Gerontology

University of Miami Health System Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine seeks to provide older persons with improved health, independence, and quality of life. Specific concerns are the aging process; the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of health care problems; and the social and economic conditions that affect the health care of the elderly.

UHealth’s Gerontology team of medical and science professionals pursues the following goals:

Apply innovative interdisciplinary models for delivering, teaching, and improving elder/senior care
Train health professionals, students, staff, and practitioners in best practices in models of senior care
Explicate a cellular and molecular theory for aging and age-related disease
Specialties:

UHealth Gerontology provides a broad spectrum of patient care services including:

• Home care
• Primary outpatient care
• Subacute care
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment
• Acute care
• Long-term care