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Alabama Geriatric Health Services

Alabaster AL - Alabama seniors foot care --Bryan R Don MD, Shelby County - Click to request assistance
Alabaster AL - Alabama Senior geriatric clinic -- Simon Williamson Clinic, Shelby County - Click to request assistance
Mobile AL - Alabama long term care hospital --Henderson Larry MD, Mobile County - Click to request assistance
Mobile AL - Alabama geriatric medical care --Molokhia Ehab MD, Mobile County - Click to request assistance
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Birmingham AL - Alabama seniors foot care --Gilbert & Brown Counseling and Consulting Services, LLC, Jefferson County - Click to request assistance
Birmingham AL - Alabama Senior geriatric clinic -- Ballard & Associates Inc, Jefferson County - Click to request assistance
Guntersville AL - Alabama geriatric medical care --Henderson Stephen B MD, Marshall County - Click to request assistance
Birmingham AL - Alabama seniors foot care --Campisi Lauren RN, Jefferson County - Click to request assistance
Birmingham AL - Alabama Senior geriatric clinic -- Care Web Inc, Jefferson County - Click to request assistance
Mobile AL - Alabama long term care hospital --Soter-Pearsall Desiree MD, Mobile County - Click to request assistance
Mobile AL - Alabama geriatric medical care --Stevens Thomas E Jr MD, Mobile County - Click to request assistance
Mobile AL - Alabama seniors foot care --Warner Barry A DO, Mobile County - Click to request assistance
Mobile AL - Alabama Senior geriatric clinic -- Allison Ronald MD, Mobile County - Click to request assistance
Mobile AL - Alabama geriatric medical care --Broughton William MD, Mobile County - Click to request assistance
Trussville AL - Alabama Senior geriatric clinic -- Comfort Keepers, Jefferson County - Click to request assistance
Tuscaloosa AL - Alabama long term care hospital --Harrell Regina MD, Tuscaloosa County - Click to request assistance


Alabama Geriatric Health Services

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About Geriatric Health Care

    There is currently little incentive to encourage established doctors or students in Alabama medical schools to specialize in geriatric medicine. Even though it is a recognized specialty, according to the American Geriatrics Society, there are only about 10,000 M.D. Geriatricians and several hundred osteopathic physicians (DO) certified in geriatrics, as well as some 3,000 board-certified geropsychiatrists in the United States (a geropsychiatrists is a psychiatrist trained to deal with the mental health needs and specific syndromes faced by older adults).

    According to the statistical abstract of the United States there are approximately 800,000 practicing doctors of medicine in the United States . This means there is roughly 1 doctor, including specialists, for every 395 persons in the United States. Based on the numbers above there is only about 1 Geriatrician for every 3,500 elderly persons in this country. Because there are so few of them, it may be impossible to find a physician specializing in geriatric care in some areas of the country.

    There are probably many more family physicians or internists who specialize in treating older people and from experience they have probably learned many of the issues associated with treating the elderly, but many of these practitioners could probably benefit from more specialized geriatric training if it were available.

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