Aging Adult Services
Ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top specialty programs
Contact Information
Director: Rita Ghatak, PhD
Phone: (650) 723-1303
Fax: (650) 736-4186
Location:
Aging Adult Services
300 Pasteur Drive, HC005
Palo Alto, CA 94305-5279
Welcome to Aging Adult Services (AAS) at Stanford!
This is a program devoted to meeting the needs of older adults and their families, and providing them a continuum of care with support and resources. AAS is supported in part by the Ronald and Ann Williams Charitable Foundation, Julian N. Stern, President and Trustee.
The AAS team, with elder care specialists and a medical director, is here to assist you. Our Aging Adult Services brochure provides information and resources related to aging and geriatric health. Discover Health Tips for aging adults. Please read our Summer 2010 Aging Adult Services Newsletter to learn more about our programs. Watch "Your Health: Aging Adult Services."
Other Programs Available
- Geriatric Health Services (GHS) (650) 723-1303: This program offers consultations, assessments, home visits, assistance with appoint ments, physician referrals, advocacy, coordination of services, access to community resources and educational workshops.
- Geriatric Out-Patient Clinic and Consultation Service (650) 387-6777:
Dr. Yusra Hussain, M.D., Medical Director.
- In-Patient Delirium Consult Service (650) 721-6014: Kathleen Turner-Hubbard, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner.
- Caregiver Support Program (650) 725-4137: This program provides one-on-one short-term telephone support, as well as caregiver resources, to family caregivers of Stanford patients to help them take care of themselves while caring for their loved ones.
- Chronic Disease Self Management Program (650) 725-4137: Classes about self-managing chronic diseases.
- Medical Assessment (650) 725-3647: FREE medication assessments in collaboration with the Department of Pharmacy at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. Assessments are done by a pharmacy intern and provide a review of all medications including prescription, over-the-counter and herbal therapies. The review is done at home or an independent living facility where the patient resides. The medication assessment consists of side-effect management, drug to drug and drug to food interactions.
Resources
Some useful health resources include:
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (650) 858-3933
- Healthy Aging Studies (650) 723-9530
- Stanford Prevention Research Center (650) 723-6254
- Living Strong Living Well (650) 725-5014
- Stanford Center on Longevity (650) 736-8643
- Stanford Geriatric Education Center (650) 721-1023
- Stanford Psychiatry (Geropsychiatry) (650) 723-2423
- Farewell to Falls Program and Information on Falls Prevention (650) 724-9369
- Health Information for Older Adults
- Information on Elder Abuse
- Information on Medicare Part D
- Transportation for Older Adults
Aging Adult Services in the News
"New Stanford Hospital Aims to Meet the Needs of Older Patients"
"Supporting the Transition into Older Adulthood"
"Exercise after 50: Keys to Healthy Aging"
"Stanford Hospital Aims to Identify Patients with Delirium"