Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Table of Contents - August 2011 - Volume 21, Issue 03  

International research and practice

Geriatric care and gerontological research in Argentina

JR Jaureguia1a2a3 c1, RK Rubina4, R Kaplana2a3 and CG Mussoa1a2a3

a1 Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

a2 Hospital Italiano of San Justo, Agustín Rocca, Buenos Aires, Argentina

a3 School of Medicine, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

a4 Ledor Vador Nursing Home, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Summary

Argentina does not yet have a formal nationwide health programme for older people, so there are huge differences in the quality and entitlement of health care for senior citizens. Academic infrastructure is also underdeveloped and this situation slows the advance of geriatrics. Teaching and research in this field is usually unpaid. However, a committed minority of teachers and health professionals are confident that their efforts are worthwhile and a new generation of geriatricians is starting to participate actively in international forums, to publish in recognized medical journals, to participate in Latin American academic forums such as ALMA (Latin American Academy of Senior Adult Medicine) and to foster geriatrics as a speciality.

(Online publication February 09 2011)

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c1 Address for correspondence: Dr José R. Jauregui, Tte. Gral. Juan Domingo Perón 4272, C1181ACH, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Email: jose.jauregui@hospitalitaliano.org.ar