Alabama Care Planning Council
Find a Council Member Providing Geriatric Health Care.
Use the search, map, or area links below (scroll down) to find help where you live in Alabama.
Geriatric Health Care Services in Alabama
Northern Alabama
Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Lawrence, Winston, Limestone, Morgan, Madison, Marshall, Jackson, and Dekalb Counties
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Northern Alabama. Click here to Request Assistance from the Alabama Care Planning Council.
Central Alabama
Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Auburn, Cullman, Gadsden, Jasper, Sylacauga, and surrounding areas
You can reach us at:
(205) 567-9594
(205) 567-9594
Concierge at home
Karon Brooks, Healthcare Advocate
Concierge at home is a physician directed, unique and comprehensive service dedicated to helping seniors remain in their home environment (Private/Family home, Independent, Assisted or Memory Care in a senior community) for as long as possible by providing routine medical care at your doorstep. Our team of healthcare professionals actually make house calls, and services elderly patients and their family members on a monthly basis to create collaborative Care Plan for their medical and non-medical needs.
About Concierge at home | Contact Karon Brooks for Help & Information
Southern Alabama
Montgomery, Selma, Ozark, Dothan, and surrounding areas
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Southern Alabama. Click here to Request Assistance from the Alabama Care Planning Council.
Mobile Area
Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia Counties
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in the Mobile Area. Click here to Request Assistance from the Alabama Care Planning Council.
Click on the Map to Locate Services
Northern Alabama: Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Lawrence, Winston, Limestone, Morgan, Madison, Marshall, Jackson, and Dekalb Counties
Central Alabama: Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Auburn, Cullman, Gadsden, Jasper, Sylacauga, and surrounding areas
Southern Alabama: Montgomery, Selma, Ozark, Dothan, and surrounding areas
Mobile Area: Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia Counties
About Geriatric Health Care
There is currently little incentive to encourage established doctors or students in Alabama medical schools to specialize in geriatric medicine. Even though it is a recognized specialty, according to the American Geriatrics Society, there are only about 10,000 M.D. Geriatricians and several hundred osteopathic physicians (DO) certified in geriatrics, as well as some 3,000 board-certified geropsychiatrists in the United States (a geropsychiatrists is a psychiatrist trained to deal with the mental health needs and specific syndromes faced by older adults).
According to the statistical abstract of the United States there are approximately 800,000 practicing doctors of medicine in the United States . This means there is roughly 1 doctor, including specialists, for every 395 persons in the United States. Based on the numbers above there is only about 1 Geriatrician for every 3,500 elderly persons in this country. Because there are so few of them, it may be impossible to find a physician specializing in geriatric care in some areas of the country.
