Geriatric care: An urgent need

Geriatric care is now more crucial than ever. Geriatric care focuses on the psychological, social, and medical facets of aging with the objective of enhancing the ‘life quality of older individuals. It strengthens the multidisciplinary approach and provides preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services to the older individuals. Geriatric care includes chronic condition coordination among a number of providers and addressing the determinants of social health. Agerelated diseases like dementia, CVS disorders, etc. require state-of-the-art care and resources, including the support of family members, and skilled geriatric medical staff.