الفهرس 
Physiology of AgingOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
One of the main features of the Egyptian population over the last few
decades is the gradual increase in the absolute and relative numbers of
older people as a result of increased life expectancy in Egypt from 1995
to 2008 by 17.9 years for males and 20.2 years for females.
Many elderly people suffer from problems that have not been reported
to the physician as they may be falsely considered as nonmodifiable
consequences of aging or these problems may not even be known to the
elderly person.
Many older people acquire chronic diseases that in turn result in
varying degrees of disability and functional impairment. Once functional
impairments or dependencies arise, the elderly person’s condition is
strongly influenced by his or her social and physical environment. For
example, the arrangement of the elderly person’s in-home environment
and the availability of his or her social network might determine whether
a person can continue to live in his or her home.
The traditional medical model for the care of patients focuses on the
differential diagnosis of single symptoms. This process does not allow for
the comprehensive evaluation of the typical geriatric patient who has
multisystem disease complicated by other functional and psychosocial
limitations.
CGA allows us to focus on the disease and how it affects the
person’s ability to function successfully in his or her environment and so
the treatment plans can then be developed.