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F J Oostvogel

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PubMed1988

[The Department of Geriatrics in The Netherlands. A comment on the advice of the National Council for Public Health and the College for Hospital Provisions concerning departments of geriatrics in general hospitals].

In September 1987 the central advisory bodies for the Dutch health care system issued their advisory report on the further development of departments of geriatric medicine in general hospitals in the Netherlands. The report is awaiting judgement by the Dutch government. The lack of training capacity seems the main problem for the future of geriatric medicine in the Netherlands. Short-term plans aim to strengthen the six existing general hospital departments of geriatric medicine, to increase their training capacity and to enhance their influence by giving them 'satellite-functions' such as satellite-out patient clinics and satellite-consultations. Long-term plans are to set up departments of geriatric medicine in university hospitals, in order to further stimulate training, teaching and research. The authors favour a faster development of university hospital departments of geriatric medicine.

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PubMed1982

[Geriatrics: an absolute necessity].

The medical care for elderly people could be greatly improved. If no specific attention is paid immediately, namely through the various training courses and by way of further and part-time schooling, then this medical care will remain unsatisfactory. This situation worsens continually due to the growing number of elderly people and, within this group, a much higher rate of very aged people. Increasing the care in institutions is altogether unsatisfactory. The problem should be dealt with structurally and the emphasis placed upon prevention and early-diagnosis. There is an urgent need for an integrated method, keeping in mind the limits of the elderly person, from the physical, psychological and social aspects. This demands teamwork in a multidisciplinary system inside as well as outside the institutions. It demands a thorough knowledge of geriatrics based upon gerontology. Geriatricians are urgently needed in this development together with doctors in nursing homes, general practitioners and specialists, so that the necessary care may be established as quickly as possible.

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