Nascher's Geriatrics at 100

Geriatrics / Gériatrie Why Geriatrics ?

Why geriatric medicine ? Many have asked this question... residents considering specialization; specialists reluctant to acknowledge change in their aging patients; and anxious patients narrowly defining geriatric medicine as end-of-life care. All have wondered how caring for older patients differs from that of younger adults. The difference, in fact, is immense. The transition from a disease-f...

Geriatrics

This overview covers several topics related to the management of frequent problems in elderly persons. Several studies have shown that treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia with psychotropic medication is modestly effective and could increase the risk of adverse events, including death. Influenza vaccination in long term care residents was shown to be effective in a systematic revi...

Introduction to the geriatrics-for-specialists initiative: geriatrics specialty care at the tipping point.

It is a special pleasure for me to be invited to speak to you tonight. You represent seven crucial specialties of surgery and three closely related medical specialties. I represent the medical specialty of geriatrics, I have also been heavily involved in the Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative (GSI) project since 1995, and I have an additional very personal qualification for being hereFI am i...

XV. Geriatrics

Geriatrics program development at the University of Michigan.

RECRUITMENT TO RESEARCH The actual number of trainees in geriatrics research fellowship programs is unknown, However, for 1992-1993, the Manpower Study counted 240 geriatrics fellows, with 24 in the third year and 7 in the fourth year of training; 70-80% of trainees continue into the second year of training and 25-30% into the third year [2]. Fellowship programs should strive to recruit and tra...