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  • Girard Thompson, MD

    Girard Thompson, MD

    60 S Main St
    Chatham, VA 24531
  • Terry Daniel, MD 110 Points

    Terry Daniel, MD

    Dayspring Family Medicine Associates
    Distance: 30.99 mi
    250 West Kings Highway
    Eden, NC 27288
  • Clarence Beavers, MD 100 Points

    Clarence Beavers, MD

    Dayspring Family Medicine Associates
    Distance: 30.99 mi
    250 West Kings Highway
    Eden, NC 27288
  • Kevin Howard, MD 100 Points

    Kevin Howard, MD

    Dayspring Family Medicine Associates
    Distance: 30.99 mi
    250 West Kings Highway
    Eden, NC 27288
  • Paul Sasser, MD 100 Points

    Paul Sasser, MD

    Dayspring Family Medicine Associates
    Distance: 30.99 mi
    250 West Kings Highway
    Eden, NC 27288
  • James Parsons, MD 100 Points

    James Parsons, MD

    Eden Internal Medicine
    Distance: 30.99 mi
    405 Thompson Street
    Eden, NC 27288

Geriatrician Info

Geriatrician Summary:
A Geriatrician studies the aging process and helps care for elderly patients. A geriatrician is also concerned with treating and preventing dementia. A geriatrician aims to promote the health in older adults by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities. Geriatricians provide individualized care based on the unique needs of the patient and are able to distinguish between diseases and the effects of normal aging. Functional abilities, independence, and quality of life issues are of great concern to geriatricians and their patients.

Geriatrician FAQs:
What is a

Geriatrician

?
A Geriatrician is a professional who studies the aging process. A Geriatrician also studies how to prevent diseases. One of the biggest issues for a Geriatrician is to prevent and treat dementia.

Who should visit a Geriatrician?
Older people who have an increase in health problems should seek help from a Geriatrician.

Where does a Geriatrician work?
A Geriatrician can work in an elderly facility, a hospital, a clinic, or in private practice.

What is the difference between a Geriatrician and a Gerontologist?
A Geriatrician treats and prevents the ill-effects of aging while a Gerontologist simply studies the aging process itself.


Geriatrician Related Terms:
aging, geriatrics, elderly, senility, dementia, Alzheimer's, geriatrician