Geriatric medicine

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Geriatric medicine is a brand of internal medicine that deals with the health and wellbeing of the elderly including nursing home residents.

Geriatric medicine topics[edit | edit source]

National Institute of Aging (NIE), which is part of the National Institute of Health (NIH), has a lot of useful information on many topics related to aging.

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A[edit | edit source]

Advance care planning
Aging in place
Alcohol use or abuse
Alzheimer's and related dementias
Alzheimer’s caregiving
Anti-aging and longevity
Assisted living and nursing homes

B[edit | edit source]

Bladder health
Brain health

C[edit | edit source]

Calorie restriction
Caregiver health
Caregiving
Clinical trials and studies
Cognitive health
Constipation

D[edit | edit source]

Dementia
Depression
Diabetes
Disaster preparedness
Doctor-patient communication
Down syndrome
Driving and transportation

E[edit | edit source]

Elder abuse
End of life
Estrogen
Exercise and physical activity
Eyes and vision

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Falls and falls prevention
Family caregivers
Fatigue
Financial planning and protection
Flu
Frontotemporal disorders

G[edit | edit source]

Genes and genetics
Grief

H[edit | edit source]

Healthcare professionals information
Healthy aging
Healthy eating, nutrition, and diet
Hearing
Heart health
High blood pressure
HIV/AIDS
Home health care
Home safety
Hormones
Hospice
Hospitals and hospitalization
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia

I[edit | edit source]

Immunizations and shots
Incontinence

L[edit | edit source]

Legal and financial issues in Alzheimer's
Legal planning
Lewy body dementia
Living wills and advance directives
Long-distance caregiving
Long-term care

M[edit | edit source]

Medicines and medication management
Memory loss and forgetfulness
Menopause
Mental and emotional health
Men’s health
Mild cognitive impairment
Mixed dementia
Mourning and grief
Movement disorders and problems

N[edit | edit source]

Nutrition

O[edit | edit source]

Organ donation
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis

P[edit | edit source]

Pain
Palliative care
Parkinson’s disease
Prostate

R[edit | edit source]

Related dementias

S[edit | edit source]

Safety
Sexuality
Shingles
Skin care
Sleep
Smoking
Social activity
Speech disorders and problems
Stroke

T[edit | edit source]

Talking with your doctor
Talking with your older patient
Teeth and mouth
Testosterone

U[edit | edit source]

Urinary incontinence

V[edit | edit source]

Vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia
Vitamins and supplements

W[edit | edit source]

Women’s health




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Medical dictionary entries on Geriatric medicine[edit source]

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Geriatric medicine Resources
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Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD