Older adults often have similar concerns: a fear of falling, a worry that they are taking too many medications, or concern that their forgetfulness is the start of Alzheimer's. A geriatric assessment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Geriatric assessment was successfully implemented in 10 Dutch centers with 191 patients. The relevance of ...

When a team of scientists integrated a tool into an electronic health record platform, it improved geriatric assessments and improved clinician knowledge about the evaluations, according to a report ...

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 ...

Telehealth geriatric assessment significantly improved short-term outcomes for older adults with advanced cancers. Brazilian study showed better physical function, psychological status, and quality of ...

A free tool aims to increase oncologists’ use of formal geriatric assessments (GAs) in older patients with cancer. Such assessments seek to measure factors beyond age that can affect a patient’s risk ...

Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Risk Stratification and a Continued Call for Screening Supported in part by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (K08CA234225; G.R.W.) ...

When Lorraine Griggs' 86-year-old father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was treated with 35 rounds of radiation, though he had a long list of other serious medical issues, including diabetes, ...

Geriatrics is a specialized branch of Geriatric Medicine that focuses on the health and well-being of older adults. Liv Hospital As people age, their medical needs become more complex due to the ...

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 ...

For health systems or institutions that lack geriatricians or geriatric oncologists, the Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) has developed a validated, survey-based, mostly self-reported GA that ...