Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
Integrating change to better look after older people in the community
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Integrating change to better look after older people in the community
Wednesday 30 August 2017, 11:30 AM

Staff value the rationalisation of care, with the focus on proactive planning with older people
Older patients and primary healthcare professionals alike find aspects of the CARE Project enjoyable and worthwhile in improving patient quality of life and wellbeing. Ngaire Kerse, Diana North and Martin Dawe report
Older people are set to swamp New Zealand practices within a few decades; in 2013, there were 83,000 people aged 85-plus nationwide, by 2050, there wi
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