Cardiac Rehabilitation for Older Adults: Vital Opportunity to Improve Patient-Centered Cardiovascular Disease Care amid Worldwide Patient Aging

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has particular value for contemporary patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as it provides a unique opportunity to evaluate and address the distinctive needs of adults who are, on average, much older and complex than patients of years past. People are living longer in the United States and in much of the world, and aging is the number 1 risk factor for CVD as well as to its presentation in a context of multimorbidity, frailty, polypharmacy, and other geriatric complexities of care (also commonly including cognitive decline, sensory impairments, and increased falls).

Source: Clinics in Geriatric Medicine - August 30, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Daniel E. Forman Tags: Preface Source Type: research