geriatrics

To feel comfortable, patients need to take stock of the precautions providers are taking.

Many primary care doctors have argued that Medicare doesn't reimburse them adequately and requires too much paperwork.

For older adults contemplating what might happen to them during this pandemic, ventilators are a fraught symbol, representing a terrifying...

A survey of more than 1,000 elderly adults found that 39% canceled or delayed non-essential medical treatment, 32% cancelled primary...

If early signs of COVID-19 are missed, seniors may deteriorate before getting needed care.

Hospitals need to clear out patients who no longer need acute care. Nursing homes don't want to take discharged patients...

The primary goal of the project is to keep most geriatric patients at rural hospitals through telemedicine rather than transferring...

More than two million people living in long-term care settings in the U.S. may be at heightened risk because of...

Research suggests that these new disabilities can lead to readmissions, placement in a nursing home, and continued declines in patients'...

About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine.

An age-friendly health system uses an evidence-based framework called the 4Ms to improve outcomes, shorten hospital stays, and meet the...

Over 61% of respondents said staffing is the biggest problem facing their organization.