Geriatricians are regular doctors who have additional training in treating older adults, especially those ages 65 years and up, who often have complex medical issues. They focus on keeping you ...

pThe Columbia Aging Center and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Population ageing is a global occurrence.

The Trump administration has restored promised funds to a program that teaches people in health care how to work with aging Americans. By Paula Span In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

Stephen Isaacs ([email protected]) is a partner at Isaacs/Jellinek, in Calistoga, California. Paul S. Jellinek is a partner at Isaacs/Jellinek. Terry Fulmer is president and CEO of the John A.

NEW DELHI: India is witnessing a silent but profound demographic shift as its elderly population (aged 60 and above) grows at an unprecedented rate, now making up over 10% of the total population.

Compared with traditional primary care systems, geriatrics-focused primary care systems provide better quality of care but fail to improve health and wellness outcomes in older veterans with multiple ...

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 people ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: advanced age is characterized by physiological changes and increased susceptibility to specific lesions. The aim of this study was to describe the practice of upper ...

SINGAPORE: Some years ago, I was in Melbourne on a tram, absorbed in mapping out my next destination on my phone. The elderly man next to me nudged me and said, with a sigh, “You young people these ...

(CNN) — The 80-year-old communications engineer from Texas had saved for decades, driving around in an old car and buying clothes from thrift stores so he’d have enough money to enjoy his retirement ...