Pneumonia, still the old man’s friend? A research presentation

In this video presentation, Dawn Bowdish speaks about research into pneumonia and the elderly.

Objectives

• Describe delirium as a consequence of acute illness in older people
• Recognize deconditioning as a preventable problem in older people
• Investigate current hypotheses about why we live as long as we do, why there is a gender difference in the aging trajectory and why our health fails with age.
• Understand the role of chronic inflammation in the aging process and how it contributes to age-related diseases such as dementia.

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