This book is a practical reference for any clinician who has struggled to care for an older
adult in a home setting. The volume is written by experts in the field who describe fundamental
principles and clinical approaches of geriatric home-based care and their application to
specific diseases and conditions including delirium incontinence falls and chronic pain and
disability. The book also details house calls for special populations from the developmentally
disabled to those afflicted with neurologic or psychiatric diseases. The volume explores house
calls within the context of the US healthcare system. Geriatric Home-Based Medical Care:
Principles and Practice is a valuable resource for geriatricians geriatric nurses primary
care physicians social workers public health officials and all medical professions who need
tools to provide timely compassionate and high-quality care for their older adult patients.
