Provo Geriatric Doctors
- 1 Board certified
- 8 Reviews
- Average rating is 2.8 stars
- Average wait time is 28.4 minutes
Top Geriatric Doctors in Provo, UT
1034 N 500 W
Provo, UT 84604
- Psychiatry
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- 10 years experience
- 4 star hospital
306 River Bend Ln
Provo, UT 84604
- Family Medicine
- Family Medicine - Geriatric Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- 32 years experience
- 4 star hospital
- 3 star medical school
A geriatric specialist is a physician who treats the elderly population and the conditions that most commonly affect them. These doctors have special training in the effects of aging on the body and mind of a patient.
Geriatric specialists treat common ailments faced by senior citizens, such as frailty, incontinence, memory problems, arthritis, senility, decreased functioning and more.
In addition, geriatric specialists keep abreast of the different medications that an elderly person is prescribed to treat their more complex health issues in order to decrease adverse side effects and avoid dangerous drug interactions.
The area of Provo, UT has a population of approximately 112,922 people. There are 2 geriatric doctors near Provo, which gives it a ratio of 1 geriatric doctor per 56,461 residents or a ratio of 1 geriatric doctor per 15,838 households. There are 31,675 households in Provo.
