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. Kentucky has 92 practicing geriatric medicine doctors. Broken out by city, geriatric medicine doctor density in Ashland is 3, in Bellevue is 1, in Benton is 1, in Berea is 3, in Bowling Green is 2, in Brownsville is 1, in Calhoun is 2, in Campbellsville is 1, in Corbin is 1, in Covington is 1, in Crescent Springs is 1, in Crittenden is 1, in Danville is 2, in Dry Ridge is 1, in Earlington is 1, in Edgewood is 2, in Elizabethtown is 2, in Elkton is 1, in Florence is 2, in Franklin is 1, in Fulton is 1, in Georgetown is 1, in Glasgow is 1, in Hazard is 12, in Hindman is 2, in Hopkinsville is 1, in Jackson is 2, in La Grange is 1, in Latonia is 1, in Lebanon Junction is 1, in Lewisburg is 1, in Lexington is 18, in London is 1, in Louisville is 27, in Madisonville is 3, in Manchester is 3, in Murray is 2, in Nicholasville is 1, in Oak Grove is 1, in Owensboro is 1, in Paducah is 2, in Paris is 2, in Park Hills is 1, in Pikeville is 1, in Prestonsburg is 2, in Princeton is 1, in Prospect is 1, in Richmond is 1, in Russellville is 1, in Salem is 1, in Salyersville is 1, in Tompkinsville is 1, in Warsaw is 1, and in Williamsburg is 1.

Kentucky is known for its thoroughbred horses, tobacco and bourbon, but there’s much more. The Kentucky parks system draw thousands of visitors each year for swimming, boating, hiking, biking, and picnicking. The capital city is Frankfort, and has many historic homes and sites to visit, including the Old Governor’s Mansion, the Capital City Museum, and the Liberty Hall Historic Site. Visitors can explore a cave in Mammoth Cave National Park, or when in Louisville, hear authentic bluegrass music. Famous people born in Kentucky are former president Abraham Lincoln, fighter Muhammad Ali, and actor Johnny Depp.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Kentucky has a population of 4,173,405. Of this population, 959,891 are under the age of 18 and 522,811 are at or above the age of 65.