Geriatrics
What is a Geriatric Doctor?
Geriatric care specialists focus on providing specialized care for elderly and aging patients. These Geriatric care specialists focus on patient health and maximizing patients' quality of life, daily function, and independence.
Geriatric care specialists help patients address a wide-variety of issues, such as workplace (occupational) injuries, orthopedic injuries, back / spine injuries, stroke, brain injuries, multiple sclerosis (MS), physical rehabilitation, chronic pain management, and much more.
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Geriatric care is specialized medical care for older adults, typically those over 65 with multiple chronic conditions, memory concerns, or complex medication needs. Geriatricians focus on maintaining function, independence, and quality of life.
Unlike standard primary care, geriatric care addresses the unique complexities of aging, including polypharmacy, fall prevention, cognitive decline, incontinence, and end-of-life planning.
Yes. Specialists in geriatric care are experienced in evaluating and managing dementia and Alzheimer's disease. They coordinate care across specialists, support caregivers, and help families plan for progressive cognitive changes.
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Conditions
- Back and spine
- Bones
- Brain
- Central nervous system
- Joints
- Ligaments
- Muscles
- Tendons
- Age- and mobility-related challenges
- Workplace accidents and injuries
- Age- and mobility-related issues
- Cancer rehabilitation
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Elderly + geriatric physical fitness
- Fall prevention
- Frailty
- Hip fractures
- Lymphedema
- Neck + back pain
- Obesity
- Orthostasis
- Prosthetics
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Skin ulcers and wound care
- Venous insufficiency / vein disease
- ACL injuries
- Ankle sprains
- Capsulitis
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Cervical stenosis
- Concussions
- Core strengthening
- De quervain tenosynovitis
- Elbow pain
- Epicondylosis
- Exercise related asthma
- Fractures
- Functional rehabilitation
- Iliotibial band syndrome
- Impingement syndromes
- Inflammatory arthritides
- Joint pain
- Ligament injuries
- Lumbar disk disorders
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Lumbar spondylolisthesis
- Lumbar stenosis
- Muscle injuries
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- Plantar fasciitis
- Pulmonary issues
- Tendinopathy
- Tendon strain / tear
- Torticollis
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Whiplash
- Amputation
- Cancer treatment side effects
- Chronic pain management
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Fibromyalgia
- Joint disease and pain
- Muscle disease
- Myofascial pain
- Opioid management
- Peripheral neuropathy pain
- Phantom pain
- Poliomyelitis / post-polio syndrome
- Post-stroke issues
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Ulnar nerve mononeuropathy
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Autonomic dysreflexia
- Brain injury personality changes
- Cerebral neoplasms
- Cerebrovascular disorders
- Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
- Cranial nerve disorders
- Disorders of consciousness
- Fertility, sexual health, and reproduction after injury
- Heterotopic ossifications
- Hypoxic brain injury
- Infectious encephalopathies
- Language, speech and swallowing disorders
- Leukoencephalopathies
- Metabolic encephalopathies
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neurogenic bladder
- Parkinson's disease
- Seizures and epilepsy
- Sleep disorders
- Spasticity
- Spina bifida
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Venous thromboembolism
- Visual and hearing disorders
- Cerebral palsy
- Congenital (infant) torticollis
- Ehlers-danlos syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy
- Neonatal brachial plexus injury
- Pediatric stroke
- Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Scoliosis