I don't think there is one word to express that, no.
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Sat 27 Nov, 2010 11:17 am
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In the words of Cheryl Phillips MD, a Sacramento geriatrician, “the particular focus of geriatrics training is the care of frail elders.
Thus, geriatrics is the medical field concerned with the care of frail elders, as opposed to the field of gerontology ( the science/study of the aging process).