BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY Press Releases:
13 April 2000 The Society is the only professional association, in the United Kingdom, of
doctors practising geriatric medicine. The 2000 members worldwide are
consultants in geriatric medicine, the psychiatry of old age, public health
medicine, general practitioners, and scientists engaged in the research of
age-related disease. It was founded in 1947 for “the relief of suffering and distress
amongst the aged and infirm by the improvement of standards of medical care for
such person, the holding of meetings and the publication and distribution of
the results of such research”. Geriatric Medicine (Geriatrics) “is that branch of general medicine
concerned with the clinical, preventive, remedial and social aspects of illness
in older people. Their high morbidity rates, different patterns of disease
presentation, slower response to treatment and requirements for social support
call for special medical skills”. The purpose is to restore an ill and
disabled person to a level of maximum ability and wherever possible return the
person to an independent life at home.
British Geriatrics Society
1 St Andrew's Place
London
NW1 4LB  0207 935 4004
 0207 224 0454
 feedback@bgs.org.uk
 http://www.bgs.org.uk
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