Dr. Joel Biggers and Dr. Elizabeth Biggers, our Osteopathic Doctors who directs and sees patients daily at Biggers Family Practice in Brandon, FL, and surrounding areas. While our doctors offer an attractive array of services, one service they want to discuss is geriatric care in the communities they serve.

How Our Family Practice Helps with Caring for Aging Parents

Biggers Family Practice in Brandon, FL, explains that finding a quality primary care doctor for geriatric care and remaining with that doctor for life assures continuity of care. Our doctors get to know you, and you know you can expect from them, high-quality, compassionate healthcare.

While we can assure you of quality healthcare, we can't do this alone. We need your cooperation in visiting us regularly. Letting us know what is going on with you is the key to the highest level of independence as you age.

We can manage chronic illnesses like hypertension, high cholesterol, depression, anxiety, diabetes, and more. We can also treat acute episodes such as strains and sprains, test and treat you for UTIs, colds, respiratory infections, and sinus infections, and the list is endless.

We perform Medicare physical exams and can target any new diagnoses like age-related depression to needing more help in the home. We target specific age-related diagnoses related to our male and female patients.

We can track any progression of dementia and adjust medication accordingly. Our primary care doctors can target and monitor ongoing conditions and devise the appropriate treatment plan while working with therapists, caregivers, and other doctors.

We provide annual checkups, offer preventive measures, do necessary blood work, and update all vaccines, such as pneumonia and flu shots. We also diagnose and manage chronic and acute conditions.

We monitor and track your blood pressure, heart and lung sounds, ears, nose, throat, abnormal lumps and bumps, monitor reflexes, and check bowel sounds.

While we can treat many physical and mental problems, you may need more than we can provide to make specialist referrals as necessary and appropriate.

Referrals may include:

• A cardiologist for heart problems.
• An endocrinologist for diabetes.
• An orthopedist for bone issues.
• A urologist for bladder and kidney issues.
• A gastroenterologist for digestive problems.
• In-home care.

Prevention is the Best Cure

Call Dr. Joel or Elizabeth Biggers today at 813-655-4646 at Biggers Family Practice in Brandon, FL, to schedule your geriatric care appointment. We offer preventive care and care for acute and chronic conditions. We assure you that you will get the help and care you need to live your life to the fullest.

We work hard to be your medical advocate, your partner in healthcare, and a first responder to any medical crisis.