Elderly person. Nursing care

The manual was prepared by the collective of the authors of the St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education and the City Geriatric Medical and Social Center of St. Petersburg. It addresses mental and physical characteristics, the main diseases of the elderly, age-related changes of the organs and systems, the principles of organizing geriatric assistance to the population. As well as features of deontology, psychotherapy, nutrition, treatment and rehabilitation activities in the geniatric practice of a medical sister. The principles of diagnosis, prevention, treatment and specialized nursing care are described at the most common elderly diseases.
The manual is intended for postgraduate improvement of medical sisters of medical and preventive institutions, primarily a geriatric profile