Australian & New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine

Welcome to the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM).

The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine is one of the Specialty Societies of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), representing medical practitioners who care for older people. We have over 600 members, including consultant physicians, psychogeriatricians, academics, and about 100 trainees in Geriatric Medicine. The Society formed in the early 1970’s as the Australian Geriatrics Society, later changed its name to the Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine, and amalgamated in 2006 with the New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine, to become the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM). Our Federal Council represents all Australian states and New Zealand, and our state divisions all have their own meetings and networks.

This website reflects our many activities

• We hold an Annual Scientific Meeting. In 2007, this was in Adelaide, in collaboration with Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand and the International Academy of Nutrition and Ageing, with the theme "Medicine, Ageing and Nutrition". In 2008, the meeting will be in Melbourne, and in 2009, in Perth.
• We are working with the RACP to implement improvements in training for our registrars.
• We advocate for the care of older people and their families, with representation on many committees which influence policy and resource allocation.
• We represent geriatricians in private practice and have achieved improved remuneration for the complex care of older patients.
• We develop Position Statements about many aspects of clinical care of older people (see Position Statements)
• We have networks with other professional organizations (see links page) and we are developing the profile of Geriatric Medicine in the Asia Pacific region
• We support and promote research in all aspects of ageing  - service development, clinical practice and basic science.
• With the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) and the Council on the Ageing (COTA), we produce the Australasian Journal on Ageing

We welcome you to our society website. Please tell us any ideas you have about how the ANZSGM could serve our members better.

Dr Catherine Yelland
President
ANZSGM

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