This handbook draws on the work of the many people around the world dedicated to the care and support of older people. The primary intended audience for this handbook is health and social care workers in the community and in primary care settings. The guidance in this handbook will help community health...
Health of the Elderly,
Integral Healthcare Practice,
Primary Health Care,
Cognitive Dysfunction/therapy,
Mobility Limitation,
Malnutrition/therapy,
Hearing Loss/rehabilitation,
Depressive Disorder/therapy,
Caregivers,
Vision Disorders/rehabilitation,
Health Services for the Aged/standards,
Geriatric Assessment/methods,
Patient-Centered Care,
Healthy Aging
Tobe, Sheldon;
Stone, James;
Anderson, Todd;
Bacon, Simon;
Cheng, Alice;
Daskalopoulou, Stella;
Ezekpwitz, Justin;
Gregoire, Jean;
Gubitz, Gord;
Jain, Rahul;
Keshavjee, Karim;
Lindsay, Patty;
L’Abbé, Mary;
Lau, David C. W;
Leiter, Lawrence A;
O’Meara, Eileen;
Pearson, Glen J;
Rabi, Doreen M;
Sherifali, Diana;
Selby, Peter;
Tu, Jack V;
Wharton, Sean;
Walker, Kimberly M;
Hua-Stewart, Diane;
Liu, Peter P.
This guideline is directed to primary health care providers caring for Canadian adults who have or are at risk of developing chronic cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart failure and stroke, and the risk factors for these conditions, including smoking, obesity and...
This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with hearing loss by advising healthcare staff on assessing hearing difficulties, managing earwax and referring people for audiological or ...
This guideline covers stop smoking interventions and services delivered in primary care and community settings for everyone over the age of 12. It aims to ensure that everyone who smokes is advised and encouraged to stop and given the support they need. It emphasises the importance of targeting vulnerabl...
La gran variabilidad en la expresión clínica de la enfermedad de Fabry, las dificultades para su diagnóstco y la disponibilidad actualmente de varias alternatvas para su tratamiento suponen un gran reto para los profesionales que atenden a
pacientes con esta enfermedad, lo que justfica la realización...
Esta guia tiene como objetivos dismunir la incidencia de lesiones cervicales intraepiteliales y del cancer de cuello uterino a traves de estrategias preventivas en salud; Establecer los criterios de referencia para ala tencion de la mujer en servicios especializados; Disminuir la mortalidad por cancer de...
Este documento abarca temas de diagnóstico y tratamiento de la enfermedad diarreica aguda en niños menores de 5 años....
Dysentery/diagnosis,
Dysentery/therapy,
Primary Health Care,
Fluid Therapy/methods,
Food, Fortified,
Prebiotics/administration & dosage,
Probiotics/administration & dosage,
Vitamin D/analogs & derivatives,
Zinc Compounds/administration & dosage,
Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage,
Antidiarrheals/administration & dosage,
Antiemetics/administration & dosage
Está orientada a la valoración y tratamiento de personas con demencia en los escenarios de la comunidad, cuidado en asilo y hospitales. Reconociendo el rol vital de los cuidadores y las familias que proporcionan cuidado a las personas con demencia, también se dan recomendaciones respecto al apoyo y la...
As part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, WHO has issued guidelines to support primary healthcare workers identify and manage children who are overweight or obese. Specifically, all infants and children aged less than 5 years presenting to primary health-care facilities should have both ...
Esta guia tiene como objetivos disminuir la incidencia y retrasar la aparicion de DM2 en la poblacion adulta con factores de riesgo; Realizar oportunamente y con criterios establecido el diagnostico de DM2; Iniciar el manejo integral de los pacientes tanto con estados de riesgo para desarrollar diabetes...
