Contact Information
Director: Rita Ghatak, PhD
Phone: (650) 723-1303
Geriatric Medicine Inpatient Consult Pager: 26888
Location:
Aging Adult Services
300 Pasteur Drive, HC005
Palo Alto, CA 94305-5279
Fax: (650) 736-4186
Our program is devoted to meeting the needs of aging adults and their families, and providing them a continuum of care with support and resources. Aging Adult Services (AAS) is supported in part by the Ronald and Ann Williams Charitable Foundation, Julian N. Stern, President and Trustee. For more information, please see our Aging Adult Services Brochure. Our brochure is also available in Spanish: Servicios para Adultos Mayores en el Hospital y Clínicas de Stanford.
The AAS team, with nurses, elder care specialists and a medical director, is here to assist you. Read our Aging Adult Services Newsletter to learn more about our programs. Discover Aging Adult Health Tips. Watch "Your Health: Aging Adult Services."
In addition to the 6 programs listed above in the upper left column (Dementia Support, Strong for Life, Checking In, Advance Directives, Vial of Life, Lifeline), we also provide:
- Aging Adult Services (650) 723-1303: Consultations, assessments, home visits, assistance with appoint
ments, physician referrals, advocacy, coordination of services, access to community resources and educational workshops.
- In-Patient Delirium Consult Service (650) 721-6014: Kathleen Turner-Hubbard, Geriatric NP.
- Geriatric Medicine Out-Patient Clinic & Consultation Service (650) 725-5222: Yusra Hussain, MD, Medical Director; Kathleen Turner-Hubbard, NP, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner; Mehrdad Ayati, MD; and Amina Huda, NP, PhD, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner.
- Geriatric Medicine In-Patient Consult Service, page 26888: We assist primary teams of any specialty to provide outstanding care for their elderly patients. Staff is available for consultation 7 days a week. This clinical team also partners with Aging Adult Services for comprehensive care post-discharge.
- Caregiver Support Program (650) 725-4137: This program provides one-on-one short-term telephone support and 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.
- Better Choices, Better Health: Based on Stanford University's Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, these online workshops are designed to improve your health and your life. Register online at selfmanage.org/signup.
Resources
- Geriatric Health Resources
- 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
"Aging Adult Services Leads the Way in Integrated, Coordinated Care for Seniors"
"Stanford Hospital & Clinics Achieves NICHE 'Senior Friendly' Status for its Efforts to Improve Care for Older Adult Patients"
"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"