title: Geriatric preventive health maintenance.
abstract: A preventive approach to geriatric health care should include periodic and systematic assessment of the physical, mental and social status of the elderly person. This article is a review of the important aspects of geriatric health maintenance and calls for more American data from the ambulatory-care setting, to aid in further definition of the preventive approach.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010808:Physical Examination; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D012306:Risk