Services and Programs
Geriatric medicine at Penn offers the following
services and programs:
Truman Schnabel House Calls Program
When physical limitations make a visit to one of our practices impossible, our
House Calls program offers patients the exceptional care of Penn geriatrics
in their own home. Nurse practitioners and physicians provide complete primary
care for the homebound patient on a temporary or permanent basis. Care coordination
with additional agencies, medical equipment and social work is led by experienced
geriatric medicine practitioners to maintain successful living at home.
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Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit
The ACE unit, located at Penn Presbyterian Medical
Center, is Penn's specially designed
hospital unit for older adults. Penn's
ACE Unit, first such unit in the Philadelphia
region, is a leader in providing specialized,
comprehensive and interdisciplinary care for
older adults. An experienced team of geriatric
medicine physicians, nurses, therapists and
social workers provide cutting-edge geriatric
care and create a comfortable environment dedicated
to the unique needs of elderly patients and
their families.
Penn's ACE Unit is experienced in treating
problems unique to older adults and preventing
functional loss often associated with hospitalization.
The ACE team guides patients through the discharge
process to ensure the best post-hospital experience
possible. Penn geriatric medicine physicians
also admit to the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania, consistently ranked as one of
the nation's top hospitals.
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Ralston Penn Clinic for Osteoporosis and Related
Bone Disorders
The Ralston Penn Clinic for Osteoporosis and
Related Bone Disorders treats patients with osteoporosis
and other metabolic bone diseases. The physicians
at the clinic treat the full spectrum of common
bone diseases, including primary and secondary
osteoporosis, osteomalacia and Paget's
disease of bone. Patients receive comprehensive
evaluation, skeletal history analysis and bone
density assessment.
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Penn Memory Center
The Penn
Memory Center is the patient care and
research component of the Penn Alzheimer's
Disease Center. Here, individuals age 50 and
older come for a thorough evaluation and treatment
of symptoms of age-related memory loss, and related
changes in thinking, communication and personality.
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Sleep Disorders Clinic for Seniors
The Sleep Disorders Clinic for Seniors evaluates
and treats older patients with a variety of unique
medical conditions that interfere with restful
sleep. Our physicians are specialty trained in
sleep medicine with expertise in treating older
adults.
Consultation visits take place at Ralston Penn
Center. Sleep laboratory diagnostic services
are provided at the Penn Sleep
Centers.
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