This new release provides a comprehensive update from the heavily referenced 2009 AAFP Senior Care Guidelines. The Guidelines address the importance of veterinary visits a minimum of every six months for cats 10 to 15 years old. This allows veterinary teams to best track and manage health-related issues and detect disease early. Healthy senior cats over the age of 15 should be examined every four months.
How quality of life and health-related quality of life affects the aging cat and emphasizes veterinarians and cat owners partnering to make well-informed decisions for the individual senior cat is included in the update.
Source: AAFP, June 29, 2021. Link. The 2021 AAFP Feline Senior Care Guidelines and supplemental resources are available at catvets.com/senior-care. Cat owner resources, including the new senior care client brochure, are available at catfriendly.com/senior.
Also see: AAFP releases new end-of-life toolkit, May 25, 2021. Link.