Geriatricians Shortage Concerns

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America's aging population faces a growing shortage of geriatric care

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More than 80 million Americans are expected to be older than 65 by 2050 , according to the US Census Bureau .

Medical professionals say the problem has been in the making for years , with the supply of doctors trained specifically to treat older adults nowhere near keeping pace with a quickly aging US population.

Jerry Gurwitz , a 68-year-old geriatrician, has doubts over whether there will be enough doctors to take care of people as they get older.

Geriatricians treat older adults who typically have overlapping health conditions, with some patients taking as many as 20 medications, he said. "How do you prevent falls? How do you manage multiple chronic conditions for the same person?" he said. "I think there's people in primary care who have more or less comfort with the complexity taking care of complicated, older adults, and that's what geriatrician is trained to do.".

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