Chennai, July 9th, 2023: Geri Care Hospital, India’s first multi-speciality hospital exclusively for senior citizens, which has been serving patients from the T Nagar premises has now opened its second unit at Adambakkam, Velachery.
The Launch of Geri Care Hospital, Adambakkam happened today at the hands of Padmasri Dr. V S Natarajan Father of Geriatrics in India and Shri K Lakshmi Kanthan Bharathi, Freedom Fighter and I.A.S., (Retd.,). The event was attended by prominent medical practitioners and others from the medical fraternity.
Speaking on the occasion, Padmasri Dr. V S Natarajan said, “India has more than 138 million elderly population. The proportion of the elderly population in India has increased to 10.1% in 2021 and is further likely to increase to 13.1% in 2031. In addition, 1 in 4 Indians has a risk of dying from an NCD before they reach the age of 70. Dementia is on the rise as well with over 8.8 million people living with the condition”.
Geriatric assessment is different from other specialities. For example, we Geriatricians do something called as Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) that means, geriatricians will do assessment of medical problems like Diabetes, Hypertension etc along with assessment of mental problems like anxiety, depression, dementia and assess their physical problems like falls, instability, incontinence. Social problems like elder abuse, isolation is also assessed. So, we address all these problems holistically thus giving complete care to older adults.
Main characteristic features of Geriatric Medicine are
Exhibiting extreme patience when listening to elderly problems.
Identifying atypical presentations of common diseases
Can differentiate between normal ageing and disease process
Can reduce medications according to patient need thus avoiding polypharmacy
At the same time, there are not enough trained caregivers or doctors to help due to various reasons. This gap has been addressed by Geri care and it is sure to help the senior citizens wade through their age-related diseases with ease.”
Hospital offers preventive health check-up for senior citizens based on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) at discounted prices, as part of the inaugural offer.
Sharing details about their new unit, Dr. Lakshmipathy Ramesh, Founder & Managing Director, Geri Care said, “The newly inaugurated 100-bedded Geri Care Hospital has state-of-the-art Geriatric ICU, elder friendly rooms, round-the-clock geriatric emergency services, dialysis services, fully equipped laminar air flow operation theatres, advanced CT scan, laboratory services and pharmacy services. The location will help us serve patients from Tharamani to Tambaram and from Guindy to Chrompet. The hospital is managed by more than 12 Geriatricians who are experts in handling complex problems of the elderly. Not just physical, even the emotional condition of the patients is considered while treating the elderly. Dr.V.Srinivas, Founder & Executive Director said that India’s 14 Crore elders >65 years (Est 5.3% of India Population) need a ‘Elder specific’ suite of health care service that eliminates the deficiencies in the existing fragmented system.
The geriatricians are ably supported by a team of specialists from Nephrology, Cardiology, Geriatric oncology, Orthogeriatrics, Geriatric psychiatry and Geriatric urology departments, among others.
Geri Care Hospital, Adambakkam also offers preventive health check-up for senior citizens based on Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) at discounted prices, as part of the inaugural offer.
Geri Care also has homecare, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, which provide 360-degree care for senior citizens.
About Geri Care
Geri Care was founded by eminent Geriatricians in India, backed by Top Doctors, with a mission to provide, educate and mainstream Geriatric Care in India’s Health care system.
Geri Care is a pioneer -the first from the Private Sector – to set up an exclusive hospital in India, catering exclusively to the special needs of the elderly. Geri Care services are built on global standards, serving the elderly with utmost respect and compassion from its Geriatric Clinics, Home Visits & Home Care Programs, Assisted Living (Rehab centres with Medical & Nursing facilities.)
Geri Care Geriatric hospitals have operation theatres to handle critical cases along with treatment facilities for NCDs, Cardiology, Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, and other diseases. Geri Care has over 350 well-trained geriatric care nurses whose services can be availed for homecare nursing services. Geri Care is expanding its hospital footprint by another 150 beds in the near term.