Geriatric emergency departments are being added to hospitals nationwide as COVID-19 and a rapidly aging population illuminate these patients’ vulnerability and distinct needs. An estimated 10,000 baby ...

As baby boomers continue to age, the number of seniors visiting emergency departments for care has also boomed — according to a CDC study, roughly 20.4 million people over 65 were treated in an ED in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 4—The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), with support from The Gary and Mary West Health Institute and John A.

This is why many acute care hospitals use patient sitters, who provide one-on-one care for agitated and disoriented patients. In September 2022, UAB Medicine began a Virtual Sitter Program to provide ...

Saint Louis University's Gateway Geriatric Education Center develops leading-edge education for current and future geriatric professionals. The center has trained tens of thousands of public groups, ...

We are pleased that you are visiting the Baylor College of Medicine Geriatrics Fellowship website. Located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, our fellowship is committed to training outstanding ...

When San Diego resident Susan Nelson, 69, went to the geriatric emergency department at UC San Diego Health last year, she noticed some positive new accommodations that she hadn’t experienced during ...

Dr. Thomas Kang says colorectal cancer screenings at 45 can save lives Colorectal cancer is one of the nation’s most common, and deadliest, cancers, but doctors say it’s also highly preventable and ...

The newly-minted Utah Geriatric Education Center is ready to enhance health care provider workforce capacity to improve geriatric preventative care across Utah funded by a $2.6 million federal grant ...

Saint Louis University’s Gateway Geriatric Education Center develops leading-edge education for current and future geriatric professionals. It has been funded by the Health Resources and Services ...