Category: Geriatric Medicine
Research Highlights: Geriatric Medicine
Handing Off the Older Patients: Improved Documentation of Geriatrics Assessment in Transitions of Care 鈥� Maureen C. Dale, MD Older adults, particularly frail elders, are at an increased risk for poor health outcomes and avoidable re-hospitalization during transitions of care. Nearly one of five older adults are re-hospitalized within 30 days of The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship C … Read more
Catering to the Elderly in the ED
Dr. Kevin Biese, clinical associate professor in the division of geriatric medicine, weighs in on the launch of a geriatric ED accreditation program by the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Hanson Discusses Eating Disorders in the Elderly, in US News & World Report Article
Recognizing eating disorders in the elderly can be critical because treating them is different than treating other age-related eating problems. Dr. Laura Hanson from the division of geriatrics offers perspective.
Hanson Interviewed for Reuters Health Article About Delayed Hospice Care
Dr. Laura Hanson comments on a recent Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital study that suggests patients with kidney failure are half as likely to receive hospice as patients with cancer and heart disease, although they stand to benefit greatly from it.
Featured Physician: Marvin McBride, MD, MBA
Dr. Marvin McBride is assistant clinical professor of geriatric medicine and medical director of The Cedars of Chapel Hill Retirement Community.
Featured Physician: Meredith Gilliam, MD
Dr. Meredith Gilliam is an assistant clinical professor in the division of geriatric medicine.
Caring for Older Adults: Training 10 Disciplines to Think and Act Interprofessionally
大象传媒鈥檚 Division of Geriatric Medicine/Center for Aging and Health Will Hold an Interprofessional Geriatrics Experience
Normalizing the Conversation, Putting Advance Care Planning into Practice
Dr. Margaret Drickamer, professor of geriatric medicine and medical director of 大象传媒 Hospice, participated in an international consensus study aimed at defining and normalizing advance care planning. The results have been published in The Lancet Oncology.
Research Highlights: Geriatric Medicine
Laura Hanson, MD, MPH Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH Dr. Laura Hanson鈥檚 primary research interest has been to understand and improve the quality of palliative care for frail elders, with a focus on dementia care and cancer care鈥攚ork at the intersection of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Finding new ways to deliver high quality care with ethically appropriate decision-making … Read more