A critical look at geriatrics in a teaching hospital. Part II. The remedy.
Measures to improve the organization of geriatric care in South Africa are recommended after a study of overseas methods. The necessity for a geriatric unit in a teaching hospital is stressed, for the specific purposes of education of medical and paramedical personnel, and the linkage of hospital and community facilities.
D000368:Aged; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005853:Geriatrics; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration; D006760:Hospitalization; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012046:Rehabilitation; D013019:South Africa