Belgium

Belgische Vereniging voor Gerontolgie en Geriatrie
Belgian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Société Belge de Gérontologie et de Gériatrie

Some facts on demography and geriatrics in Belgium…

Total population: 11.209.044
Percentage above 65 Yr: 18.11%
Percentage above 80 Yr: 5.45%

Number of physicians: 32.182
Number of geriatricians: 331
Total number of hospital beds: 70.138
Number of geriatric beds: 7.020

Geriatrics is recognised as a...

• speciality since 10-20 years
• subspeciality since >20 years

Geriatric medicine is found in...

• acute care hospitals as acute geriatric wards.

Members of the society

Total number of Members: 750
Geriatricians: 247
GP’s: 149
Internists: 3
Nurses: 132
Other therapists: 219

Other activities…

• February Ostend Dutch Meeting 1600 participants
• June General Assembly Brussels 100 participants
• October Autumn meeting Liège French 600 participants

List of geriatric chairs and research centres in Belgium

• Leuven 
• Ghent 
• Antwerp 
• Brussels
• Liège 
• Louvain 
• Bruxelles