Taber's Medical Dictionary
geriatrics
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(jer″ē-a′triks )
[Gr. geras, old age + -iatric + -ics]
The branch of health care concerned with the care of the aged, including physiological, pathological, psychological, economic, and sociological problems. As life expectancy in society as a whole increases, geriatrics takes on ever greater importance in health care.
SYN: SEE: geriatric medicine
geriatric, adj. SEE: aging; SEE: gerontology; SEE TABLE: Some Important Issues in Geriatric Health Care
Some Important Issues in Geriatric Health Care
| The prevention and treatment of avoidable infectious diseases |
| The prevention and treatment of delirium |
| The prevention and treatment of dementia |
| The prevention of falls; the treatment of gait disturbances |
| The preservation of functional independence |
| The prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic vascular disease and heart failure |
| The treatment of hypertension and the prevention of stroke |
| The optimization of long-term care |
| The maintenance of optimal nutrition |
| The prevention of osteoporotic fractures |
| The optimal use of palliation and end-of-life care |
| The optimal use of physical or chemical restraints |
| The optimal use of pharmaceutical agents |
| The prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence |
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(jer″ē-a′triks )
[Gr. geras, old age + -iatric + -ics]
The branch of health care concerned with the care of the aged, including physiological, pathological, psychological, economic, and sociological problems. As life expectancy in society as a whole increases, geriatrics takes on ever greater importance in health care.
SYN: SEE: geriatric medicine
geriatric, adj. SEE: aging; SEE: gerontology; SEE TABLE: Some Important Issues in Geriatric Health Care
Some Important Issues in Geriatric Health Care
| The prevention and treatment of avoidable infectious diseases |
| The prevention and treatment of delirium |
| The prevention and treatment of dementia |
| The prevention of falls; the treatment of gait disturbances |
| The preservation of functional independence |
| The prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic vascular disease and heart failure |
| The treatment of hypertension and the prevention of stroke |
| The optimization of long-term care |
| The maintenance of optimal nutrition |
| The prevention of osteoporotic fractures |
| The optimal use of palliation and end-of-life care |
| The optimal use of physical or chemical restraints |
| The optimal use of pharmaceutical agents |
| The prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence |
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