Sweden
Svensk Geriatrisk Förening
Swedish Geriatric Medicine Society
Some facts on demography and geriatrics in Sweden…
Total population: 9.900.000
Percentage above 65 Yr: 20%
Percentage above 80 Yr: 5%
Number of physicians: 39.000
Number of geriatricians: 450
Total number of hospital beds: 24.500 (2012)
Number of geriatric beds: 1.450 (2012)
Geriatric medicine is found in...
- acute care hospitals as acute geriatric wards
- out-patient care settings
- post-acute rehabilitation hospitals/clinics
- nursing homes or long term care facilities
Members of the society
Geriatricians: app. 450
GP’s and Internists: app. 100
Nurses: N/A
Other therapists: N/A
List of geriatric chairs and research centres in Sweden
There are six chairs in geriatric medicine:
- Stockholm: Karolinska Insitutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care science and Society
- Gothenburg: Sahlgrenska Academy Institute of Medicine
- Malmö: Faculty of Lund university, unit of Geriatrics
- Linkoping: The faculty of Medicine and Healt Sciences
- Uppsala: Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences
- Umea: Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, unit of Geriatric Medicine
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Contact details
The president of the Society:
Carina Metzner
General Assembly member in the EuGMS:
Dorota Religa
Email: agneta.csson(at)gmail.com
Website: svenskgeriatriskforening.se
News
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