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Nederlandse Vereniging voor Klinische Geriatrie
Dutch Geriatrics Society
Some facts on demography and geriatrics in the Netherlands…
Total population: 17,9 million
Percentage above 65 Yr: 20.2%
Percentage above 80 Yr: 4.9%
Number of physicians: 78777
Number of geriatricians: 403
Total number of hospital beds: ..
Number of geriatric beds: unknown
Geriatrics is recognised as a...
- speciality since >20 years (1983)
Members of the society
Total number of Members: 678
Geriatricians: 404
Residents: 175
GP’s: 0
Internists: 46
Nurses: 0
Other therapists: 0
Members of honour: 8
Retired members: 45
Overall goals of the society
The mission of the Dutch Geriatrics Society is to promote appropriate care for the frail elder people and to take care of the interests of geriatricians and her residents The Vision of the Dutch Geriatrics Society is to ensure that every frail elder person has the right and the ability to get a geriatric assessment.
Special interest groups within society
Special interest groups are formed on informationtechnology, gerontopharmacotherapy, Dementia, fall prevention, geriatric oncology, geriatric traumatology, palliative care, and cardiology
To contact a special interest group, please send an email.
Other activities…
National Scientific Congress:
In February is the two days annual scientific congress “Geriatriedagen”. This congress is organized in collaboration with the Dutch Internist Society, and the Society of Physiotherapists in Geriatric Medicine.
Other Educational Activities:
Organizing Teaching days are organized for the residents in training.
Organizing training for all members
List of geriatric chairs and research centres in the country
There are 8 university hospitals, only one has a full professor in Geriatric Medicine. There is a “special” chair Geriatrics placed within the section family medicine and nursing home medicine in one university hospital, and 3 other university hospitals have chairs in Internal Medicine with special attention for the elderly.
University Hospital | Research Themes |
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Chair: Prof. dr. Gerard Jan (G. J.) Blauw | |
Chair: Prof. dr. Yvonne Schoon | |
Chair: Prof. dr. Barbara C. van Munster | |
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Achievements of geriatric medicine in the Netherlands...
- Continuous efforts of the Board of our Society have put elderly care on the political agenda.
- The number of training positions (which is decided by the government) is 36 yearly.
- The hospital based Safety Management Program includes screening for geriatric giants in every patient above the age of 70 year who is admitted to a hospital.
- In 2023 a research agenda has been drafted with the Top 10 research questions to be answered in the next 5 years.
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Contact details
The president of the Society:
Arend Arends
General Assembly member in the EuGMS:
Francesco Mattace-Raso
Email: info(at)nvkg.nl
Website: www.nvkg.nl
News
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