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, ...

Getting to a doctor’s office can be a struggle for seniors with complex health problems or a lack of transportation. But some health professionals want to see if they can improve access to geriatric ...

Jerry Gurwitz was one of the first doctors to receive the designation as a geriatrician. He’s now the chief of geriatric medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Recently, he ...

Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling the gap in geriatric care as the senior population rises and the number of geriatricians declines, KFF Health News reported June 18. The Health Resources ...

Within the GAIN-S model, geriatric care assessments among older patients with cancer are combined with care interventions, and it is delivered soon before patients have an intervention on their cancer ...

The shortcomings of geriatric care were first brought to light in the 1970s and 1980s by Robert Butler, MD, who noticed gaps in his education when caring for older adults, the complex needs of this ...

As immunotherapy reshaped cancer care, geriatric oncology shifted toward personalized, geriatric assessment-guided treatment that prioritizes function, safety, and what matters most to older adults.

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 ...

Geriatric conference in Bengaluru explores dignity and community-based care for older adults through expert discussions and workshops.

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, ...