The Section of Geriatrics provides outstanding clinical care for older patients affected by an enormous variety of medical problems, in a number of settings, and often by bringing to bear the expertise of a team of professionals with advanced training in geriatrics and gerontology. It is common for us to see and help older patients with multiple medical problems associated with or complicated by the effects of aging and challenging psychosocial situations – patients who have often been frustrated by a health care system that is not designed to provide attentive, sensitive, and comprehensive care for older people with these kinds of conditions. The average age of the patients seen in our clinics is about 80. By one established measure, our patients include twice the number of people who are physically frail compared to national averages of medical practices. Faculty and staff in Geriatrics cover the following range of modes of care for older adults:

• Comprehensive primary care
• Consultative geriatric assessment
• Geriatric specialty clinics
• Sub-acute and long-term care at facilities nearby our two off-site clinics
• Inpatient care at the U of C Hospitals, both on the general medicine ward and on any of the medical, surgical, or psychiatric services at the request of the treating physician, patient, or family.

In order to provide comprehensive, state of the art care for the most challenging clinical problems, the Section of Geriatrics offers a number of specialty clinics staffed by professionals who not only have further geriatrics training, but also additional training in or a passion for treating patients with specific geriatric syndromes or conditions. Our Geriatric Specialty Clinics include:

• The Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders (The Memory Center)
• The Geriatric Cancer Survivors Clinic
• The Geriatric Arthritis Clinic
• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Program
• Continence Clinic
• The PEACE Clinic for Palliative Care

Full-time advance practice nurses and social workers are part of the on-site teams at both or our practices and experts in psychiatry, neurology, ophthalmology, rheumatology, audiology, and nutrition practice alongside the geriatrics group. Outpatient rehabilitation and dentistry are even available within the same building as our Windermere Senior Health Center. Our approach allows us to provide state of the art care to the most complex and frail patients, including patients in their 80s, 90s, or even over age 100.