4th International Conference on Geriatrics & Gerontological Nursing October 3-4, 2016 London, UK

The study of the biology of ageing or biogerontology, has as its primary objective understanding the basic processes that underlie ageing and age related disease. For some this means increasing human life span, for others it means increasing human health-span. 

Geriatric Medicine  is the subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the health and well-being of older adults. Geriatricians must complete seven or more years of medical school and postgraduate training and become board certified in GeriatricMedicine. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. 

Age related diseases are commonly seen in older patients. These diseases include Osteoarthritis, Alzheimer's, Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases. About 60% of the older populations suffer from Obesity which leads to type 2 Diabetes and some suffer from metabolic syndrome which increases risk factor for developing cardiovascular diseases. And also in older people sleep related diseases are most common which further results in Old age Psychiatry.

A geriatric patient is an older person with impaired overall function. There is no set age, but he or she is usually more than 75 years old with chronic illness(es), physical impairment and/or cognitive impairment. Geriatric Treatment is the one which treat all the chronic illnesses of the elderly. This may help someone to live longer and to live comfortably, even if they cannot be cured.

Geriatric Services includes expert physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and social workers exclusively dedicated to caring for the elderly and being accessible to their patients and families.

Gerontological Nursing is the specialty of nursing pertaining to older adults. Gerontological nurses work in collaboration with older adults, their families, and communities to support healthy aging, maximum functioning, and quality of life.

Geriatric care management is the process of planning and coordinating care of the elderly and others with physical and mental impairments to meet their long term care needs, improve their quality of life, and maintain their independence for as long as possible. Geriatric care managers accomplish this by combining a working knowledge of health and psychology, human development, family dynamics, public and private resources and funding sources, while advocating for their clients throughout the continuum of care.

End-of-life care attends not just to the physical but also the psychosocial and spiritual concerns of patients and their families, and extends into the bereavement period. End-of-life care is the term used to describe the support and medical care given during the time surrounding death.

Geriatric Case Study involves the case study of older people in the society and it is an up-close, in-depth, and detailed examination of a subject (the case), as well as its related contextual conditions. Case studies appear with great frequency throughout popular works, with nearly anybody able to claim to have done one. 

The term Critical Gerontology can be used to describe a rather broad spectrum of theoretical interests, ranging from constructions and deconstructions of aging to the issue of power and control in contemporary society. What ties these different perspectives together is that all of them, in one form or another, have been critical of a theoretical self-understanding of Gerontology.

Biological Gerontology is the field which seeks to develop a biological understanding of the processes of aging, and is the field in which we will apply these findings to increase the length and vitality of our lives. 

Geriatricians have embraced the term “geriatric syndrome”, using it extensively to highlight the unique features of common health conditions in the elderly. 

Geriatric healthcare service provides mobile mental health services and episodic treatment services to community-dwelling older adults 60 and older that emphasize individual needs, strengths, choices, and involvement in service planning and implementation. 

Clinical Gerontology focuses on research which characterizes physiological changes across the human life span that influences the risk of age-related diseases/conditions.  Specific aspects of changes across the life span include. Rates of aging changes in different physiologic outcomes.  

Health care policy and issues can affect providers and the patients they serve at different levels and in many different ways, some critical. 

Public Health is a part of sciences, skills and convictions that is focused on the preservation. In descriptive epidemiology, scientists do use of available data to identify health related problems. In analytical epidemiology, scientists assess the risk factors with these problems. The main part of Epidemiology is to gain new understanding of the correlation of genetic and environmental factors affecting on human health, providing the scientific basis for translation of this knowledge to global health.

Geriatrics 2016 provides great avenues for Investors seeking for investment opportunities and expanding their business horizons.  Our conference is attended by participants from more than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic researchers, practitioners and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of innovations in Geriatric and Gerontology research thereby providing plenty of networking opportunities and newfound knowledge.