Geriatrics: Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults

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The branch of medicine which focuses on elderly people is termed as geriatric medicine or geriatrics. An elderly body's needs are different from other adults due to physiological differences. Geriatric medicine helps in distinguishing between the effects of aging and diseases. There are a few major categories of impairments which are seen in elderly people, and which are managed under geriatrics. These are known as geriatric giants. A few of them are incontinence, impaired intellect, instability and immobility. Some of the major subspecialties within this field are cardiogeriatrics, geriatric ...

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