SIR—The view that the study of human ageing and healthcare needs of older people should form part of the undergraduate medical curriculum is supported by the World Health Organization, the Royal College of Physicians of London and the General Medical Council [1–3]. Surveys in the 1980s showed that geriatric medicine was being taught in almost all medical schools, most commonly by a compulsory a...

Marco Pahor, M.D. Lauren Crump, M.P.H. Principal Investigator Project Director Department of Aging and Geriatric Research Department of Aging and Geriatric Research College of Medicine College of Medicine University of Florida University of Florida PO Box 100107 PO Box 100107 Gainesville, FL 32610 Gainesville, FL 32610 Phone: 352-294-5800 Fax: 352-294-5836 Phone: 352-294-5800 Fax: 352-294-5836 ...

Nursing homes can be ideal clinical teaching and learning environments for acquiring geriatric specialty and interdisciplinary team skills, particularly those regarding assessment, care planning, management, monitoring, and collaborating in an interdisciplinary milieu. Little is known as to how geriatric specialty training programs use nursing homes to meet expected specialty competencies, or t...

Emanuele Marzetti,* Anna Csiszar,* Debapriya Dutta, Gauthami Balagopal, Riccardo Calvani, and Christiaan Leeuwenburgh Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart School of Medicine, Rome, Italy; Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Departme...

UNLABELLED This self-directed learning module highlights the societal aspects of disability and the older adult. It is part of the study guide on geriatric rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation and geriatric medicine. This article specifically focuses on ethical issues, including capacity, psychody...

Geriatric Medicine is well-suited to inform and lead health-care system redesign to address the needs of seniors with complex conditions. We posit that geriatricians must urgently consider how to "brand" Geriatric Medicine in a manner that garners active support from those outside the specialty, including how to adapt practice patterns to better meet the needs of patients and of the health-care...

Purpose There is insufficient information published on the topic of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) clinical services within geriatric settings. The purpose of this presentation is to describe results of a CAM demonstration project carried out within two geriatric facilities. Acupuncture and Oriental medicine (AOM), chiropractic, and massage clinical services were integrated into t...