Faculty Lead: Ali-Asghar Ali, M.D. Challenges: In the United States, the prevalence of dementia continues to rise. Currently 5.7 million Americans have Alzheimer's, with only 50 percent of individuals ...

In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church, and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments. The ...

Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine (sections of health services research and geriatrics) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ...

Primary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program. Objectives: The ...

Kellie Flood, MD (Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care) and Emily Simmons, MSN, RN, CNL, FGNLA (NICHE Coordinator) led the 10th Annual UAB Geriatric Quality Symposium on Friday, September 6, ...

Elizabeth Nesset knows that when she graduates from medical school she wants to specialize in geriatrics, the treatment of older people. But already, thanks to a new and one-of-a-kind program at UMD's ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The University of New England, with a campus in Biddeford, will receive $999 ...

Community-based organizations providing behavioral health services for older New Yorkers will need to effectively deploy data to form critical partnerships with health systems and managed-care ...

In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments. The team ...