Emerging Issues in the Care of the Elderly

Abstract

(from the chapter) highlight some of the basic issues that are influencing health care for older patients, including demographic patterns, health care needs and utilization, and attitudinal barriers to quality care (chapter) identify the most common reasons that older patients might be referred to a psychologist in a medical setting / outline basic strategies that we have found useful in responding to these referrals (chapter) older adults and health care: some widely recognized trends [demography and medical morbidity, aging and mental disorders] / common referral questions for older patients in medical settings [cognitive impairment: identification and treatment, depression in elderly medical patients, pain problems in the elderly, sleep problems] / issues of special concern for medical psychologists (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (chapter)