Patient Care Programs
Sponors:
Multiple UAB clinical departments including medicine, neurology, psychiatry, opthalmology,
pathology, nutrition sciences, and surgery.
Patient care programs meeting the needs of older adults are available throughout
the UAB Health System. This website highlights a few of those specifically designed
to meet the needs of older adults or their family members.
The Division of Geriatric Psychiatry offers outpatient and inpatient programs that
address mental health issues of older adults, including treatments for depression,
anxiety, and behavioral problems associated with memory disorders.
The Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care offers primary care and specialty
programs for older adults at the William Clifford and Margaret Spain McDonald Clinic.
Patient care programs include the Geriatric Clinic, the Heart Failure Clinic, and
the Camellia Medical Group. In addition, the Palliative Care Center offers palliative
care and supportive care programs at the McDonald Clinic and a palliative care unit
at UAB University Hospital. Other programs are offered at the Kirklin Clinic including
the UAB continence program.
Other UAB patient care programs serving the needs of older adults include the Driving
Assessment Clinic, Low Vision Program, Memory Disorders Clinic, Osteoporosis Clinic,
and the Parkinson's Disease Clinic.
Geriatric programs supported by Center for Aging faculty at the Birmingham VA Medical
Center and the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) include
the Continence Clinic, a Mobility and Fall Prevention Clinic, a Geriatric Assessment
Clinic, geriatric consults, home-based primary care, and palliative care (Safe Harbor).
UAB faculty provide medical directorship for other community-based programs including
hospice programs and the United Mine Workers' Funds Geriatric Care Management Program.
Programs and Phone Numbers:
UAB offers specialized clinical programs for older adults. Some of these include:
- Geriatric Clinic, 996-2770
- Geriatric Health Center at Fair Haven, 975-2322
- Continence Clinic, 801-8705
- Geriatric Heart Failure Clinic, 996-2770
- Palliative Medicine/Supportive Care Clinic, 975-8190
- Palliative and Comfort Care Unit, University Hospital, 996-6870
- Alzheimer Family Program, 934-2178
- Geriatric Psychiatric Services, 934-7008
- Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic, 934-6054
- Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation, 488-0736
- Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Clinic, 801-8187
- Prostate Center, 801-8940
- Driving Assessment Clinic, 325-8646
- Glaucoma Service, 325-8110
- Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility, 934-2610
- Memory Disorders Clinic, 934-3847
Additional Information:
Information about these and other patient care programs can also be obtained from
www.uabhealth.org or
by calling UAB HealthFinder (205-934-9999) or (1-800 UAB-8816). The Center for Aging
also collaborates with the Alabama Gerontological Society, and other groups to sponsor
activities that will assist older adults to be active and healthy.