[Aborder les soins préventifs chez les aînés].

Objectif: Guider les médecins de famille dans l'élaboration de plans de dépistage et de traitements préventifs à l'intention de leurs patients âgés.

Sources De L'information: Une recension a été effectuée dans la base de données MEDLINE pour trouver des lignes directrices canadiennes sur les soins de santé primaires et les personnes âgées; des lignes directrices, des méta-analyses, des guides de pratique clinique ou des révisions systématiques portant sur le dépistage de masse chez les 80 ans et plus et les aînés fragiles, se limitant à ceux publiés entre 2006 et juillet 2016; et des articles sur les services de santé préventifs à l'intention des aînés et présentant un intérêt pour la pratique familiale ou les médecins de famille, limités à ceux publiés en anglais entre 2012 et juillet 2016.

Message Principal: L'estimation de l'espérance de vie n'est pas une science facile ou précise, mais la fragilité est un concept émergent susceptible d'être utile à cet égard.

Approach to preventive care in the elderly.

Objective: To guide family physicians in creating preventive screening and treatment plans for their elderly patients.

Sources Of Information: The MEDLINE database was searched for Canadian guidelines on primary health care and the elderly; guidelines or meta-analyses or practice guidelines or systematic reviews related to mass screening in those aged 80 and older and the frail elderly, limited to between 2006 and July 2016; and articles on preventive health services for the elderly related to family practice or family physicians, limited to English-language publications between 2012 and July 2016.

Main Message: Estimating life expectancy is not an easy or precise science, but frailty is an emerging concept that can help with this.

Five-weekend care of the elderly certificate course: continuing professional development activity for family physicians.

Problem Addressed: Primary care practitioners have unique clinical challenges in caring for elderly patients and require educational courses that are specifically designed for their needs in caring for this patient population.

Objective Of Program: To improve family physicians' knowledge of and confidence in managing common geriatric problems.

Program Description: The accredited course curriculum is delivered on 5 weekends over approximately 6 months.

Understanding elder abuse in family practice.

Objective: To discuss what constitutes elder abuse, why family physicians should be aware of it, what signs and symptoms might suggest mistreatment of older adults, how the Elder Abuse Suspicion Index might help in identification of abuse, and what options exist for responding to suspicions of abuse.

Sources Of Information: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Social Work Abstracts were searched for publications in English or French, from 1970 to 2011, using the terms elder abuse, elder neglect, elder mistreatment, seniors, older adults, violence, identification, detection tools, and signs and symptoms. Relevant publications were reviewed.