Neurogeriatrics—a vision for improved care and research for geriatric patients with predominating neurological disabilities

• Published in: Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 340 - 346
• Main Authors: Jacobs, Andreas H., Emmert, Kirsten, Baron, Ralf, Bartsch, Thorsten, Bauer, Juergen, Becker, Clemens, Berg, Daniela, Bergmann, Philipp, Boetzel, Kai, Bollheimer, Cornelius, Deuschl, Guenther, Djukic, Marija, Drey, Michael, Durwen, Herbert, Ebersbach, Georg, Elshehabi, Morad, Geritz, Johanna, Gisinger, Christoph, Guennewig, Thomas, Hauptmann, Bjoern, Heppner, Hans-Juergen, Hobert, Markus A., Hofmann, Werner, Huellemann, Philipp, Jahn, Klaus, Klucken, Jochen, Kurth, Roland, Lindner, Reinhard, Lingor, Paul, Lukas, Albert, Maetzold, Sara, Mokrusch, Thomas, Mollenhauer, Brit, Nau, Roland, Plate, Annika, Polidori, Maria Cristina, Prell, Tino, Schellinger, Peter, Spira, Dominik, Stephani, Ulrich, Studt, Simone, Trenkwalder, Claudia, Unger, Heinz L., Urban, Peter, von Arnim, Christine A. F., Warnecke, Tobias, Weiss, Michael, Wiedemann, Andreas, Wirth, Rainer, Witt, Karsten, Dodel, Richard, Maetzler, Walter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer Medizin 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Aging; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Reviews; Social Sciences; Neurogeriatrische Untersuchung; Neurologie; Bewegungsstörung; Zentren für Altersmedizin; Multidisziplinäres Team; Multidisciplinary team; Kognitive Störung; Cognitive decline; Neurology; Movement disorder; Interdisciplinarity; Interdisziplinarität; Centers for Aging Medicine; Neurogeriatric assessment
• ISSN: 0948-6704; 1435-1269
• DOI: 10.1007/s00391-020-01734-1

Geriatric medicine is a rapidly evolving field that addresses diagnostic, therapeutic and care aspects of older adults. Some disabilities and disorders affecting cognition (e.g. dementia), motor function (e.g. stroke, Parkinson’s disease, neuropathies), mood (e.g. depression), behavior (e.g. delirium) and chronic pain disorders are particularly frequent in old subjects. As knowledge about these age-associated conditions and disabilities is steadily increasing, the integral implementation of neurogeriatric knowledge in geriatric medicine and specific neurogeriatric research is essential to develop the field. This article discusses how neurological know-how could be integrated in academic geriatric medicine to improve care of neurogeriatric patients, to foster neurogeriatric research and training concepts and to provide innovative care concepts for geriatric patients with predominant neurological conditions and disabilities.