Журнал старения и гериатрической медицины

The Challenge of Managing the Elderly Patient

Ioana Dana Alexa

We assist at a profound demographic change, which is the rapid aging of the society. Although some people reach a very old age completely free of physical ailments, most seniors are exposed to increasing frailty, disability and poor quality of life. More often than not, they have multiple concomitant diseases, which are more and more difficult to manage by the general practitioner alone.