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2. Aged care in Australia - Wikipedia

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   Aged care in Australia (also known as elderly care ), is the provision of services to meet the unique needs of older people in Australia. [1] It includes both residential aged care ( nursing homes) as well as services provided in the home such as personal care, domestic assistance, home nursing, nutrition and meal preparation, respite services ...

3. Geriatric psychiatry - Wikipedia

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   Specialist. Geriatric psychiatrist. Geriatric psychiatry, also known as geropsychiatry, psychogeriatrics or psychiatry of old age, is a branch of medicine and a subspecialty of psychiatry dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of neurodegenerative, cognitive impairment, and mental disorders in people of old age.

4. Geriatric rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Geriatric rehabilitation also have a role in intermediate care, where patients are referred by a hospital or family doctor, when there is a requirement to provide hospital based short term intensive physical therapy aimed at the recovery of musculoskeletal function, particularly recovery from joint, tendon, or ligament repair and, or, physical ...

5. Geriatric oncology - Wikipedia

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   Geriatric oncology is a branch of medicine that is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the elderly, usually defined as aged 65 and older. This fairly young but increasingly important subspecialty incorporates the special needs of the elderly into the treatment of cancer . In the last few years, this particular subspecialty ...

6. "Geriatric" Pregnancy: Is Getting Pregnant After 35 Risky?

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   In the medical world, a geriatric pregnancy is an old term that was used to describe a pregnancy in a person over the age of 35. nowadays, doctors use the term advanced maternal age (AMA) instead ...

7. Geriatric Depression (Depression in Older Adults) - Healthline

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   Geriatric depression is a mental and emotional disorder affecting older adults. Feelings of sadness and occasional “blue” moods are normal. Feelings of sadness and occasional “blue” moods ...

8. Geriatric medicine in Egypt - Wikipedia

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   The Egyptian Society of Geriatric medicine [41] was established in the 1982, First President was Prof Mohammed Sabbour, but is frozen now. The Egypt Al-Zheimer association is active in the field of Dementia and also in geriatric care, it was established in 1998 by Professor Abdel Moneim Ashour.

9. Palliative Care: What It Is, Examples, Benefits, More

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   Palliative care is a growing field of medicine. It aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve physical ...