A comprehensive list of resource materials is provided. A large amount of resource materials is also available in the Resource Centre on Aging, Room AB 129, First Floor Old Service Building, The Ottawa Hospital – Geriatric Assessment Unit Administration area. Geriatricians can also provide extra materials from personal file collections if needed.
Recommended Reading:
- Protocols in Primary Care Geriatrics, 2nd Edition Sloan, J.P.New York: Springer, 1997 (available in Resource Centre on Aging)
- Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 6th Edition Kane, Robert L.New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, 2009 (available in Resource Centre on Aging)
- Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine Durso, S.C., Bowker, L.K., Price, J.D., Smith, S.C.New York: Oxford University Press, 2010
- Geriatric Medicine Survival Handbook (revised edition) Brian Christopher Misiaszek, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, March 2008
Resources
Advanced Directives
- Let Me Decide Booklet for Advanced Planning, Dr. William Molloy, McMaster University
- Five Wishes from Aging with Dignity (USA Initiative) The Five Wishes Booklet Sample
- Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Paradigm (USA Initiative)
Affective Disorders
- Pharmacotherapy of Affective Disorders in Old Age, Tourigny-Rivard, M.F. (1997). Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie, 42 Suppl 1, 10S-18S.
Capacity and Consent Law
- A Practical Guide to Capacity and Consent Law of Ontario for Health Practitioners Working with People with Alzheimer Disease
The Champlain Dementia Network of Ottawa
Decision Support
- The Use of Clinical Decision-Support Tools to Facilitate Geriatric Education – Litvin, C.B., Davis, K.S., Moran, W.P., Iverson, P.J., Zhao, Y., & Zapka, J. (2012). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60(6), 1145-1149.
Delirium
- Delirium in Elderly Patients. Cole, M.G. (2004). Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 12(1):7-21.
- Delirium Resources, Vancouver Island Health Authority
- Diagnosis and Prevention of Delirium in Elderly People – Freter, S. and Rockwood, K. (2004). Canadian Alzheimer Disease Review,:4-9.
- Etiology and Management of Delirium -Roche, V. (2003). Southwestern Internal Medicine Conference. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 325(1), 20-30.
Dementia
- The Alzheimer Society of Canada – Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
- The Dementia Care System in the Ottawa Region, Champlain Dementia Network
- MoCA
- Driving and Dementia
- Toward Defining the Preclinical Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association Workgroups on Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Disease. Sperling, R.A., Aisen, P.S., Beckett, L.A., Bennett, D.A., Craft, S., Fagan, A.M., et. al. (2011). Alzheimer’s & Dementia : The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 7(3), 280-292.
- The Diagnosis of Dementia due to Alzheimer’s Disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association Workgroups on Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Disease. McKhann, G.M., Knopman, D.S., Chertkow, H., Hyman, B.T., Jack, C.R.,Jr, Kawas, C.H., et. al. (2011). Alzheimer’s & Dementia : The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 7(3), 263-269.
- Introduction to the Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association Workgroups on Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Disease.Jack, C.R.,Jr, Albert, M.S., Knopman, D.S., McKhann, G.M., Sperling, R.A., Carrillo, M.C., et. al. (2011). Alzheimer’s & Dementia : The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 7(3), 257-262.
- The Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer’s Disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association Workgroups on Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Disease Albert, M.S., DeKosky, S.T., Dickson, D., Dubois, B., Feldman, H.H., Fox, N.C., et. al. (2011). Alzheimer’s & Dementia : The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 7(3), 270-279.
Depression
- CCSMH National Guidelines for Seniors’ Mental Health, Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health
- Recognizing Delirium, Dementia and Depression, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Depression in the Elderly by Dr. S. Nolan
- Treatment of Major Depression in the Elderly by Dr. Marie-France Rivard
- Affective Disorders in Late Life by Dr. Marie-France Rivard
Dermatology
Dizziness
- Dizziness in Older Adults Lee R, Elder A. 2013;41(1):16–19.
- Dizziness a Diagnostic Approach by Post RE, Dickerson LM. Am Fam Physician. 2010;82(4):361–8.
- Dizziness and Vertigo by Andrew K. Chang and Jonathan S. Olshaker
- Dizziness – A patient Presents with Dizziness Algorithm
- Why is the Room Spinning – A Look at Dizziness by Beth Lange, MD
Falls
- Seniors’ Falls in Canada Public Health Agency of Canada Report (2015)
- Interventions to Reduce Medication-Related FallsDyks, Derek, Sadowski, Cheryl (2015). CGS Journal of CME, 5(1), 23-31.
- Champlain Falls Prevention Strategy: Falls Assessment and Streamlined Treatment Clinic, MacKenzie T. Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario. Oct 2015
- Management of Falls in Older Persons: A Prescription for Prevention, Moncada, L.V. (2011). Am Fam Physician, Dec 1;84(11):1267-76.
- Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline for Prevention of Falls in Older Persons. Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society (2011) J Am Geriatr Soc., 59(1):148-57.
- Management of Falls in Older Persons – A Prescription for Prevention. Hill, K. and Schwarz, J. (2004). Intern Med J, 34(9-10):557-564.
- Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Tools for Falls in Hospital in-Patients- A Systematic Review. Oliver, D., Daly, F., Martin, F.C. and McMurdo, M.E. (2004). Age Ageing, 33(2):122-130.
- Goldist, B.J. (2003). Falls & Fitness. Geriatrics & Aging, 6(7):1-66. – Print copy in Resource Centre on Aging
Function of Geriatric Day Hospitals
Gender Issues
- Gender & Health Collaborative Curriculum
- POWER Study – Project for an Ontario Women’s Health Evidence-Based Report
Heart Failure
Hypertension
- 2012 CHEP Recommendations for the Management of Hypertension, Canadian Hypertension Education Program
- 2011 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Recommendations: An Annual Update. Canadian Hypertension Education Program, & Campbell, N. (2011).Canadian Family Physician Medecin De Famille Canadien, 57(12), 1393-1397.
- Preventing and Treating Orthostatic Hypotension as easy as A, B, C. Figueroa JJ, Basford JR, ow PA. Cleve Clin J Med. 2010 May; 77(5):298-306.
Osteoporosis
- 2023 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Osteoporosis and Fracture Prevention in Canada. Morin SN, Feldman S, Funnell L, et al. Clinical practice guideline for management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention in Canada: 2023 update. CMAJ 2023. Doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221647
- Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk Evaluation and Management.. Watts NB, Manson JE. Shared Decision Making in Clinical Practice. JAMA 2017. 317:3:253-254.
- Recommendations for Preventing Fracture in LTC. Papaioannou A, Santesso N, Morin S et al. CMAJ 2015. 187:15:1135-1144
- Closing the Osteoporosis Care Gap: An Opportunity to Decrease Recurrent Fractures and Hospital Admissions. Byszewski A, Lemay G, Molnar F, Azad A, McMartin S. Journal of Osteoporosis. Volume 2011
- Improving Care after Hip Fracture: The Fracture? Dore, N., Kennedy, C., Fisher, P., Dolovich, L., Farrauto, L., Papaioannou, A. BMC Geriatrics 2013 (5 December 2013), 13:130.
- Osteoporosis Long Term Care
- Osteoporosis Guidelines, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Screening for Osteoporosis. Raisz, L.G. (2005). N Engl J Med, Clinical Practice. 353(2):164-171.
- Osteoporosis Therapy in the Elderly. Kiel, D.P. (2004). Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes, 11:315-320. – Print copy in Resource Centre on Aging
- Recommendations for Preventing Fracture in LTC. Papaioannou A, Santesso N, Morin SN, Feldman S et al.(2015). CMAJ 187;15:1125-1144.
Parkinson’s Disease
- CMAJ Canadian guideline for Parkinson disease
- Parkinson Canada: Canadian Guidelines on Parkinson’s Disease
Polypharmacy
- Interventions to Reduce Medication-Related Falls. Dyks, Derek, Sadowski, Cheryl (2015) CGS Journal of CME, 5(1), 23-31.
- Managing polypharmacy in a 77 year-old woman with multiple prescribers. Farrell, B; French Merkley, V; Thompson, W. CMAJ, October 1, 2013, 185(14):1240-45.
Specialized Geriatric Services
- Referral to Specialized Geriatric Services. which Elderly People Living in the Community are Likely to Benefit? Man-Son-Hing, M., Power, B., Byszewski, A., & Dalziel, W.B. (1997). Canadian Family Physician Medecin De Famille Canadien, 43, 925-930.
Urinary Incontinence
- Vascular Incontinence: Incontinence Due to Ischemic White Matter Disease Sakakibara R, Panicker J, Fowler C et al. Neurology International 2012. 4:313:52-59.
- Effect of Potentially Inappropriate use of Antimuscarinic Medications on Healthcare Use and Cost in Individuals with Overactive Bladder. Suehs B, Davis C, Franks B et al. JAGS doi: 10.1111/jgs.14030
- The Canadian Continence Foundation
- Urinary Incontinence Guidelines, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Urinary Incontinence. A Primary Care Guide to Managing Acute and Chronic Symptoms. SY Lee, D Phanumus, SD Fields
- Geriatric Incontinence. Wilson, M.G. (2004) Clinics in geriatric medicine, 20(3):399-587. Print copy in Resource Centre on Aging