Geriatrics: Partners for a lifetime of care

Our team includes family, geriatric and internal medicine doctors. These doctors coordinate your care with specialists in nursing, nutrition, occupational and physical therapy, pharmacy and social work. When you need care from a specialist, you get the most advanced care available, from diabetes experts to world-renowned heart and vascular specialists. We take a holistic approach to care. This includes disease management and prevention, functional rehabilitation and end-of-life care.

Our geriatric physicians provide preventive services. They also assist with physical and emotional limitations that are common in older adults. These include:

• Arthritis

• Atrial fibrillation

• Bowel incontinence

• Decrease in performance of basic activities of daily living

• Dementia

• Depression

• Diabetes

• Medication management

• Memory loss

• Nutrition

• Osteoporosis

• Pain management

• Sleep disorders

• Urinary incontinence

Improving your independence and quality of life

At UW Health, we offer assistance with:

• Acute care for elders

• Elder law

• Evaluating and managing age-associated sleep changes

• Geriatric consultations

• Managing behavior changes related to dementia

• Memory care

• Mobility and falls, including fall prevention education

• Mood disorder (anxiety and depression) management 

• Nutrition evaluation

• Occupational physical therapy

• On-site care for residents in the Oakwood Village assisted living or nursing home settings

• Primary geriatric care

• Social work

• Transitional services

The geriatrics team at UW Health includes experts in primary and specialty care for older patients.

We offer specialized geriatrics care at UW Health clinics in Fitchburg, Madison and Prairie du Sac.