A Doctor Who Understands the Needs of Elders and Caregivers
Welcome! I'm a board-certified geriatrician who makes housecalls in San Francisco and the Bay Area. I specialize in helping elders and families with age-related medical challenges, such as
- memory problems, including Alzheimer's and other dementias
- falls
- pain
- multiple chronic conditions
- declines in independence
- repeat hospitalizations
- care coordination
- end-of-life care coordination
My practice is exclusively dedicated to geriatric consultation, and is based on making housecalls, with frequent phone and email follow-up as needed. As a former primary care physician, I understand the challenges that older adults and their families often face in getting the right care and support from busy primary care providers and specialists. Because geriatrics is a specialty focused on the special medical and wellness needs of the elderly, my consultation services can help address important issues that other doctors may not have the time or expertise to address.
How I might be able to help you
My elder-health services can help older patients and their families
- Address medical challenges particular to the elderly, such as those described above
- Help you to understand your overall health situation, how to maintain optimum well-being and quality of life, and how to prolong independence
- Help you get the care needed from the health system, and show you how to best work with the system
- Coordinate care among multiple doctors, or with geriatric care managers
- Review medications and identify those that tend to affect elders
- Navigate a difficult medical decision or hospital situation
- Assess the match between preferences and the care currently being obtained from the medical system, and suggest improvements
- Complete advance directives or living wills
- Plan for present and future housing and care needs
Please call me at 415-574-0545, to find out more about my practice, or to request a consultation.