About Great Lakes Geriatric

If you need nursing home care, your primary care physician may recommend that a Great Lakes Geriatrics provider manage your care during your extended stay. Here are some things you should know about our team:

As your hospital care partner, we will:

Relieve you of hospital visits and night/weekend duty.

We visit patients every day, and we are on call 24/7.

Earn your patients trust.

We meet with the patients and family within 24 hours of arrival to explain our role, and we are always available to answer their questions.

Take full responsibility for inpatient care.

We will make care plans and act as your liason with the rest of the care giving team.

Keep you informed and in charge.

We will report daily by phone. fax, or email, whichever is more convenient for you.

Work with the specialists you prefer.

We know we are standing in for you, we respect your recommendations.

Be attentive and accessible.

Because we practice entirely in the hospital, we are quick to respond to patient needs.

Great Lakes Medicine hospitalists practice in Detroit metro area hospitals, including:

St. John Medical System, Beaumont, Select Care,
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, and Triumph.