Geriatric medicine

Geriatric medicine involves helping to heal elderly individuals.

This area is for research, learning, and teaching related to geriatric medicine.

Discussion questions

• How does geriatric medicine differ from non-geriatric medicine?
• How can we best prepare doctors and medical professionals for working with elderly populations?

Resources/lessons

• Differences of adults from elderly
• Geriatricians training
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment
• Geriatric care team
• Geriatric Giants
• Delirium (Acute confusion)
• Cognitive impairment and dementia
• Falls
• Poly-pharmacy
• Urinary incontinence

See also

• Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence
• Overcoming pro-aging mindsets