Care of the Elderly
Introduction
The Care of the Elderly department has four consultants all of whom hold specialty accreditation in geriatrics and general medicine and provide a wide range of services. These services are centred at our Medical Day Unit with six day case beds and six consulting rooms. The unit cares for all medical day cases such as blood transfusions, chemotherapy and haematological endocrine investigations. Our department is multidisciplinary and has regular input from rheumatology, haematology and oncology.
What we offer
- Neurodegenerative diseases and continence management
- Short-term inpatient rehabilitation at Ellesmere Residential Unit
- Preoperative assessment of complex elderly patients
- Falls assessment service
- Congestive cardiac failure clinic for elderly patients
- Preoperative assessment unit for elderly orthopaedic patients
- Old age general medicine clinic
- Clinical pharmacology with specialist emphasis on metabolic disease
- Old age general medicine clinic
- Memory clinic
- Spina bifida clinic (including management of young disabled)
- Stroke and TIA clinic
- Old age general medicine clinic
Key staff
- Dr Peter Kroker (Service Lead)
- Dr Richard Morgan (Clinical Director)
- Dr Inaki Bovill
- Dr Michael Pelly
Service contact details
Secretaries
T: 020 3315 1565 (Dr Peter Kroker)
T: 020 3315 8146 (Dr Richard Morgan)
T: 020 3315 8071 (Dr Michael Pelly)
T: 020 3315 1563 (Dr Iñaki Bovill)
