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CONFERENCE ISSUE
5
March/April 2013 Vol. 6 No. 2 News and Insight for Professionals in Geriatric Medicine
Noteworthy
Geriatricians
Our Readers Nominate
Outstanding Colleagues
Hospital at Home
Patient Care Model
of the Future?
Comprehensive
Preoperative
Assessment
Helping Elders
Retire From Driving
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CONFERENCE ISSUE 5 March/April 2013
SHE’S 103, NEEDS NINE MEDICATIONS, HAS HYPERTENSI
President & CEO Kathleen Czermanski Vice Pr
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RESEARCH REVIEW
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Peter H. Cheng, MD, AGSF, CMD Steven R. Counsell
Nominated by their colleagues, Aging Well’s reade
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care of loved ones with dementia. She notes that
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Comprehensive Preoperative Assessment By Stanley
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Hospital at Home, a pioneering healthcare model,
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adult patients will benefit from the Hospital at H
HELPING ELDERS RETIRE
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