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What are the most common health problems detected during a health examination of the elderly?
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Top geriatric issues: Check out http://www.healthinaging.org/resources/resource:guide-to-geriatric-syndromes-part-i/, http://cas.umkc.edu/casww/topdozn.htm, http://www.ncoa.org/press-room/fact-sheets/healthy-aging-fact-sheet.html & http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html. We often find vision & hearing loss, depression, dementia, debility & frailty, incontinence, constipation, malnutrition & more.
Answered 5/23/2015
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