Bruce R. Troen, MD, professor of medicine, is working to address the growing need for quality geriatric care while preparing health care providers, researchers and medical educators for the ...

As a large proportion of the nation's population enters its senior years, geriatric medicine specialists are ramping up training in dementia-friendly and age-friendly care. This week, UChicago ...

Personalized care for the stress of serious illness. We use a comprehensive approach by focusing on the whole patient; addressing the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual suffering of disease.

The future of the U.S. healthcare system is already being shaped by the growing population of older adults. But providers with expertise caring for them are dwindling — and the federal government’s ...

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, N.H., will provide telemedicine services and geriatric emergency department training, education and other resources to four rural hospitals in New Hampshire and ...

Convergence of Geriatrics and Palliative Care to Deliver Personalized Supportive Care for Older Adults With Cancer The rapidly growing number of older adults being diagnosed with and surviving cancer ...

In 1988, I became one of the first U.S. physicians certified in the new specialty of geriatric medicine, which focuses on the health care of older adults. As an idealistic and optimistic 32-year-old ...

Dignity Health Marian Regional Medical Center has achieved accreditation by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program (GEDA). Members of ...