Geriatric population is increasing by the day, and what’s
more worrisome are the accompanying morbidities with aging. Multimorbidity
seems to be a common presentation in the aged which usually leads to
polypharmacy, and that again is a growing concern. As we had said many years
ago, it’s not that the aged are looking forward to increased longitivity.
They are probably more interested to remain fit enough so as
to carry on with their daily chores, as was opined by us. Since one size will
never fit all, therefore, based on the multi-morbidities an individually tailored approach may perhaps be more
helpful. With the decline of the bodily functions and physiology as we age,
there can be so many different medical and physical disabilities.
There can be all sorts of combinations of problems, some
apparent and many unapparent, which will require all the skills and expertise
from a Geriatrician or from the treating physician. May be a revisit and a
fresh look at all the problems from head to toe might help in pruning down the
list of diagnosis, which in turn could also help to curtail inadvertent
polypharmacy.
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