Compassionate Expertise

At AdventHealth, it’s our privilege to serve older adults and their caregivers with respect, compassion, and nationally recognized expertise. From our network of internal medicine and specialist providers to our emergency care and hospital services, our team members apply best medical practices in caring for older adults.

Our primary and specialty providers partner with you to assess your ongoing health needs and connect you to resources that support your health goals including referrals to our specialists, prescription management and other services such as rehabilitation, home health care, imaging, health and nutrition education, support groups, and more. Let our compassionate network of care help you and your loved ones navigate this chapter in life with confidence. It’s our privilege to care for you.

We’re here to help you find the right physician or a location that’s convenient for you.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has designated the AdventHealth Medical Group locations across Western North Carolina as Age-Friendly Health System – Committed to Care Excellence. As an older adult, you can count on your AdventHealth provider to focus on the four essentials of care as identified by the Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative. Your physician will learn about your goals and preferences within the framework below at your annual wellness visit each year, and your care team will work with you based on what matters to you.

What Matters: When you attend your annual wellness visit each year, your internal medicine provider will ask you a question:

What matters most to you?

Whether it’s spending time with family, volunteering at your favorite non-profit, enjoying time in nature, or caring for four-legged friends, our providers work with you to design an individual health care plan unique to your specific goals and preferences so you can live the life that keeps you feeling whole.
Medication: Your internal medicine provider will work with you to make sure that when necessary, medications are selected that do not interfere with the things that matter most to you, your mentation (ability to think clearly), or your mobility.
Mentation: As you age, you may experience changes in the way you think and feel. Your internal medicine provider will work with you and your caregiver to identify, treat, and manage dementia, depression, and delirium across all settings of care including AdventHealth specialists and hospital services.
Mobility: As an older adult you may begin experiencing changes in your ability to move. Your internal medicine provider will work with you to ensure you have the tools needed to move about safely and continue doing the things that matter most to you.

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**Marianna “Tina” Benson, DO**

Marianna “Tina” Benson, DO is a board-certified geriatrician and family medicine physician. The combination of these specialized trainings gives her a unique understanding and appreciation of the challenges people face as they grow older. Dr. Benson takes all aspects of her patients’ health into account, including their medical history, current diagnosis and health care goals. More importantly, she looks beyond the physical health to assess spiritual, mental and social health. Patients can keep their primary care physicians and have Dr. Benson provide them with specialized Age-Friendly health and wellness care.

**Click here to schedule an appointment with Dr. Benson today!**

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Care for Older Adults

Our on-site Patient Resource Team specializes in matching you to internal medicine providers who best fit your needs based on your location within Western North Carolina. Call Call828-348-6688 to schedule an appointment or learn the latest information regarding our providers, clinics, and state-of-the-art services available. Our Patient Care Navigators look forward to connecting you to physicians who will meet the needs of your family and loved ones.

Internal Medicine

AdventHealth internal medicine physicians practice in a variety of locations in Henderson and Buncombe counties and welcome patients 18 years and older with a focus on older adults. Internal medicine providers have additional training on more complex health conditions. Older adults can benefit from working with an internal medicine provider for close medication monitoring as well as management of multiple specialists.

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Family Medicine

Family medicine providers are ideal for people who are generally in good health and want continuous care to stay well. Our family medicine physicians practice in a variety of locations in Henderson, Buncombe, Transylvania and Polk counties, and welcome patients of all ages.

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Emergency Care

AdventHealth Hendersonville is proud to have earned the Geriatric Emergency Department accreditation awarded by the American College of Emergency Physicians to emergency departments that have developed a comprehensive approach to caring for older patients.

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