title: Interesting times.
abstract: Care of older people appealed to me because it is a broad specialty with an emphasis on interdisciplinary working and holistic care. As well as understanding medical illness as 'disease', you need to focus on wellbeing and person-centred care beyond a disease focus. You are often looking after people with several problems so you need to be a good all-rounder and understand rehabilitation, discharge planning, the interface with community services, the roles of carers and relatives, and ethical and legal dilemmas.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williams