Geriatric and dementia care can be one of the most rewarding areas of medicine. However, understaffing issues are also widely reported, resulting in long waitlists and limited admissions at facilities ...

With geriatric care needs increasing, credentialing changes ahead As the healthcare community changes to meet the needs of aging baby boomers, primary care jobs will be in demand. America is getting ...

Richmond Heights City Council heard Tuesday from a representative of Everwell Health, which has purchased the former UH Richmond Heights Hospital building on Chardon Road.

A geriatric care manager (GCM) is a professional who specializes in assisting older adults and their families with managing the challenges of aging. These experts come from various backgrounds, ...

Hawaii has the longest life expectancy in the United States — and that’s a good thing, reflecting our healthier residents, on ...

A new grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services will help enhance geriatric care training for the long-term care workforce, according to the leaders of the Geriatrics Workforce ...

DECATUR, Ga. - The holidays should be a joyful time of homecoming for families, but sometimes those visits also reveal that elderly parents are more frail or more forgetful than before. Discoveries ...

No matter one's age, race, gender, socioeconomic status or political party, COVID-19 has impacted everyone at some level. That impact has been especially palpable for the approximately 1.3 million ...

An endowed professorship has been established to honor Andrew Duxbury, M.D., a leading geriatrics physician in The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, ...

Geriatric specialists help identify the changes that come with aging and work with patients to maintain their independence.