Geriatric
adjective
Relating to old people, particularly with health or medical needs.
She works in a geriatric ward in a hospital.
Often appears as...
- geriatric care
- geriatric ward
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An old person, typically receiving special care.
She has a lot of experience in caring for geriatrics.
Often appears as...
- caring for geriatrics
- geriatrics ward
adjective
Out of date or not current.
Many consider the traditional office set-up to be geriatric.
Often appears as...
- geriatric ideas
- geriatric policies
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Relating to old people, particularly with health or medical needs.
She works in a geriatric ward in a hospital.
Often appears as...
- geriatric care
- geriatric ward
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An old person, typically receiving special care.
She has a lot of experience in caring for geriatrics.
Often appears as...
- caring for geriatrics
- geriatrics ward
adjective
Out of date or not current.
Many consider the traditional office set-up to be geriatric.
Often appears as...
- geriatric ideas
- geriatric policies
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Specialty
Focuses on elderly health care, often in hospitals or clinics.
Her specialization in geriatric medicine makes her an excellent elder care provider.
Pro Tip 2/3Respectful Language
Use 'geriatric' in a clinical setting to maintain respect for older adults.
The geriatric patients received comprehensive medical assessments.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Stereotyping
Some may find it offensive if used to imply helplessness simply due to age.
Calling an active senior 'geriatric' might be seen as disrespectful.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Specialty
Focuses on elderly health care, often in hospitals or clinics.
Her specialization in geriatric medicine makes her an excellent elder care provider.
Pro Tip 2/3Respectful Language
Use 'geriatric' in a clinical setting to maintain respect for older adults.
The geriatric patients received comprehensive medical assessments.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Stereotyping
Some may find it offensive if used to imply helplessness simply due to age.
Calling an active senior 'geriatric' might be seen as disrespectful.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Specialty
Focuses on elderly health care, often in hospitals or clinics.
Her specialization in geriatric medicine makes her an excellent elder care provider.
Pro Tip 2/3Respectful Language
Use 'geriatric' in a clinical setting to maintain respect for older adults.
The geriatric patients received comprehensive medical assessments.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Stereotyping
Some may find it offensive if used to imply helplessness simply due to age.
Calling an active senior 'geriatric' might be seen as disrespectful.
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
the damage itself is caused ongoing-ly throughout life, starting before we're born. But it is not part of metabolism itself. And this turns out to be useful. Because we can re-draw our original diagram this way. We can say that, fundamentally, the difference between gerontology and geriatrics
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Are we born to run? -...
don't say golf something that actually is hard wear geriatrics are performing as well as they did as teenagers so you have these three mysteries is there one kind of piece in the puzzle which might wrap all these things up you gotta be really careful anytime someone looks
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Pampered Pets PIPE National...
hydrotherapy room originally we designed it with hip dysplasia attic and geriatric dogs in mind but increasingly we have a lot of labs and Golden's just real high g-dog they all wear lifejackets unless
Video examples
A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
the damage itself is caused ongoing-ly throughout life, starting before we're born. But it is not part of metabolism itself. And this turns out to be useful. Because we can re-draw our original diagram this way. We can say that, fundamentally, the difference between gerontology and geriatrics
Video examples
Are we born to run? -...
don't say golf something that actually is hard wear geriatrics are performing as well as they did as teenagers so you have these three mysteries is there one kind of piece in the puzzle which might wrap all these things up you gotta be really careful anytime someone looks
Video examples
Pampered Pets PIPE National...
hydrotherapy room originally we designed it with hip dysplasia attic and geriatric dogs in mind but increasingly we have a lot of labs and Golden's just real high g-dog they all wear lifejackets unless
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Olivia Colman
English Actress
My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.
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David Sax
Canadian Journalist
Charity fundraisers are nothing new to me. In the past, I have taken part in ski races for hospitals, walks for breast cancer, and long distance bike rides for geriatric care.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
It's rare for news of even the most geriatric male celebrity becoming a father to warrant several paragraphs of panicked speculation about a 'growing trend' of older parents.
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John Mortimer
English Novelist
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
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Bjorn Ulvaeus
Swedish Musician
I want people to remember ABBA as we were. I don't think that four geriatrics wheeled on stage is what we should leave as our legacy.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
People are still being put into geriatric wards when they don't need it. They need treatment, not just being put into bed and fed.
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Dan Donovan
American Politician
A 75-year-old man doesn't need maternity leave or maternity care. A young person doesn't need geriatric care.
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Neville Marriner
English Musician
The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.
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Harold MacMillan
English Politician
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I call myself a geriatric starlet.
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Olivia Colman
English Actress
My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.
Quote examples
David Sax
Canadian Journalist
Charity fundraisers are nothing new to me. In the past, I have taken part in ski races for hospitals, walks for breast cancer, and long distance bike rides for geriatric care.
Quote examples
Dawn Foster
British Journalist
It's rare for news of even the most geriatric male celebrity becoming a father to warrant several paragraphs of panicked speculation about a 'growing trend' of older parents.
Quote examples
John Mortimer
English Novelist
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
Quote examples
Bjorn Ulvaeus
Swedish Musician
I want people to remember ABBA as we were. I don't think that four geriatrics wheeled on stage is what we should leave as our legacy.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
People are still being put into geriatric wards when they don't need it. They need treatment, not just being put into bed and fed.
Quote examples
Dan Donovan
American Politician
A 75-year-old man doesn't need maternity leave or maternity care. A young person doesn't need geriatric care.
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Neville Marriner
English Musician
The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.
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Harold MacMillan
English Politician
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I call myself a geriatric starlet.
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