ABSTRACT Take-Away Points: 1. Geriatric palliative care requires integrating the disciplines
of hospital medicine and palliative care in pursuit of delivering comprehensive, whole …

The growing geriatric population in the United States has created an increasing need for
palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties. Yet …

Geriatric Palliative Care covers a broad spectrum of issues characterizing care near the end
of life for older adults. Beginning with the social and cultural context of old age and frailty …

“Geriatrics” and “palliative care” are each poorly defined and the 2 overlap greatly. In both,
early diagnosis and aggressive treatment of disease have become less important. In both …

In discussing palliative care in the geriatric population, the author addresses 2 issues. First,
it must be ascertained which medical conditions benefit from a palliative approach rather …

Palliative care is interdisciplinary treatment focused on the relief of suffering and achieving
the best possible quality of life for patients and their caregivers. It differs for geriatric patients …

Palliative aged care is rapidly developing as a specialty area, involving the collaboration
and combined expertise of the fields of gerontology, geriatric care, and palliative care. The …

Global palliative medicine is a priority for global health. The aging world population lives
with multiple chronic diseases and malignancies that often lead to debility, morbidity …

Traditionally, health care providers have had difficulty discussing nonaggressive options of
care with their patients because it is often associated with giving up. In particular, physicians …

Populations around the world are ageing, and more people are living with the effects of
serious chronic illness towards the end of life. Meeting their needs presents a public health …