Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Brown Health Medical Group Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine provides comprehensive, high quality care for adults age 65 and older across a variety of clinical settings. Our physicians specialize in the evaluation and management of dementia, urinary incontinence, falls, gait and balance disorders, frailty, and complex medical conditions. We focus on helping our patients remain as active and independent as possible through health promoting and disease prevention strategies.

Our specialists are also trained to care for seniors with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, arthritis, memory concerns, osteoporosis, and other common age related conditions.

We are committed to delivering exceptional patient care while advancing medical education and research dedicated to the well being of older adults. Our physicians hold academic appointments at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and have specialized training in geriatrics and palliative medicine.

Our team provides care in outpatient settings, long term care facilities, and through inpatient geriatrics consultation services at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital.

In addition to our Brown University Health campus locations, our providers also care for patients in these Providence area nursing homes and assisted living communities:

• Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center of Rhode Island
• Saint Elizabeth Community
• Steere House
• Tockwotton on the Waterfront
• Wingate Living

Geriatric Fracture Program at Rhode Island Hospital 

The Geriatric Fracture Program at Rhode Island Hospital is specifically designed to address the needs of elderly patients who have suffered a fracture, particularly a hip fracture. The program, the first of its kind in the region, is collaboration among the departments of orthopedic surgery, emergency medicine and the division of geriatric medicine, and involves specialists in numerous disciplines who address the factors that contributed to a patient’s fracture and their impact on recovery. More about the program

Inpatient Elder Behavioral Health Services (EBHS) Unit  at Morton Hospital

The EBHS Unit at Morton Hospital in Taunton, MA provides a multidisciplinary, integrative approach for treating older adults – age 55 and over –  with behavioral, psychiatric, or neuropsychiatric difficulties that require hospitalization. The secure, 19-bed inpatient psychiatric program offers rapid assessment, daily programming and focused intervention in a short-term setting. To learn more about the unit, call 508-828-7432.