Dr. Ameer Khan

Healthcare for Seniors

Americans are living longer—and living healthier for longer — which has created a relatively new and growing area of healthcare and provider services known as elder care. Elder care encompasses a wide variety of issues, including choosing an appropriate physician; treating medical conditions, which in the older patient often includes multiple problems at the same time; and monitoring medications, which again can include multiple prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Dr. Ameer Khan, a family medicine resident with Memorial/LSUHSC Family Practice Center, will discuss underlying social, nutritional, psychological and physical activity components of an older person's health.

For more information on elder care or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Khan, call Memoiral/LSUHSC Family Practice Center at 337-494-6767.

A native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Dr. Ameer Khan is a graduate of the University of South Alabama and the American University of the Caribbean. He is currently completing his family medicine residency at Memorial/LSUHSC Family Medicine Residency Program.

Frances Yeager

3 / 3 / 2010