Chinese older adults who reported better digital social integration also experienced better life satisfaction, according to a March study published in BMC Geriatrics.

It may be possible to give older people better care during emergency room (ER) visits while keeping costs down for insurers and hospitals. A recent study revealed that geriatric nurse specialist ...

A national pilot program designed to improve outcomes for elderly surgical patients is scalable and can be implemented in a wide range of hospital types - from community hospitals to urban academic ...

Individuals who live in poverty or are homeless experience geriatric conditions — including cognitive issues, visual impairment, urinary incontinence and falls — at a younger age than individuals ...

Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new study by scientists ...

A recent study found that community-dwelling older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more likely to experience geriatric conditions. In a study published in Frontiers in ...

A large longitudinal study challenges the idea that aging inevitably brings decline, revealing that many older adults improve in key measures of physical and cognitive health.

How Did a Multi-Institutional Trial Show Feasibility of Electronic Data Capture in Older Patients With Cancer? Results From a Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study (Alliance A171902) A total of one ...