geriatrics

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement initiative is promoting a four-part framework of evidence-based care for Americans over age 65.

For older adults, health care facilities can be difficult to navigate and, occasionally, perilous.

Care team factors associated with patient safety include teamwork, a multidisciplinary approach, knowing each other, and openness to questions from...

The business case for age-friendly health systems offers push to standardize best practices.

More emergency departments are helping to manage the care of medically complex older adults.

It's a common complaint that surgeons don't help older adults and their families understand the impact of surgery in terms...

The creator of MoCA says growing worries about the validity of test results have pressed him to require those who...

Older adults are highly susceptible to negative responses anticholinergic drugs?a wide-ranging class of medications.

A worsening shortage of palliative care physicians is predicted over the next 14 years. One healthcare leader suggests ways to...

Experts call for a personalized approach to preventing falls, more involvement by clinicians and motivating older adults to take action.

The absolute number of fall-related deaths for seniors ages 75 and higher increased from 8,613 in 2000 to 25,189 in...

Imagine if the phases of later life were mapped and expertise in aging were valued, not discounted.