Geriatric medicine deals with aging problems and illnesses in older people. A geriatrician or geriatric physician has specific knowledge of the aging process and expert skills in the diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of diseases in the elderly. This specialist can treat geriatric patients in the patient’s home, an office, nursing home, or a hospital setting.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Bone density test.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Connecticut has 190 practicing geriatric medicine doctors. Broken out by city, geriatric medicine doctor density in Ansonia is 2, in Avon is 2, in Bethel is 1, in Bloomfield is 6, in Branford is 2, in Bridgeport is 17, in Bristol is 1, in Brookfield is 2, in Canaan is 1, in Cheshire is 2, in Clinton is 1, in Colchester is 1, in Danbury is 5, in Dayville is 2, in Derby is 3, in East Hampton is 2, in East Hartford is 6, in Enfield is 3, in Essex is 5, in Fairfield is 3, in Farmington is 19, in Georgetown is 1, in Glastonbury is 3, in Greenwich is 2, in Guilford is 1, in Hamden is 2, in Hartford is 15, in Jewett City is 2, in Kent is 1, in Manchester is 2, in Meriden is 3, in Middlebury is 1, in Middletown is 7, in Milford is 1, in Mystic is 3, in Naugatuck is 2, in New Britain is 3, in New Haven is 29, in New London is 5, in New Milford is 2, in Newington is 1, in Niantic is 2, in North Haven is 1, in Norwalk is 3, in Norwich is 7, in Plainfield is 1, in Portland is 3, in Putnam is 4, in Redding is 1, in Ridgefield is 2, in S Woodstock is 1, in Sandy Hook is 1, in Sharon is 1, in Shelton is 10, in South Woodstock is 1, in Southbury is 7, in Southington is 1, in Stafford Springs is 1, in Stamford is 8, in Stratford is 6, in Tolland is 2, in Torrington is 1, in Trumbull is 1, in Vernon is 3, in Vernon Rockville is 1, in Wallingford is 9, in Waterbury is 4, in Waterford is 1, in West Hartford is 14, in West Haven is 1, in Westbrook is 1, in Westport is 2, in Wethersfield is 2, in Willimantic is 2, in Willington is 1, in Wilton is 1, in Windsor is 2, in Woodbridge is 1, in Woodbury is 1, and in Yalesville is 1.

This New England state is one of the original 13 states; Connecticut’s capital is Hartford and its population is 3,510,297. This state is steeped in history. Visit the past at the Nathan Hale Homestead near New London, or Yale University in New Haven. Tour the home of Mark Twain, the New England Air Museum, or the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Explore a historic tobacco farming area, do some hiking and biking, or visit the numerous antique shops or lighthouses in the eastern coastal area.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Connecticut has a population of 3,510,297. Of this population, 812,182 are under the age of 18 and 472,089 are at or above the age of 65.