Geriatric House Calls: A Geriatrician-Led Clinical Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Ogugua Osi-Ogbu Seki Balogun

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Seki Balogun
Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics/Palliative Care ,University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

A B S T R A C T

Home-based medical care is increasingly being utilized in many developed countries and is crucial for many frail older adults with significant functional and/or cognitive issues. With progressively longer life spans worldwide, developing countries are beginning to grapple with medical care issues of frail older adults. In our report, we describe a geriatrician - led house calls clinical experience in Nigeria and explore the management strategies, as well as challenges in providing much needed medical care for older African adults, especially those who are frail and homebound.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Mon 30, Dec 2019
Accepted: Wed 15, Jan 2020
Published: Wed 22, Jan 2020

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© 2023 Seki Balogun. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.GGR.2019.01.03