title: [Current perspectives on health care for the older adult].
abstract: Standing up to the challenges of aging requires a coordinated strategy, disseminating a geriatric focus among all the specialty areas that serve the older adult. This article addresses the reasons that justify this focus and covers the objectives, goals, and methods currently being proposed to develop the approach. Preventive and curative actions, but most importantly, the overall care of seniors and improvements to their functional status, are priorities for securing a better quality of life in old age.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía - Geriatría, Ave. 5 de setiembre esq. 51 A, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos 55100, Cuba. jromero@gal.sld.cu
authors.forename: Angel Julio
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Romero Cabrera
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003462:Cuba; D003469:Culture; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006040:Goals; D006295:Health Resources; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D009026:Mortality; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011788:Quality of Life; D013038:Specialization