Managing the Forgetful Patient: Best Practice for Cognitive Impairment.

The primary care physician is well positioned to identify and treat patients with cognitive impairment (CI). Simple, validated tools can screen for CI in the office. Identifying the type of dementia and stage of the disease helps to guide care.

Addressing sexual health in geriatrics education.

Adults remain sexually active well into later life, but few report discussing sexual health with a physician after age 50. The authors explored how geriatrics education might better address sexual health in the context of a psychosocial conference for geriatrics fellows, program directors, and faculty comprising an informational plenary, which included a skills-building presentation on taking sexual histories, and a program director/faculty roundtable. Although informed about older adult sexual health, knowledge scores of geriatrics fellows increased following the plenary.