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A Shift in Care: Managing OAB Patients Virtually

Guidelines-supported approach to assessment; treatment options in a systematic fashion; OAB care using a virtual-health platform.

ENT Emergencies: Otologic Disorders

1st Module in this 4-part online CPD Program

Diabetic Retinopathy: You Need to Keep an Eye on It!

Diabetes CPD Program, Module 1/4

Fever in Older Cancer Patients: A Medical Emergency

Deepali Kumar

Identifying and Treating Depression among Older Adults with Cancer

Scott M. Sellick

Assessing Cancer-Related Fatigue: Conceptualization Challenges and Implications for Research and Clinical Services

Pascal Jean-Pierre et al.

Postural and Postprandial Hypotension: Approach to Management

Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan

Sleep Disturbances in Dementia

Jennifer L. Martin

Skin Ulcers in Older Patients

Christopher Frank

Skin ulcers are common among older adults, especially those in hospital or in long-term care facilities.

The Tuberculin Skin Test in Long-Term Care Facilities

Miguel G. Madariaga et al.

This article discusses the particular characteristics of tuberculosis among older adults and the use of the tuberculin skin test as a tool for diagnosis of tuberculosis infection with emphasis in long-term care facility residents.

The Impact of Exercise Rehabilitation and Physical Activity on the Management of Parkinson’s Disease

A.M. Johnson et al.

Although medication therapy is generally effective in the clinical management of Parkinson’s disease (PD), additional improvement of some gross motor symptoms may be achieved through the use of nonpharmacological treatments, such as physical therapy and exercise rehabilitation.

Focus on Lung Disease: Reducing Morbidity and Mortality among Older Adults

Barry J. Goldlist MD, FRCPC, FACP, AGSF

When I was an intern, my first attending physician was a respirologist, who taught me that the major function of the heart was to separate the two lungs.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Older Adult: New Approaches to an Old Disease

Andrew McIvor

At present, some 750,000 Canadians are known to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Long-term Care–acquired Pneumonia among Older Adults

Mohammed Al Houqani et al.

Long-term care-acquired pneumonia is a clinical syndrome of pneumonia that develops in a resident of a long-term care facility who has not been recently hospitalized.

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Older Adults: An Update

John Granton et al.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare but incurable disease characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and ultimately dysfunction of the right ventricle.