Geriatric Medicine: an evidence-based approach

Frank Lally, Institute for Science & Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Stoke, UK, Christine Roffe, Stroke Research Office, Royal Infirmary, Stoke, UK

1. From gut feeling to evidence base: the development of health care for older people: drivers and barriers ; 2. Re-thinking care in later life: the social and the clinical ; 3. Health and social care services for older people: achievements, challenges and future directions ; 4. Service models ; 5. Therapeutics in older people ; 6. Dementia and memory clinics ; 7. Frailty: challenges and progress ; 8. Incontinence, the sleeping geriatric giant: challenges and solutions ; 9. Depressions in later life: heterogeneity and co-morbidities ; 10. Substance misuse and older people: a question of values ; 11. Sleep in older people ; 12. Assessment and management of pain in older adults ; 13. Stroke Units: research in practice ; 14. Stroke care: what is in the black box? ; 15. Involving older people in the design and conduct of clinical trials: what is patient and public involvement? ; 16. Under-representation of older people in clinical trials