The number of older adults is growing. But the number of geriatricians has fallen and other physicians have less training in ...

The "4M" approach is an emerging framework for age-friendly care that shifts the focus from treating conditions to treating people. The "4Ms" stand for: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and ...

To address the complex clinical needs of the older adult patient, Karen Devereaux Melillo argues in a recent editorial that it's imperative to prepare nurses as gerontological specialists. [1] Despite ...

Boston Medical Center’s Geriatrics program has been named one of the 50 best in the country in this year’s rankings from U.S. News & World Report. The top ranking stems from the hospital’s work in ...

Older adults with more than two geriatric syndromes, unique health conditions among elderly patients that are multifactorial ...

Increasingly frail and wary of doctors’ offices and hospitals, Michael Fox’s mother was the type of patient who inspired the 2015 creation of UAB House Calls. UAB House Calls offers a different kind ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Geriatric assessment was successfully implemented in 10 Dutch centers with 191 patients. The relevance of ...

I arrived at Morristown Medical Center 10 years ago, just as the hospital was facing a critical and growing need: How do we respond to our rapidly growing geriatric population in the communities that ...

Analysis of the medical records of 1,269 elderly patients with advanced cancer by researchers at the University of Tsukuba ...