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1. Essential principles in the care of the elderly; 2. Practicalgeriatric assessment; 3. Prevention for older adults; 4. Common complaints inthe elderly; 5. Appropriate use of medications in the elderly; 6. Nutritionand aging; 7. Exercise for older patients; 8. Diabetes mellitus, obesity, andthe metabolic syndrome in the elderly patient; 9. Lipid abnormalities inolder people; 10. Hypertension in the elderly; 11. Diagnosis and managementof heart disease in the elderly; 12. Peripheral vascular disease in theelderly; 13. Stroke in the older adult; 14. Neurologic problems in theelderly; 15. Recognition and management of delirium; 16. Evaluation andmanagement of dementia; 17. Clinical geropsychiatry, including chronic mentalillness; 18. Alcohol and other drug abuse in older patients; 19. Aging inadults with developmental disabilities; 20. Pulmonary problems in theelderly; 21. Gastroenterologic disease in the aged; 22. Infections of theelderly; 23. HIV infection in older people; 24. Principles of fluid andelectrolyte balance and renal disorders in the older patient; 25. Urologicproblems of the elderly; 26. Urinary incontinence; 27. Geriatric gynecology;28. The endocrinology of the aging; 29. Osteoporosis and other metabolicdisorders of the skeleton in aging; 30. Musculoskeletal disorders in theelderly; 31. Musculoskeletal injuries in the elderly; 32. Foot health for theelderly; 33. Geriatric dermatology; 34. Pressure ulcers: practicalconsiderations in prevention and management; 35. Anemia and other hematologicproblems of the elderly; 36. Cancer in elderly patients; 37. Eye problems ofthe aged; 38. Geriatric ear, nose, and throat problems; 39. Geriatricdentistry; 40. Surgical principles in the aged; 41. Rehabilitation of theolder person; 42. Community-based long-term care; 43. Institutional long-termcare; 44. Care near the end of life: palliative care and hospice; 45.Evaluation of capacity; 46. Accidents in the elderly; 47. Mistreatment ofolder adults; 48. Driving and the older adult 49. Complementary oralternative medicine in the care of the elderly 50. Optimal aging:strategies for healthy aging; 51. Cell biology and the physiology of aging;52. Implications of population aging for geriatric health; 53. Ethnicdiversity in aging; 54. Retirement; 55. Sexuality Lisa Granville and; 56. Theelderly, their families, and their caregivers; 57. Preventing errors in thecare of the elderly; 58. Health care organization and planning; 59. Advancecare planning; 60. Ethical issues in the care of the elderly, with casestudies.