Compared with traditional primary care, geriatrics-focused care in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system improved screening ...

Marilyn R. Gugliucci, MA, PhD, FAGHE, FGSA, AGSF, FNAOME, of the University of New England (UNE) College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) has been installed as the new president of the Gerontological ...

A pediatric nurse who worked tenaciously to expand access to health services, Loretta Ford helped to transform the way millions of Americans receive health care.

Nursing home abuse is a serious issue in this country, one that affects our most vulnerable elderly residents, including here in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Northside Youth and Senior Services Center in St. Louis, through a partnership with University, will continue to serve ...

JAMA today announces a new cohort of ten academic physicians and nurses selected for the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program, designed to engage early career clinical or health services researchers with ...

Nursing homes with higher invasive Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates had fewer registered nurses, a new study finds. Boosting the number of nurses in high-risk communities could lower MRSA rates, ...

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, muscle mass ...

Surveillance cameras nursing home residents and other vulnerable Marylanders, writes Maryland Attorney General.