The need for curricular revision is demonstrated not only by the changing demographics but also by the results of a recent survey of NPs. Scherer and colleagues [9] asked respondents to reflect on ...
Thousands of nurses and geriatric specialists—many of them minorities—will be trained for the provider workforce under $159.1 million in federal grants under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ...
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 ...
There has been a considerable amount of dialogue recently over the cost savings associated with specialized hospital units for elderly patients, such as geriatric service lines and emergency ...
In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church, and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments. The ...
Caring for older adults is intellectually demanding clinical work that requires advanced synthesis across medical, functional, cognitive, and social complexity. Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and ...
The New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing has received a $5 million federal grant to educate and train healthcare workers to care for older adults in the Bronx. The grant, provided by the ...
Primary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program. Objectives: The ...
In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church, and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments. The ...