With expertise in geriatric medicine in Thane & Bhiwandi, Dr. Gore provides compassionate care for elderly patients. Services include managing multiple health issues, safe medication planning, fall prevention, and overall wellness strategies to help seniors maintain independence and dignity.
Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on addressing the unique health needs of older adults.
It aims to promote health by preventing, diagnosing and treating disease in older adults.
Older adults may be healthy, but they’re more likely to have chronic health concerns and require more medical care.
There is not a defined age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician, or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of older people. Rather, this decision is guided by individual patient needs and the caregiving structures available to them. This care may benefit those who are managing multiple chronic conditions or experiencing significant age-related complications that threaten quality of daily life. Geriatric care may be indicated if caregiving responsibilities become increasingly stressful or medically complex for family and caregivers to manage independently.
Geriatric care provided is largely based on shared-decision making and is driven by patient goals and preferences, which can vary from preserving function, improving quality of life, or prolonging years of life. A guiding mnemonic commonly used by geriatricians is the 5 M’s of Geriatrics which describes mind, mobility, multicomplexity, medications and matters most to elicit patient values.
It is common for elderly adults to be managing multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity). Age-associated changes in physiology drive a compounded increase in susceptibility to illness, disease-associated morbidity, and death. Moreover, common diseases may present atypically in elderly patients, adding further diagnostic and therapeutic complexity to patient care.
Geriatrics is highly interdisciplinary consisting of specialty providers from the fields of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and physical and occupational therapy. Elderly patients can receive care related to medication management, pain management, psychiatric and memory care, rehabilitation, long-term nursing care, nutrition, and different forms of therapy including physical, occupational, and speech. Non-medical considerations include social services, transitional care, advanced directives, power of attorney, and other legal considerations.
Source: Wikipedia
