In a move to improve cancer care for older adults, the American Society of Clinical Oncology is recommending that all patients age 65 and older receive a geriatric assessment when considering or ...

Sam Cotton, the social worker who directs its dementia program, recently heard from a local Methodist church whose ...

Cancer providers treating adult patients including those ≥ 65 years completed an online survey. Questions included those asking about awareness of ASCO’s Geriatric Oncology Guideline (2018), use of ...

Sanford Center for Aging is introducing the Sanford Assessment, a community-based health and wellness assessment that will provide a comprehensive review with recommendations for participants. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An advanced practice nurse-led clinic conducted via telehealth proved a safe approach for geriatric assessment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received usual care plus telephone-based weekly symptom assessments had 53% lower odds of ED use.

This raises the more important questions: Why? What are the reasons for the slow incorporation of this standard of care into daily practice? What are the barriers to GA incorporation? So what can be ...

This training manual, developed with VALID International and Brixton Health, gives step-by-step guidance on how to estimate the needs of older people in humanitarian and developmental contexts quickly ...