Geriatricians wanted: medical schools work to recruit aging health specialists

Geriatricians wanted: medical schools work to recruit aging health specialists

By Grace Vitaglione North Carolinians are getting older, but there aren’t enough people getting trained to care for them.  The population of people ages 65 and older in North Carolina is expected to nearly double to 2.7 million in the next couple decades. Many of those older adults will require care from doctors specializing in geriatric medicine, or doctors who are trained to focus on older adults’ ability to function and their need to balance …