A daily freeze-thaw cycle with unseasonably warm temperatures, such as we experienced earlier this month, created dangerous ...

Proposed legislation making two "critical changes" to the Medicare program could save millions of dollars annually by preventing hospitalizations for older adults who fall, according to professional ...

recently made recommended updates to the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries (STEADI) toolkit, focusing on fall prevention initiatives in primary care. Their recommended updates were ...

Rehydration and prevention requires fluid on prescription (> 1.5 litre/day), and the route of fluid administration depends on the acuteness and severity of clinical signs. Unfortunately ...

Geriatrics & Aging plays an important role in the field of knowledge translation. That is, we provide practitioners with high quality, clinically relevant information about prevention, diagnosis ...

Dr Michelle Le Cheminant (left), the MSG's deputy chair, said she was "extremely proud" to see a fellow islander, Dr Ruth Copeland (right), involved in the MSG partnership A geriatric specialist ...

"With her expertise in geriatric medicine and determination to continue expanding her knowledge, Dr Copeland will be a huge asset to our community," she added.

This is obviously bad news for the elderly. Just as the human body and brain are fundamentally different in childhood, so too do they differ in old age. Immunological functioning weakens ...

Around 3 million elderly people will be eligible to receive 10,000 baht from the second phase of the government's 10,000-baht cash handout scheme, according to Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom ...

Act (HR1171) has been reintroduced and would allow physical and occupational therapists to provide no-cost fall risk assessments to Medicare beneficiaries during their annual wellness visits or ...

That’s why she’s attending the Falls Prevention EXPO hosted by The Manatee County Falls Prevention Coalition. Megan Hawkins is the president of the coalition, and the trauma prevention and ...

Our physicians, geriatric nurse practitioner and social workers offer ... medication education and compliance, wound care program; falls analysis and prevention; functional assessment; advance ...