It may be possible to give older people better care during emergency room (ER) visits while keeping costs down for insurers and hospitals. A recent study revealed that geriatric nurse specialist ...

A national pilot program designed to improve outcomes for elderly surgical patients is scalable and can be implemented in a wide range of hospital types - from community hospitals to urban academic ...

A recent study found that community-dwelling older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more likely to experience geriatric conditions. In a study published in Frontiers in ...

How Did a Multi-Institutional Trial Show Feasibility of Electronic Data Capture in Older Patients With Cancer? Results From a Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study (Alliance A171902) A total of one ...

Depression and loneliness can be prevented using structured telephone-based psychological care, delivered over eight weeks, according to new research. A large team of social scientists, psychologists ...

A new study of geriatric acute care wards highlights how gaps in infection control practices may help spread COVID-19 between healthcare workers and patients. There is still some uncertainty about the ...

Study: More Geriatric Trauma Patients Predicts Better Outcomes Hospitals will higher proportions of geriatric trauma patients report lower in-hospital mortality, fewer major complications and less ...

Research conducted at the Duke University School of Medicine indicates triple therapy may increase risk of bleeding in geriatric patients with myocardial infarction who have a stent. Is more better or ...

Individuals who live in poverty or are homeless experience geriatric conditions — including cognitive issues, visual impairment, urinary incontinence and falls — at a younger age than individuals ...

2019 NOV 04 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily-- Investigators discuss new findings in Aging Research - Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to news ...

At the Beit Shirley senior residential and day care facility in Dimona, the staff has installed motion sensors to help cut falling incidents by half. But it’s the addition of a backup system that ...

In a new study published in Engineering, academician Yingze Zhang's research team introduces the Proximal Femur Bionic Nail (PFBN) as a potential panacea for unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures ...