1. Medical care and treatment for senior citizens.
Katherine Bingen
A&P1 R4
GERIATRICS
Medical care and treatment for senior citizens.

2. Fields in Geriatrics: Working environments: Nursing : Social Worker:
Pharmacy:
Physical therapy:
Working environments:
Hospitals,
At home,
Nursing homes,
Offices,
Others homes,

3. Education
You will need a medical degree with a three year residency program, either internal medicine or family medicine and a four year residency program in psychiatry.
Some of the schools that you can attend are:
Baylor College of Medicine
Duke University
University of California
University of San Francisco
University of Iowa
University of Pennsylvania
University of Utah
University of West Virginia

4. Income
Geriatric nurses earn anywhere between $40,000 and $83,000; where as nursing care facilities have a salary of about $52,000, or home health care services nurses get about $54,000 a year.
A geriatrician makes about $183,523 a year in private practice
A raise in pay and “demand” is estimated at 20 to 22% by 2030.

5. A day in the life
A Geriatrician deals with old people by doing everything from physical therapy, to looking at any medical problems they have, looking for solutions to those problems, to social working.

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