical reviews on caring for older adults, offering actionable insights for clinical practice Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews