The key findings include the following: Out of 190,348 individuals aged 65 and older who presented with dizziness, 32% filled ...

Geriatrics-focused surgery standards. In July 2019, the American College of Surgeons created a program with 32 standards designed to improve the care of older adults.

The Geriatrics Approach to Care spans a broad range of disciplines. This very fact creates opportunities to utilize a team approach to care for older adults. The concept of QAPI ...

Geriatrics measures and especially the 4Ms were designed for exactly that: to apply across settings, not only in the hospital, but in ambulatory care, in PACE sites, and in nursing homes, all of ...

"Geriatrics has struggled for a while in the context of it not being a not particularly competitive specialty," said Mona Signer, president and CEO of the National Resident Matching Program.

According to one survey featured on Nurse.org, a nurse practitioner with a specialty in geriatrics is paid an average of about $96,000. That’s $32,000 less than a family practice NP.

The UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care is an integral part of one of the nation's largest health systems. Nationally known for our compassionate care, cutting-edge research, ...

Geriatrics became a board-certified medical specialty only in 1988. An analysis published in 2018 showed that over 16 years, through academic year 2017-18, ...

Geriatrics experts say Brit Hume’s claim that Joe Biden is ‘senile’ is wrong If Your Time is short Senility is not a precise medical term, but is often used in place of the more precise and ...

Between 2010 and 2020, the number of Americans over the age of 65 grew faster than it had in more than 100 years. The American population is older than it’s ever been, with more than 55 million ...

The Baylor College of Medicine Geriatrics Fellowship, located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, is one of the largest ACGME-accredited geriatrics training programs in the ...