Neurogeriatrics-a vision for improved care and research for geriatric patients with predominating neurological disabilities.

摘要: Geriatric medicine is a rapidly evolving field that addresses diagnostic, therapeutic and care aspects of older adults. Some disabilities disorders affecting cognition (e.g. dementia), motor function stroke, Parkinson’s disease, neuropathies), mood depression), behavior delirium) chronic pain are particularly frequent in old subjects. As knowledge about these age-associated conditions steadily increasing, the integral implementation neurogeriatric geriatric specific research essential to develop field. This article discusses how neurological know-how could be integrated academic improve patients, foster training concepts provide innovative for patients with predominant disabilities.