1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Geriatrics and Mental Health - The Facts

http://www.aagpgpa.org/prof/facts_mh.asp

This fact sheet gives statistics on mental health issues

affecting the elderly.

2. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN

The Geriatric Patient: A Systematic Approach to Maintaining Health

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000215/1089.html

This article reviews assessment tools and techniques for health

screening of the elderly. Screening tools include the Mini-Mental

State, the Geriatric Depression Scale, the Instrumental Activities

of Daily Living Scale, and the Checklist of Assessment Areas for

Maintaining Healthy Geriatric Patients.

3. CLINICAL GERIATRICS

Failure to Adequately Detect Suicidal Intent in Elderly Patients

in the Primary Care Setting

http://www.mmhc.com/cg/articles/CG0101/blank.html

Elderly mentally ill persons are less likely than any other age

group to receive needed psychiatric treatment even though they are

the highest risk group for committing suicide.

4. CLINICAL GERIATRICS

Choosing Appropriate Treatment for Geriatric Depression

http://www.mmhc.com/cg/articles/CG0105/lavretsky.html

Early diagnosis and treatment of late-life depression in the

elderly reduces suffering, helps in suicide prevention, restores

optimal levels of function and independence, and decreases the

societal cost of health care.

5. MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS

Legal and Ethical Issues

http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/sec1/ch14.htm

The manual discusses assessment of decisional capacity and

competence, identification of decision makers, resolution of

conflicts about care, disclosure of information, termination of

treatment at the end of life, and decisions about long-term care.

6. EMEDICINE

Elder Abuse

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic160.htm

The authors identify seven categories of elder abuse and provide

questions that can be used to elicit information about abuse.

7. JOURNAL OF COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT

Ethical Guidelines for Counselors Working With Older Adults

http://www.counseling.org/members/journals/jcd_spring00.pdf

This article examines the needs of older adults with cognitive

impairments or terminal illness or who are the victims of abuse

and proposes guidelines for counselors working with such clients.

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8. ANNALS OF LONG-TERM CARE

Neglect and Self-Neglect of the Elderly in Long-Term Care

http://www.mmhc.com/nhm/articles/NHM0102/reyesortiz.html

Self-neglect in the elderly is described as a heterogeneous

geriatric entity. Other names used for it are Diogenes syndrome

(DS), aged reclusion, social breakdown of the elderly, and

squalor syndrome.

Edward E. Rylander, M.D.

Diplomat American Board of Family Practice.

Diplomat American Board of Palliative Medicine.