Switzerland

Société Professionnelle Suisse de Gériatrie
Schweizerische Fachgesselschaft für Geriatrie

Some facts on demography and geriatrics in Switzerland…

Total population: 8.4 million
Percentage above 65 Yr: 18% (projection 2045: 26%)
Percentage above 80 Yr: 5%

Number of physicians: 36 175 of which 8306 are internists/GP
Number of geriatricians: 373
Total number of hospital beds: 38 058
Number of geriatric beds: not defined

Geriatric medicine is found in...

• acute care hospitals as acute geriatric wards
• out-patient care settings
• post-acute rehabilitation hospitals/clinics
• nursing homes or long term care facilities

Members of the society

Total number of Members: 373
Geriatricians: All geriatricians are general internists

List of geriatric chairs and research centres in Switzerland

• Pr Christophe BULA, Service de Gériatrie et de rédaptation Gériatrique, CHUV, Mont-Paisible 16, 1011 Lausanne
• Pr Gabriel GOLD, Hôpital des Trois-Chênes, 3 Chemin du Pont-Bochet, 1226 Thônex/GE
• Pr Andreas STUCK, Geriatrie Universität Bern, Inselspital, Postfach 20, CH-3010 Bern 
• Pr Reto KRESSIG, Felix Platter-Spital, Burgfelderstrasse 101, 4055 Basel
• Pr Heike BISCHOFF FERRARI, Universitäts Spital Zürich, Klinik für Geriatrie, Rämistrasse 100, CH 8091 Zürich