Bruce R. Troen, MD, professor of medicine, is working to address the growing need for quality geriatric care while preparing health care providers, researchers and medical educators for the ...

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 ...

The pandemic has highlighted the acute shortage of nurses and nursing assistants needed to care for the growing number of older adults in long-term care facilities. Yet getting nursing students ...

As a large proportion of the nation's population enters its senior years, geriatric medicine specialists are ramping up training in dementia-friendly and age-friendly care. This week, UChicago ...

Medical schools need to do a better job of training specialists in aspects of geriatric care, a new study says. Researchers found that in 2001, 53% of outpatient visits by people 65 and older were to ...

Comprehensive, personalized geriatric care designed to help adults 65+ maintain independence, manage complex health needs and age confidently with expert support ...

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, N.H., will provide telemedicine services and geriatric emergency department training, education and other resources to four rural hospitals in New Hampshire and ...

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 ...

HOUSTON—(Nov. 21, 2008)—The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will launch a new program, Training Excellence in Aging Studies (TEXAS), to promote geriatrics training for physicians ...

Dignity Health Marian Regional Medical Center has achieved accreditation by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program (GEDA). Members of ...