The on-call psychiatric examination of the geriatric patient -- The on-call physical examination of the geriatric patient -- The on-call psychopharmacology and psychotherapy principles -- Decisional capacity assessment, advance directives, and medical ethics -- The on-call use of seclusion, chemical and physical restraint -- Telephone consultations -- Principles of safe clinical handover -- Emergency medicine settings -- Acute inpatient settings -- Subacute medical settings -- Outpatient medical facilities -- Residential medical settings -- Correctional settings -- On-call telepsychiatry settings -- The chief psychiatric complaints -- The chief physical complaints -- The chief adverse effects of medications -- The complaints of physical and sexual trauma -- The dementia patients and sexual consent -- Suicide and violence prevention and control in on-call emergencies: a public health approach -- Aging with neurodevelopmental disorders: on-call psychiatric assessment and policy issues -- Elder abuse and neglect: physical and behavioural indicators and policy issues -- Gender issues in the on-call care of the geriatric patient -- Homelessness in the geriatric patient: on-call intervention, bridging and recovery -- On-call teaching and education -- On-call cultural issues in the geriatric patient -- On-call administrative, public health policy, and future directives of the geriatric care.