Geriatrician and Elder Care Physician Business Cards for Senior Medicine

Geriatricians are the physician specialists who provide comprehensive medical care for older adults — typically patients 65 and older, with the greatest demand for those 80 and above — managing the complex multi-system healthcare needs of seniors with multiple chronic conditions, cognitive impairment, functional decline, polypharmacy, falls, delirium, and the transitions between independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, and palliative care that define the later chapters of a long life.

What Geriatrician Cards Include

Your Credentials

• MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) — medical degree
• ABIM Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Geriatric Medicine — the primary geriatrics credential via internal medicine
• ABFM CAQ in Geriatric Medicine — via family medicine
• AGS member (American Geriatrics Society) — primary professional organization
• FAGC (Fellow, American Geriatrics Society) — AGS honorary fellowship
• State medical license

Related credentials frequently held:

• CMD (Certified Medical Director) — AMDA; for nursing home medical directors
• ABIM CAQ in Palliative Care — palliative medicine credential
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine board certification — ABHPM
• ABIM CAQ in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology — if cardiology subspecialty

Your Clinical Services

Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA):

• Functional assessment (ADLs, IADLs)
• Cognitive screening (MMSE, MoCA)
• Falls risk assessment
• Medication review and polypharmacy management
• Social support and caregiver assessment
• Nutritional assessment

Conditions:

• Dementia — Alzheimer's, vascular, Lewy body, frontotemporal
• Delirium (acute confusion)
• Falls and fall prevention
• Osteoporosis and bone fragility fractures
• Frailty syndrome
• Urinary incontinence
• Depression and behavioral health in older adults
• Parkinson's disease (geriatric management)
• Chronic pain in older adults
• Heart failure, COPD, diabetes in the context of aging

Polypharmacy management:

• Medication review and deprescribing
• Beers Criteria application
• Drug-drug interaction management

Care transitions:

• Hospital discharge planning
• SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility) to home transition
• Advance care planning (ACP)
• Goals-of-care conversations

Practice Settings

• Outpatient geriatric consultation clinic
• Hospital inpatient geriatrics consult service
• Skilled nursing facility (SNF) and long-term care (LTC) attending
• Memory care clinic / Alzheimer's center
• PACE program (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly)
• Home-based primary care (house calls)
• Academic geriatrics program

Caregiver and Family Communication

Cards may be given to adult children / caregivers:

• "Welcoming new patients with complex needs"
• "Family conferences available"
• "Telehealth visits for homebound patients"

Design for Geriatricians

Caring, Calm, Trustworthy

Geriatrician card design:

• Warmth and compassion — families are often overwhelmed caregivers
• Clinical authority combined with approachability
• Senior care-appropriate — not infantilizing, but calm and trustworthy

Color palette:

• Sage green + white: wellness, calm
• Navy + white: medical authority
• Warm teal + white: compassionate clinical care

Back of Card

1. "Geriatrician, MD | CAQ Geriatric Medicine | AGS | CMD (if applicable) | [State]"
2. "Dementia | Falls | Polypharmacy | Frailty | Delirium | Advance care planning"
3. "Comprehensive geriatric assessment | Deprescribing | Memory clinic | PACE | Home visits"
4. "Outpatient | SNF / LTC | Hospital consults | Telehealth | Family conferences"
5. "[phone] | [email] | [website] | Accepting new patients"

Checklist

• [ ] MD or DO degree
• [ ] CAQ in Geriatric Medicine (ABIM or ABFM)
• [ ] AGS membership
• [ ] CMD (if nursing home medical director)
• [ ] Palliative care / hospice credential (if dual)
• [ ] Clinical services (dementia, falls, polypharmacy, delirium)
• [ ] Comprehensive geriatric assessment
• [ ] Advance care planning
• [ ] Practice settings (outpatient, SNF, hospital, home)
• [ ] Telehealth availability
• [ ] Caregiver-friendly communication statement