Value of visits by a geriatrician to elderly patients in a psychiatric hospital.
Most elderly patients have a combination of psychiatric and medical problems and are therefore best treated in wards managed by both a psychiatrist and a geriatrician in psycho-geriatric units. Since in most countries only a small number of such units exist the geriatrician can play a significant role in the management of medical problems of elderly patients by reviewing them regularly in psychiatric hospitals. The results of one such arrangement where a geriatrician was involved in the weekly review of the elderly mentally infirm patients are described.
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D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D005853:Geriatrics; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010819:Physician's Role