Geriatric Medicine

We provide comprehensive medical care for people later in life. We are certified in family medicine , and have received additional training in geriatric medicine.

By practicing geriatric medicine we are concerned with health problems that frequently affect older adults, such as pain, falls, memory loss, incontinence (involuntary loss of urine), and medication side effects. Another important aspect of geriatric medicine is evaluating an elderly patient’s ability to care for him- or herself (e.g., prepare and eat meals, bathe, dress).

Medical conditions that geriatric treatments alleviate include the following:

• Alzheimer’s disease
• Cancer (e.g., ovarian cancer, prostate cancer)
• Dementia
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy
• Heart disease
• Osteoporosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Sleep disorders
• Stroke