Yet, anxiety disorders surpass the other well-known "geriatric giants" in their prevalence among older adults (10-20%), being twice as common as the dementias (8%) and four to eight times more ...

To English-speaking physicians, “geriatric giants” are dangerous conditions from which elderly persons are particularly likely to suffer. The term is said to have been coined by Bernard Isaacs ...

Urinary incontinence is called one of the giants of elderly care and is quite prevalent in old age. The other giants in the care of elderly (geriatric medicine) are: immobility or difficulty in ...