Treat Me, Not My Age A Doctor's Guide to Getting the Best Care as You or a LovedOne Gets Older

by Lachs, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780670022106
• ISBN10: 0670022101
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-16
• Publisher: Viking Adult

Summary

Renowned geriatrician Lachs explains how to navigate a complex and confusing system to make the best choices now that lay the groundwork for a satisfying, active lifestyle that lasts well into the golden years.

Author Biography

Mark Lachs, MD is director of Cornell's Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care, director of Geriatrics for the New York- Presbyterian Health System, chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Weill Medical College, and the Irene F. and I. Roy Psaty Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
"You're a What?"	p. 12
Understanding How Geriatricians Think About Aging
The Biology of Aging	p. 26
An Embarrassment of Riches That You Were Never Supposed to Need
A Geriatrician's Perspective on Ageism	p. 42
It's Not Just Grandpa Who's Being Put Out to Pasture
Do No Harm, but for God's Sake, Do Something!	p. 52
Cookbook Medicine	p. 65
A Recipe for Disaster at Any Age
Bedside Matters	p. 78
Do You Have an Aging-Friendly Primary Care Doctor?
How Many Specialists does it Take to Screw in a Lightbulb (or Screw You Up)?	p. 105
Care Transitions as We Get Older	p. 116
Cracks You Didn't Even Know You Could Fall Through
No Place for Sick People	p. 131
Hospitals as We Get Older
You Could Become Geriatric Just Waiting	p. 156
How to Emerge from the Emergency Room Unscathed
In Search of an Honorable Discharge	p. 173
Maybe You're Not the Problem	p. 192
Disability Caused by Places and Not People (or Their Diseases)
Homes Away from Home as We Age	p. 203
Medications as We Age	p. 224
Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vitamins, and Supplements	p. 235
Who Do You Believe?
Money and Aging	p. 257
Financial Gerontology	p. 275
The Good, the Bad, and the Phony
It Ain't Over Till It's Over (and Sometimes Not Even Then)	p. 294
A Geriatrician Talks about Death and Dying
Staying in Control	p. 319
Making and Encouraging Good Choices as We Age
It's Never Too Late...	p. 350
Appendix	p. 361
Notes	p. 371
Index	p. 379
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