Arizona Care Planning Council
Find a Council Member Providing Geriatric Health Care.
Use the search, map, or area links below (scroll down) to find help where you live in Arizona.
Geriatric Health Care Services in Arizona
Phoenix (East Valley)
East of Central Avenue & I-10.
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Phoenix (East Valley). Click here to Request Assistance from the Arizona Care Planning Council.
Phoenix (West Valley)
West of Central Avenue & I-10.
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Phoenix (West Valley). Click here to Request Assistance from the Arizona Care Planning Council.
Prescott / Flagstaff Area
Yavapai and Coconino Counties.
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Yavapai and Coconino Counties. Click here to Request Assistance from the Arizona Care Planning Council.
Yuma Area
All of Southwest Arizona.
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Southwest Arizona. Click here to Request Assistance from the Arizona Care Planning Council.
Tuscon Area
Pima County
Although this area is temporarily without a member to assist you we can still help you with any concerns you may have. We can also put you in contact with various elder care services in Pima County and the Tucson Area. Click here to Request Assistance from the Arizona Care Planning Council.
Click on the Map to Locate Services
Phoenix (East Valley): East of Central Avenue & I-10.
Phoenix (West Valley): West of Central Avenue & I-10
Prescott / Flagstaff Area: Yavapai and Coconino Counties
Yuma Area: All of Southwest Arizona
Tucson Area: Pima County
About Geriatric Health Care
There is currently little incentive to encourage established doctors or students in Arizona medical schools to specialize in geriatric medicine. Even though it is a recognized specialty, according to the American Geriatrics Society, there are only about 10,000 M.D. Geriatricians and several hundred osteopathic physicians (DO) certified in geriatrics, as well as some 3,000 board-certified geropsychiatrists in the United States (a geropsychiatrists is a psychiatrist trained to deal with the mental health needs and specific syndromes faced by older adults).
According to the statistical abstract of the United States there are approximately 800,000 practicing doctors of medicine in the United States . This means there is roughly 1 doctor, including specialists, for every 395 persons in the United States. Based on the numbers above there is only about 1 Geriatrician for every 3,500 elderly persons in this country. Because there are so few of them, it may be impossible to find a physician specializing in geriatric care in some areas of the country.
