Translation guide
The medical specialty focused on health care of elderly people.
The field of medicine dealing with the health and care of older adults.
Standard term for geriatric medicine as an academic and clinical discipline.
彼は老年医学を専門としている。
He specializes in geriatric medicine.
Also means geriatric medicine, but can sound slightly more focused on the elderly as a patient group.
老人医学の進歩は目覚ましい。
Advances in geriatric medicine are remarkable.
The hospital department or division that provides geriatric care.
Common term for a geriatrics department in a hospital.
老年科の外来は午前中です。
The geriatric medicine outpatient clinic is in the morning.
Less common than 老年科, but still used in some hospital names.
この病院には老人科があります。
This hospital has a geriatric medicine department.
Medical care for the elderly, not necessarily as a formal specialty.
Broad term for medical care for the elderly, often used in policy or general discussion.
高齢者医療の質を向上させる必要がある。
We need to improve the quality of geriatric medicine.
Similar to 高齢者医療, but can sound slightly more dated or direct.
老人医療費が増加している。
Geriatric medical costs are increasing.
老年医学 is the more formal, academic term. 老人医学 is also used but can feel slightly more colloquial or patient-focused. In most contexts, 老年医学 is preferred for the specialty.
When talking about geriatric medicine in everyday conversation, Japanese speakers might simply say お年寄りの医療 (medical care for the elderly) rather than the formal term.