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

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The awardees are schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and allied health (including designated Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); graduate ...

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, ...

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 ...