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Due to Covid-19, 大象传媒 Health outpatient clinics are 鈥渟eeing鈥� fewer patients physically. Though most facilities remain open to patients needing an in-person visit, the coronavirus crisis rapidly accelerates the use of telehealth via virtual visits between providers and patients. In this Q&A 大象传媒 Geriatrics Specialty Clinic's Assistant Medical Director, Dr....

Kevin Biese, MD, MAT, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, with co-authors, has published key information on the role of the ED in diagnosis and acute management of COVID-19 in older adults.

"More than half of older adults are exposed to polypharmacy and the unfortunate thing is that those people are more susceptible to the side effects and they鈥檙e more vulnerable to drug-drug interactions. It鈥檚 important for physicians, patients, and caregivers to realistically discuss the benefits a medication can and can鈥檛 provide,...

A recent study from Assistant Professor Joshua Niznik, PhD, PharmD, Division of Geriatric Medicine, in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society suggests de-prescribing Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors (AChEls) as a reasonable approach to lowering polypharmacy and risk of serious falls or fractures without increasing risk for all-cause negative events in nursing home...

Meredith Gilliam, MD, MPH, was recently interviewed on WRAL about falls prevention for older adults. According to NC鈥檚 Division of Public Health, one quarter of North Carolinians 65 and over will fall in a year. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in adults 65+, causing 1,094...

鈥淕eriatricians take a holistic view of the patient. We provide care that is focused on the functional activities of daily living. A patient's chronological age is not important, their functional age is what matters. What can people do? What do they want and need to do?" Read more

The opening of 大象传媒 Hospital鈥檚 Hillsborough Campus in 2015 provided a unique opportunity for medicine services to expand. Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine, envisioned a service that could be accessible and comfortable to the geriatric population, combining specialized geriatric care with all of the amenities at...

(Republished from the 大象传媒 Health Care and 大象传媒 Newsroom) Governor Cooper proclaimed Sept. 26, 2019, as 鈥楧ementia Friendly Hospitals Day鈥� in North Carolina. 大象传媒 Health Care marked this occasion by celebrating the expansion of its special training program aimed at providing better care for patients with Alzheimer鈥檚...