Phase1 : Create awareness Geriatric Medicine

1.Amongst

I.Lay Public

II.Health Professional Colleagues

III.Old Age Home Managers

IV.NRI relatives of the elderly

2.How to do that?

I.Talking to media personnel - Print & Electronic

II.Talking to elderly Elite Groups and NGO’s

III.Sending information to local GP’s

IV.Audio-Visual presentations

Phase2 : Starting a Geriatric Medicine Outpatient Clinic

1.Amongst

2.Expected referrals from

I.Local GP’s

II.Old Age Homes / Own Homes

III.Hospital based non - medical Specialties

IV.Medical Specialties

3.Destination

I.Back to GP’s

II.Back to Old Age Homes / Own Homes

III.Back to Referring Specialist

IV.Follow Up at Geriatric Outpatient Clinic

V.Admission to Hospitals

Phase3 : Organizing the Multi-Disciplinary Team

1.Acute Geriatric Beds in existing Medical Wards

2.Initially from existing pool of Health Professionals

3.Rating scales and Outcome Measures

Phase4 : Starting an Inpatient Geriatric Medicine Service

1.Acute Geriatric Beds in existing Medical Wards

2.Ward referrals from Medical /Non - Medical specialities

3.Continence Pathway

Phase5 : Starting a General Geriatric Rehabilitation Service

1.Inpatient Rehab Beds - Rehab Ward

2.Liaison service with orthopedic / Neurology - Rehab

Phase6 : Expanding the Rehabilitation Service

1.Specialized Rehab Service viz. Orthogeriatic / Stroke

2.Outreach Rehab Team - Community - Based

3.Geriatric Day Hospital- On site

Phase7 : Starting Geriatric Sub-Speciality Services

1.Continence Clinic

2.Falls and Instability Clinic

3.Osteoporosis and Bone Health Clinic

4.Syncope Clinic

5.Heart Failure Clinic and Outreach Service

6.TIA / Stoke clinic

7.Parkinson’s Disease Clinic

HISTORY

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OBJECTIVES

1.To serve the elderly persons of this organized sector, workers of Jay Engineering Works Ltd.

2.To identify them and to tabulate their social, financial, physical and psychological situation.

3.To provide medical health and guidance to adjust with aging process

4.To involve and activate them to participate in the social activities of his locality and community

5.To rehabilitate the elderly person physically and psychologically by the continuous expert counseling as per the individual demand and need

Achievements

Most of us are unaware of the subject Geriatrics & Gerontology. Geriatrics covers the area of medical care of the old. Gerontology on the other hand is the Scientific study of processes of growing old.