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The Role of Geriatrics in a Family Practice Residency Program †
Author(s) -
Kalchthaler Thomas
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1977.tb00678.x
Subject(s) - geriatrics , medicine , nursing homes , gerontology , nursing , family medicine , social needs , institution , family caregivers , health care , medical education , psychiatry , political science , law , economics , economic growth
In an attempt to clarify the role of geriatrics in family practice, the program at St. Joseph's Hospital and Nursing Home of Yonkers is outlined. The objective of this Family Practice Program are: 1) to assist in identifying needs in a target population and in developing and providing services to meet these needs; 2) to train and educate the Family Practice resident in the multiple medical, social and psychiatric problems of late life; 3) to indoctrinate this resident in the unique and numerous needs of the institutional elderly and of the institution in which they reside; and 4) to develop new and comprehensive systems of health care that will permit the marginally ill elderly to remain in the community as long as possible.