News Headlines for Geriatrics (Elderly) Issues
Groups prepare to care for aging baby boomers - Bakersfield Californian
4 Feb 2012 at 7:01pm
Groups prepare to care for aging baby boomers
Bakersfield Californian
Kern Medical Center nurse Frances Wilson held a class for Cal State Bakersfield nursing students to experience limited mobility, impaired hearing and sight in order to better care for elderly patients. The items in the geriatric sensitivity toolbox are ...
Anxiety therapy doesn't work as well in elderly: study - Reuters
3 Feb 2012 at 4:50pm
Anxiety therapy doesn't work as well in elderly: study
Reuters
The authors write in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that three to 14 out of every 100 older adults has an anxiety disorder. While earlier studies have shown that cognitive behavioral therapy works well for younger and middle-aged adults ...
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Improving Care for the Nation's Elderly Focus of SCAN Health Plan's Tenth ......
30 Jan 2012 at 11:00am
Improving Care for the Nation's Elderly Focus of SCAN Health Plan's Tenth ...
MarketWatch (press release)
It also provides attendees the opportunity to spend focused, highly interactive time with, and be mentored by, leaders in the field of geriatric medical management as they explore topics critical to caring for the nation's elderly.
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Geriatrics: A Primary Care Approach to the Aging Population - Family Practice...
30 Jan 2012 at 12:08am
Geriatrics: A Primary Care Approach to the Aging Population
Family Practice News Digital Network
Geriatric Depression: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. Day 3- Exercise Program in the Elderly “A Movement Whose Time Has Come”. Sensible Approaches to Geriatric Infections. Rheumatologic Lab Tests and Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Elderly.
UHD sponsors Geriatric Education Awareness symposium on Feb. 24 - Your Housto...
31 Jan 2012 at 10:21pm
UHD sponsors Geriatric Education Awareness symposium on Feb. 24
Your Houston News
The symposium is geared toward community professionals whose activities now or will in the future involve the elderly; community members dealing with elderly family members, and students, especially those considering careers related to the elderly ...
Medical house calls part of geriatric pilot project - Waterloo Record
22 Jan 2012 at 4:48pm
Medical house calls part of geriatric pilot project
Waterloo Record
A nurse practitioner, specially trained in geriatrics, will visit frail elderly patients in their home, accompanied by a geriatrician if more expertise is needed. “Now it seems everything is getting better. The doctor is coming.
PSA Screening Overused Among Frail Elderly at VA Facilities - Medscape
12 Jan 2012 at 3:47pm
PSA Screening Overused Among Frail Elderly at VA Facilities
Medscape
... very elderly patients, and some as few as one quarter, but none are targeting screening according to the men's life expectancy," Louise C. Walter, MD, the study's principal investigator, who is a geriatrician and a professor of medicine at the ...
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Adoption event aims to bring elderly pets, people together - Hanford Sentinel
21 Jan 2012 at 3:17pm
Adoption event aims to bring elderly pets, people together
Hanford Sentinel
(Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 1999) * Elderly people with pets are better able to remain emotionally stable during a crisis than those without.(Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 1999) * People who own pets can have ...
Transitioning to the Modern Model of Acute Geriatrics - MD News (press release)
12 Jan 2012 at 8:06am
Transitioning to the Modern Model of Acute Geriatrics
MD News (press release)
In addition to the calming environment, the ACE Unit has developed protocols and therapies to meet the specific needs of elderly patients. An interdisciplinary team of geriatricians, a geriatric nurse practitioner, geriatric trained nurses, ...
Elderly, Healthcare Providers Fear $28 Million Medicaid Cuts - KPTM-TV
30 Jan 2012 at 9:32pm
Elderly, Healthcare Providers Fear $28 Million Medicaid Cuts
KPTM-TV
"It makes it very difficult for us to manage the number of individuals that we provide care for when our reimbursement goes down and the expenses go up," said Lori Hess, CEO and President of Midwest Geriatrics. Her office estimates it gets roughly $6.5 ...
