Senior Health Care

Taking Care of Our Older Generation

This edition of San Francisco Medicine focuses on the practical realities of caring for the older generation in our society. We are pleased to present a wide range of knowledge from authors that are all Bay Area experts. Their articles include timely and sage advice for physicians treating elderly patients.

Whether you're interested in the latest research on Alzheimer's disease, liability/elder abuse issues for health care providers who treat older patients, managing pain, or talking to dying patients, of patients of a different culture, you'll find valuable information within these pages. As always, we welcome your comments, letters and thoughts. Feel free to contact Managing Editor Edare Carroll at ecarroll@sfms.org.

Table of Contents
March 2004, Volume 77, No. 3

FEATURE ARTICLES:

20th Anniversary of b-amyloid Identification - An Alzheimer's Disease Update
Dale Bredesen, MD, Jamie Sampayo, PhD, and Kris Rebillot

Managing Pain in the Elderly
Victoria Ferraresi, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP

Elder Mistreatment Feeds Liability Crisis
Terry Hill, MD

Medicare's New Prescription Drug Benefit: The Good, the Bad, and the Incomprehensible
Andy Calman, MD, PhD

Conversations 101: How to Talk with Patients Who Are Facing Death
Fran Moreland Johns

Adult Day Health Participants: Where Do They Go When They Leave Us?
Jennifer DiBiase and Elizabeth Boardman

Helping Dying Patients Create a Personal Legacy
Christine Okon

How I Lost 50 Pounds - The Askin Diet
Steve Askin, MD

Book Review: Staying Connected While Letting Go
Stephen Jamison, PhD

Perspective: Becoming an Ancestor
Mike Denney, MD, PhD

MONTHLY COLUMNS

President's Message: Growing Old Gracefully and Helping Our Elder Patients Do the Same
E. Ann Myers, MD

Editorial: Assisting Out Patients with the Aging Process
Corey S. Maas, MD