geriatric medicine
Treating aging patients
Geriatric medicine is the branch of medicine focused on healthcare for elderly people.
It addresses conditions common in aging—dementia, frailty, falls, incontinence—and the complexity of managing multiple chronic diseases simultaneously.
The field emphasizes quality of life and functional independence rather than aggressive treatment of individual conditions: Her mother sees a specialist in geriatric medicine.
- polypharmacyUsing numerous drugs concurrently
- pill organizerSectioned container for medications
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
vaccination · exercise programs · physical therapy · osteoporosis · hospice care · end of life · Alzheimer's disease · drug metabolism · heart disease · bedside manner · nursing home · memory care · depression · Parkinson's disease · adverse reactions · anxiety disorders · golden years · home health aide
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- elder caresenior care, aged care, elderly care, gerontologist, home care
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Medicine for minors
pediatric medicine · pediatric care · neonatology · child healthcare · infant care
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