• Hazzard, W.R., Blass, J.P., Ettinger, W.H. Jr., and Halter, J.B., eds. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999.
• Cobbs, E.L., Duthie, E.H. Jr., and Murphy, J.B., eds. Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine, Fourth Edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA, for the American Geriatrics Society, 1999.
• Kane, R.L., Ouslander, J.G., and Abrass, I.B., eds. Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999.

ORGANIZATIONS:

American Geriatrics Society
770 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (202) 308-1414
email: info.amger@americangeriatrics.org
web site: http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
   
   National Institute on Aging Information Center
P.O. Box 8057
Gaithersburg, MD 20857
Phone: (800) 222-2225
email: niainfo@access.digex.net
web site: http://www.nih.gov/nia/
   
   American Federation for Aging Research
1414 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 752-2327
email: amfedaging@aol.com
web site: http://www.afar.org/
   
   The Gerontological Society of America
1030 15th Street NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20005-1503
Phone: (202) 842-1275
email: geron@geron.org
web site: http://www.geron.org/

REFERENCES:

• Caroline, N.L. Emergencies in the elderly. In: Emergency Care in the Streets, Fourth Edition. Little-Brown, Boston, pp. 659-674, 1995.
• Jones, J.S. Geriatric emergency care: an annotated bibliography. Ann Emerg Med 21:835-841, 1992.
• Jones, J. Geriatric emergency care. Acad Emerg Med 1:189-192, 1994.

REFERENCES:

• Finch, C. and Schneider, E., eds. Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Second Edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1985.
• Arking, R. Biology of Aging: Observations and Principles. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991.

REFERENCES:

• Colley, C.A. and Lucas, L.M. Polypharmacy: the cure becomes the disease. J Gen Intern Med 8:278-283, 1993.
• Avorn, J. and Gurwitz, J.H. Drug use in the nursing home. Ann Intern Med 123:195-204, 1995.
• Vestal, R.E., Montamat, S.C., Neilson, C.P. Drugs in special patient groups: the elderly. In: Melmon, K.L., Morrelli, H.F., Hoffman, B.B., et al., eds. Clinical Pharmacology: Basic Principles in Therapeutics. Third Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 851-874, 1992.

REFERENCES:

• Fleming, K.C., Evans, J.M., Weber, D.C., and Chutka, D.S. Practical functional assessment of elderly persons: a primary care approach. Mayo Clin Proc 70:890-910, 1995.
• Lachs, M.S., Feinstein, A.R., Cooney, L.M. Jr., et al. A simple procedure for general screening for functional disability in elderly patients. Ann Intern Med 112:699-706, 1990.

REFERENCES:

• Ramsdell, J.W., Rothrock, J.F., Ward, H.W. and Volk, D.M. Evaluation of cognitive impairment in the elderly. J Gen Intern Med 5:55-64, 1990.
• Inouye, S.K. The dilemma of delirium: clinical and research controversies regarding diagnosis and evaluation of delirium in hospitalized elderly medical patients. Am J Med 97:278-288, 1994.
• Corey-Bloom, J., Thal, L.J., Galasco, D., et al. Diagnosis and evaluation of dementia. Neurology 45:211-218, 1995.
• Knopman, D. The differential diagnosis of dementia in the elderly. In: DeKosky, S.T. and Small, G.W., eds., Mediguide to Geriatric Neurology 1(1):1-7, 1997.
• Rogers, S.L., Farlow, M.R., Doody, R.S., et al. A 24-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of donepezil in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 50:136-145, 1998.

ORGANIZATIONS:

The Alzheimer's Association National Headquarters
919 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60611-1676
Phone: (800) 272-3900
email: info@alz.org
Web site: http://www.alz.org
   
   Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
PO Box 8250
Silver Spring, Maryland 20907-8250
Phone: (800) 438-4380
email: adear@alzheimers.org
Web site: http://www.alzheimers.org/
   
   The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 1350
Bethesda, MD 20814-3004
Phone: (301) 654-7850
email: main@aagpgpa.org
Web site: http://www.aagpgpa.org/

REFERENCES:

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late Life. (Reprinted from NIH Consens Dev Conf Consens Statement 1991 Nov 4-6:9 (3).
• Consensus update conference: diagnosis and treatment of late-life depression. Am J Geriatr Psych 4(4 suppl 1), 1996.
• Conwell, Y. Suicide in the elderly. In: Schneider, L.S., Reynolds, C.F., Lebowitz, B.D. and Friedhoff, A.J., eds. Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Late-Life, APA Press Inc., Washington, D.C. 1996.

REFERENCES:

• King, M.B. and Tinetti, M.E. Falls in community-dwelling older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 43:1146-1154, 1995.
• Tinetti, M.E. and Speechley, M. Prevention of falls among the elderly. N Engl J Med 320:1055-1059, 1989.
• Tinetti, M.E., Baker, D.I., McAvay, G., et al. A multifactorial intervention to reduce the risk of falling among elderly people living in the community. N Engl J Med 331:821-827, 1994.

REFERENCES:

• Costa, A.J. Elder abuse. Prim Care 20:375-389. 1995.
• McDonald, A.J. and Abrahams, S.T. Social emergencies in the elderly. Emerg Med Clin North Am 8:443-459, 1990.
• Lachs, M.S. and Pillemer, K. Abuse and neglect of elderly persons. N Engl J Med 332:437-443, 1995.

REFERENCES:

• American Heart Association. Textbook of Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Dallas, TX. 1997 Edition.
• Wei JY. Coronary heart disease. In: Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Ettinger WH, Jr, Halter JB, Ouslander JG, eds. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. Fourth Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1999:661-668.

REFERENCES:

• Pearlman RA, Back AL. Ethical issues in geriatric care. In: Hazzard WR, Blass JP, Ettinger WH, Jr, Halter JB, Ouslander JG, eds. Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. Fourth Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1999:557-570.
• Washington State Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance Division. Brochure: "EMS-No CPR: Questions and Answers for EMS Personnel".
• Emanuel LL, Danis M, Pearlman RA, Singer PA. Advance care planning as a process: structuring the discussions in practice. J Am Geriatr Soc 43:440-446, 1995.
• Murphy DJ, Burrows D, Santilli S, Kemp AW, Tenner S, Kreling B, Teno J. The influence of the probability of survival on patients' preferences regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation. N Engl J Med 330:545-549, 1994.
• Clarke DE, Goldstein MK, Raffin TA. Ethical dilemmas in the critically ill elderly. Clin Geriatr Med 10:91-101, 1994.
• Timm E. EMS-No CPR guidelines. Northwest Physician, Fall, 1997:20-21.

The Washington State EMS-No CPR Program guidelines may be viewed by clicking on the link below, or obtain additional information by calling (800) 458-5281, extension 2.

More information specific for other states in the U.S.A. can be obtained through the following organizations:

ORGANIZATIONS:

Choices in Dying
Phone: (800) 989-9455
Website: http://www.choices.org
   
   Legal Services for the Elderly  
Phone: (212) 391-0120

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University of Washington, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

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