geriatrics

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

The Trump administration redesigned the online Medicare Cost Finder for seniors to compare complex health insurance options. But consumer advocates...

The four different approaches to establishing geriatric emergency department services vary in the amount of resources required.

Study calls for universal pre-surgery frailty screenings, even for procedures determined to be of low or moderate risk.

NICHE program supports healthcare organizations in caring for older adults.

Cost to Medicare and Medicaid is estimated at $37.5 billion annually.

Hospitals have become so overzealous in fall prevention that they are producing an 'epidemic of immobility.'

HHS is taking steps to establish a National Volunteer Care Corps.

The study found that 90% of hospitals with palliative care are in urban areas, and 17% of rural hospitals with...

Also associated with short-term mortality in Medicare patients with pneumonia, heart problems.

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.