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Geriatric rehabilitation also have a role in intermediate care, where patients are referred by a hospital or family doctor, when there is a requirement to provide hospital based short term intensive physical therapy aimed at the recovery of musculoskeletal function, particularly recovery from joint, tendon, or ligament repair and, or, physical ...
Geriatric physical examination of interest especially to physicians & physician assistants. Geriatric psychiatry or psychogeriatrics (focus on dementia, delirium, depression and other psychiatric disorders). Geriatric public health or preventive geriatrics; Geriatric rehabilitation.
A geriatric nursing specialty group was formed by the American Nurses Association in 1966, with the name changed to the Gerontological Nursing Division in 1976. [4] In the US, the National Gerontological Nursing Association was founded in 1984 and in 1985 the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association was founded.
Geriatric care management is the process of planning and coordinating care of the elderly and others with physical and/or mental impairments to meet their long term care needs, improve their quality of life, and maintain their independence for as long as possible.
Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the field of Orthopedics. The journal's editor-in-chief is Stephen L. Kates (University of Rochester Medical Center). It has been in publication since 2010 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Meet the expert: Steven K. Malin, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Scott Kaiser, MD, is a geriatrician and ...
The organisation provides specialised geriatric services for the elderly [8] and also provides hospital services like geriatric clinics, acute medical care, intensive care, [9] long-term care for bed-ridden patients and stroke victims, supportive care, cancer treatment, care and treatment of mentally ill patients, rehabilitation requiring fractures and joint replacements, home health care, and ...
Christopher Norman, MSN, APRN, is a geriatric nurse practitioner with the National Council on Aging. Milica McDowell, PT, MSPT, DPT, is a doctor of physical therapy, certified exercise ...