Perched on the Calixto Garcia Hospital, a medical institution of longstanding teaching and research tradition, the CITED is a national reference center for the treatment of diseases associated to the elderly. The headway made in this respect has positioned this institution high on the list of medical attention facilities devoted to the study of longevity, aging and health in general.

It has ample experience in the multidisciplinary treatment of chronicle and degenerative diseases that show up during this stage of life. Therefore, the CITED has developed a variety of therapeutic techniques in which patients are the key players of their own healing process. Through the use of tools like gerontology and geriatrics, elderly patients can have a say in their elimination or soothing of their ailments.

Taking in account the main problems affecting people over 60 years of age, this institution carries out a series of programs specialized in geriatric assessment, psycho-geriatrics, physical rehab, the treatment of urinary incontinence, senile dementia, nutritional disorders, sexual dysfunction, speech disorders, depression and other ailments.

Among its most sought-after services and programs -banking on the need to provide patients with higher life quality and based on a preventive approach- these are some of the highlights:

1. Dental evaluation for the elderly
2. Surgical risk factor evaluation for the elderly. It's ambulatory and takes account of latest trends worldwide based on life expectancy and the ever-growing increase of elder people everywhere. This has prompted the implementation of a program focused on the definition of functional status and life quality of patients, pinpointing vulnerabilities in preoperational mortality, the development of a preoperational plan and post-operational management.
3. Comprehensive evaluation for the elderly
4. Executive evaluation for the elderly
5. Assessment and functional rehab program (for Parkinson's disease)
6. Assessment and comprehensive geriatric-revitalizing treatment (ambulatory / hospitalized)
7. Functional rehabilitation for the elderly (10 sessions)
8. Comprehensive attention for patients suffering from memory loss
9. Comprehensive evaluation for patients suffering from memory loss (ambulatory)
10. Evaluation and treatment of depressed patients