Readers of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine are well aware of the demographic shifts throughout all world populations—industrialized or not—resulting in constantly increasing numbers of old and very-old individuals. Some of this is based upon increased birth rates after the Second World War, but also longer survival resulting from healthier life style and reduction in early deaths from acute illnesses including infection, coronary artery disease and cancer. As a consequence, chronic diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerotic vascular disease, arthritis and Alzheimer’s have become more prevalent, as has the numbers of patients with two or more of these chronic illnesses (comorbidities).
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