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Nebraska Geriatric Health Services |
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Adams NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Adams Primary Care , Gage County Click to request assistance
Auburn NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Auburn Family Health Center PC , Nemaha County Click to request assistance
Bassett NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Greater Sandhill Family Health , Rock County Click to request assistance
Bayard NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Morrill County Community Hospital, Inc , Morrill County Click to request assistance
Beatrice NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Gage County Medical Clinic , Gage County Click to request assistance
Beatrice NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Beatrice Medical Ctr Pc , Gage County Click to request assistance
Bellevue NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Bellevue Health Clinic , Sarpy County Click to request assistance
Bellevue NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Bellevue Family Practice Pc , Sarpy County Click to request assistance
Blair NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --ALEGENT HEALTH , Washington County Click to request assistance
Blair NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Blair Clinic , Washington County Click to request assistance
Blue Hill NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Blue Hill Clinic , Webster County Click to request assistance
Cambridge NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Progressive Family Medical Assoc , Furnas County Click to request assistance
Cedar Rapids NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Cedar Rapids Medical Clinic , Boone County Click to request assistance
Central City NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Lone Tree Medical Associates Pc , Merrick County Click to request assistance
Columbus NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Columbus Medical Center PC , Platte County Click to request assistance
Columbus NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Family Health Care Of Columbus , Platte County Click to request assistance
Columbus NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Senior Care Health Svc , Platte County Click to request assistance
Crete NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Saline Medical Specialtie , Saline County Click to request assistance
Elkhorn NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Elkhorn Family Care Center , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Elkhorn NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Skyline Medical Center , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Fairbury NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Fairbury Clinic Pc , Jefferson County Click to request assistance
Falls City NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Falls City Family Practice Pc , Richardson County Click to request assistance
Falls City NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Family Medicine , Richardson County Click to request assistance
Fremont NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Fremont Familycare , Dodge County Click to request assistance
Friend NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Exeter Medical Clinic , Saline County Click to request assistance
Fullerton NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Saint Francis Medical Center Inc , Nance County Click to request assistance
Genoa NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Park Street Medical Clinic , Nance County Click to request assistance
Gering NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Medical Clinic Gering Pc , Scotts Bluff County Click to request assistance
Gothenburg NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Gothenburg Medical Arts , Dawson County Click to request assistance
Gretna NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Gretna Family Health , Sarpy County Click to request assistance
Hastings NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Family Medical Center Of Hasting , Adams County Click to request assistance
Hastings NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Community Health Center , Adams County Click to request assistance
Hebron NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Thayer County Health Services , Thayer County Click to request assistance
Howells NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --ALEGENT HEALTH HOWELLS CLINIC , Colfax County Click to request assistance
Humboldt NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Family Medicine Clinic , Richardson County Click to request assistance
Kearney NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --T B Murray Md , Buffalo County Click to request assistance
Lexington NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Plum Creek Medical Group , Dawson County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Family House Associates , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --East Lincoln Family Health , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Lincoln Medical Education , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Northrup Internal Medicine & Primary Care , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Autumn Ridge Family Medicine , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Edgewood Family Physicians , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Family Practice Specialists Llc , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Family Medicine Of Lincoln , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Holmes Lake Family Health Center Inc , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Lincoln NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Lincoln Family Medical Group , Lancaster County Click to request assistance
Neligh NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --277A M H Family Practice , Antelope County Click to request assistance
Norfolk NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Alegent Health Clinic , Madison County Click to request assistance
Norfolk NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Norfolk Family Medicine Pc , Madison County Click to request assistance
North Platte NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Midlands Family Medicine , Lincoln County Click to request assistance
Oakland NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Oakland Fmly Practce , Burt County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Alegent Health Clinic , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Key Physical Therapy, Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Alegent Health Clinic , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Doctors For Senior Health, P.C. , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Compassionate Memory Care , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --University of Nebraska Medical Center, Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --R H M Geriatric Care Management Llc , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Thomas B Cotton , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Dept Of Geriatrics , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Senior Health Foundation , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Omaha NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Methodist Geriatric Evaluation & Management , Douglas County Click to request assistance
Oneill NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Oneill Family Practice Pc , Holt County Click to request assistance
Ord NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Ord Family Health Center , Valley County Click to request assistance
Papillion NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --McGill Family Practice , Sarpy County Click to request assistance
Papillion NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Papillion Family Medicine , Sarpy County Click to request assistance
Plattsmouth NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Family Physicians , Cass County Click to request assistance
Red Cloud NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --County Medical Services , Webster County Click to request assistance
Rushville NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --The Clinic , Sheridan County Click to request assistance
Saint Edward NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --St Edward Medical Clinic , Boone County Click to request assistance
Saint Paul NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Better Health Services Inc , Howard County Click to request assistance
Scottsbluff NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Harkins Family Medicine , Scotts Bluff County Click to request assistance
Scottsbluff NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Western Family Medicine , Scotts Bluff County Click to request assistance
Scottsbluff NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Horizons West Medical Group Pc , Scotts Bluff County Click to request assistance
Shelby NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Butler County Clinic , Polk County Click to request assistance
South Sioux City NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Multi Care Physicians Group , Dakota County Click to request assistance
Springfield NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Methodist Physicians Clinic , Sarpy County Click to request assistance
Stromsburg NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Stromsburg Medical Clinic , Polk County Click to request assistance
Sutherland NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Sutherland Medical Clinic , Lincoln County Click to request assistance
Tekamah NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Cottonwood Clinic , Burt County Click to request assistance
Utica NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Utica Family Medical Center , Seward County Click to request assistance
Valentine NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Valentine Medical Clinic Llc , Cherry County Click to request assistance
Valentine NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Cherry County Clinic , Cherry County Click to request assistance
Wayne NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --Wayne Mercy Medical Center , Wayne County Click to request assistance
Weeping Water NE - Nebraska Senior geriatric clinic -- Weeping Water Family Practice , Cass County Click to request assistance
Wilber NE - Nebraska long term care hospital --Bryan Corporation , Saline County Click to request assistance
Wymore NE - Nebraska geriatric medical care --Community Physicians Clinic , Gage County Click to request assistance
York NE - Nebraska seniors foot care --York Medical Clinic Pc , York County Click to request assistance
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The Nebraska Care Planning Council (NeCPC) lists companies and individual providers on this website who help families deal with the crisis and burden of long term care. One purpose of this website is to educate the public on the need for care planning before a crisis occurs. A second purpose is to provide, in one place, all of the available government and private services for eldercare. Finally, our ultimate mission is to offer a trusted listing service that the public will recognize and turn to for expert help in dealing with the challenges of long term care. |
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About Geriatric Health Care
Geriatric Physicians (Or Geriatric Nurse Practitioners)
There is currently little incentive to encourage established doctors or students in medical school to specialize in geriatric medicine. Even though it is a recognized specialty, according to the American Geriatrics Society, there are only about 9,000 M.D. Geriatricians and several hundred osteopathic physicians (DO) certified in geriatrics, as well as some 2,400 board-certified geropsychiatrists in the United States . (A geropsychiatrists it is a psychiatrist trained to deal with the mental health needs and specific syndromes faced by older adults).
According to the statistical abstract of the United States there are approximately 770,000 practicing doctors of medicine in the United States . This means there is roughly 1 doctor, including specialists, for every 300 persons in the United States . Based on the numbers above there is only about 1 Geriatrician for every 3,000 elderly persons in this country. Because there are so few of them, it may be impossible to find a physician specializing in geriatric care in some areas of the country.
There are probably many more family physicians or internists who specialize in treating older people and from experience they have probably learned many of the issues associated with treating the elderly, but many of these practitioners could probably benefit from more specialized geriatric training if it were available.
Out of 145 medical schools in the United States only five have geriatric care departments. Many more medical schools offer elective courses in geriatrics but only 3% of all medical students ever enroll for such classes.
Helping elderly people who are nearing the end of their lives and who suffer from multiple, incurable and chronic disorders is often not an appealing prospect to family doctors or to young medical students. Besides, geriatric care typically does not produce as much income as other specialties.
Most doctors who treat the elderly are reimbursed either through Medicare or sometimes through Medicaid or sometimes a combination of both. These government programs have become more and more stingy over the years. Many doctors who in the past have accepted Medicare find that they have better paying opportunities treating younger patients and they will no longer accept new Medicare patients. And as long as those younger patients are available for treatment, few doctors are going to go out of their way to seek out Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement.
There are doctors, geriatric nurse practitioners or physicians assistants who derive satisfaction from working with older people. And they may be taking a cut in pay by doing this. These practitioners are most likely going to be Geriatricians. An older person or his or her family should seek to find these geriatric care specialists in their area or if that is not possible, an effort should be made to locate a geriatric clinic in the area. Geriatric clinics are becoming more popular and even though the doctors who staff them may not always be geriatric physicians they are likely to be more aware of the problems associated with treating elderly people. Many geriatric clinics include a team of specialists to help older people. Here are some of the specialists who may be available in a geriatric clinic.
- Geriatrician
- Nurse
- Social worker
- Nutritionist
- Physical therapist
- Occupational therapist
- Consultant pharmacist
- Geropsychiatrist
If there are no Geriatricians or geriatric clinics in the area, an attempt should be made to find those doctors who specialize in elderly care. This can be done by making phone calls to various doctor's offices or by checking in the Yellow Pages. Too often, the elderly or their family is content to work with the doctor whom they like but who has little experience in geriatric care. Personality is an important issue but it is more important to find a qualified doctor to care for an aged loved one.
Home Visiting Doctors
Many doctors are returning to the practice of medicine a hundred years ago and are making house calls. Health insurance plans including Medicare will now reimburse a doctor and possibly a staff member -- if test equipment is involved -- to visit homebound patients in their homes.
To qualify for a home visit the patient must experience great difficulty in leaving the home in order meet with the doctor in his or her office. This does not however mean the care recipient need be totally disabled. It simply means that transportation requirements or help needed to get to a doctor might be very expensive or difficult to provide or the patient's safety might be jeopardized by leaving the home.
Doctors are willing to visit in the home and provide service because they are paid more money by health insurance providers to compensate them for their time and their loss of efficiency in meeting patients in their offices. Probably the insurance providers reason that the additional cost of meeting with patients at home, before major medical problems evolve, is more cost effective than paying for ambulances and treatment in emergency rooms.
Doctors who make home visits are more likely to be experienced in geriatric care. This is because most homebound patients are typically older. This is a positive advantage for a family using a home visiting physician since we have been making a point that it is better for the older person to be treated by a doctor with experience in this area. It will typically result in better care.
There are also a number of advantages to using home visits as opposed to office visits. The patient will be more relaxed and cooperative in familiar surroundings. Older people are thrilled that a doctor would take time to visit them in their homes. They will be more compliant, more open and as a result receive better treatment as opposed to receiving care in the doctor's office. Typically the doctor will take more time and be able to establish a better rapport with his patient. The idea of the doctor not having to hurry off to another patient in another room is comforting to an older person.
Another very important benefit is that the physician can see the environment in which his patient is living and have a better understanding of how that environment may affect his patient's health. By seeing it first-hand, he can make recommendations for care that would have been impossible in his office. In essence the doctor learns much more about a patient in her home and he can achieve a personal connection that would have been difficult to establish in the office. The ultimate outcome of a house call is that the doctor can provide a greater degree of holistic medicine.
A home visit patient can receive house calls on a periodic or ongoing basis. The patient need not give up other doctors if the reason for being homebound is temporary. Testing equipment in the past few years has become more portable and the doctor can bring an assistant who might provide tests on site. Heart function, lung function and simple blood tests performed on site can give the doctor an immediate feedback on the needs of his patient and allow him to make treatment decisions without the delay of waiting for test results.
Health Care Advocates
Sometimes it's easier for a person to hire someone to walk through the maze of finding doctors, making sure treatments are appropriate and working with insurance companies. There is a growing industry designed to help people in this area. It is also important to remember that area agencies on aging can provide counseling services for Medicare at no cost. But the services of health-care advocates are typically broader and can save a great deal of time for people who have the money to hire someone to be their advocate.
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