Comprehensive assessmentAre we screening our elders for the right things?
Fasting sugar, cholesterol, a full blood count and an ECG. The standard Sri Lankan check up misses mobility, memory, polypharmacy and continence, which is where quality of life is actually decided.
OrthogeriatricsMedical management of older patients with fragility fractures
A hip fracture is a life changing event for an older adult. Timely surgery, and getting the medical problems right before and after it, decides how well they recover.
DeliriumThe confusion that gets mistaken for dementia
Delirium is a reversible confusional state that follows illness and new medications. Poor awareness of it leads to unnecessary investigation and treatment.
Women’s healthMenopause is a gateway to geriatric health
Bone density and cardiovascular risk shift sharply when oestrogen falls. What happens at menopause sets a woman’s health trajectory decades later.
Fall preventionAdvancing active ageing, from knowledge to action
Delivering the fall prevention session at the iRuFARS 2026 pre congress workshop, run by the CAPAGE Project at the University of Ruhuna.
Public awarenessGeriatric medicine on national television
Talking through the problems older adults commonly face, and what families can do about them, for a general audience.
Publication
Healthy ageing