The future of aging: Recent breakthroughs in geriatric healthcare

The demography of the population across the world is aging at an alarming rate and hence there is a need to focus on the geriatric healthcare services. This aims to discuss the new developments in geriatrics over the past several years based on technological solutions, alterations in the approach to the patient’s care, and strategies to improve the quality life of elders. Thus, we consider the opportunities provided by telehealth and remote monitoring for the enlargement of the array of services for patients living in rural or underserved areas. Also, the integrated care concept, which relies on the cooperation between different disciplines and puts the focus on patient’s needs exposed in the case of elderly individuals with multimorbidity. By accepting these opportunities, we might strive for the older adult population to get the appropriate, considerate, and efficient healthcare with the focus on their human rights to make individual choices.