Geriatric

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee this week recommended the agency approve the first two vaccines to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus in Americans aged 60 and older.
New on-demand resources from the AHA鈥檚 Living Learning Network include a story on the healing power of music from AdventHealth System, and a podcast with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine on improving older adult care in the geriatric emergency department.
In today鈥檚 discussion about older adult care in the ED, Marie Cleary-Fishman, AHA鈥檚 vice president of clinical quality, is joined by Dr. Kevin Biese. Dr. Biese serves as the University of North Carolina Hospitals Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, as well as its Co-Director of the Division鈥
One demographic in the U.S. that has been constant in recent years is the aging of the population.
Learn how virtual reality is making its way into healthcare, offering innovative solutions for surgical training, chronic pain management, and cognitive rehabilitation.
The 4Ms 鈥 What Matters, Medications, Mentation and Mobility are designed to work together to afford seniors their best possible quality of life. The 4Ms approach is guided by the belief that one is never too old to stay engaged with life. In this podcast, you鈥檒l learn about Pop, whose daughter,鈥
In this Members in Action podcast, we will focus on Cedars-Sinai Medical Center鈥檚 age-friendly efforts.
Marie Cleary-Fishman, Vice President of Clinical Quality speaks with Amy Berman, Senior Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation and Erin Emery-Tiburcio, Associate Professor of Geriatric & Rehabilitation Psychology and Geriatric Medicine at Rush University Medical Center.