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Geriatric Care Team


BY KITT WALSH


N 26 JULY - OCTOBER


ew medical technology is helping more people than ever live well into their 100s, and while such a long lifespan is good news for the human race, it is not some- thing the medical community is totally prepared for. But, if people like Colleen


Gross have their way, that lack of readiness will soon change. Gross is an Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner for NCH, part of a Geriatric Care Team


created to handle the specific needs of an aging population. A nationwide search for the right physician is currently underway, so soon the team will be headed by a doctor dedicated to geriatric care. Geriatric medicine deals with seniors (those above the age of 65) and the preven-


tion and treatment of age-related illnesses. These can be fractures and loss of mobility caused by osteoporosis, blindness from macular degeneration, the ravages of diabetes, the neurological and physical effects of a stroke, or any of the other maladies that cause the elderly needing medical care to be admited to NCH. Gross’s team hopes soon to staff a standalone center for seniors to call with ques-


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