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Where geriatricians work and what changes the job

• Outpatient clinic

  Long appointments, complicated medication lists, families in the room.

• Nursing home and post-acute care

  Medical director roles pay a stipend on top of clinical work.

• Hospital consult service

  Called in when an older patient is confused, falling or failing after surgery.

• Home-based primary care

  House calls for people too frail to reach a clinic. Medicare pays for it.

• Palliative care

  A separate additional fellowship that many geriatricians also complete.