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The Geriatric Ambulatory Clinics at St. Paul’s Hospital and Mount Saint Joseph Hospital provide an interdisciplinary approach to older adults (65+), living in the Vancouver region, who are experiencing health changes that impact their physical, cognitive or psychosocial well being.

Referrals to geriatricians and geriatric psychiatrists must be approved by a family physician or hospital based physician. Referrals to other members of the interdisciplinary team can be made by any health care provider.
INFORMATION FOR THE FIRST VISIT:
  • This visit may take up to 2 hours.
  • Please instruct patient to bring their care card, medications, and a family member or friend to help them understand and remember information.
    • SERVICES OFFERED:
    Geriatric Medicine
  • Comprehensive geriatric assessment, cognitive assessment diagnosis and management, medical review, pre-operative assessment, falls assessment, medical assessment of homebound elders
    • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Cognitive assessment, treatment of behavioural features of dementia, assessment and treatment of mood, anxiety and psychosis, geriatric psychiatry outreach to homebound elders.
    • Continence Clinic
  • The multidisciplinary Continence Clinic includes a geriatrician, a nurse continence advisor and a pelvic floor physiotherapist, who treat patients with urinary incontinence, bowel incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
    • Nurse Continence Advisor
  • Assessment and management of urinary and bowel incontinence and their related symptoms.
    • Physiotherapy
  • Balance and gait retraining, vestibular rehabilitation for inner ear dysfunction and dizziness, fall prevention, musculoskeletal assessment and management to optimize function.
    • Occupational Therapy
  • Cognitive assessment and treatment, mild cognitive impairment and dementia education for patients and families, individualized memory, brain health and sleep strategies, assessment of day to day function to optimize safety and independence, caregiver support and skill building.
    • Social Work
  • Future planning for patient and caregiver support, linking with community resources and psychosocial stressors.
    • ✱Access to neuropsychologists available via internal clinic referral only✱