Spirit EMS crews and community members collected and delivered more than 200 stuffed animals to hospitals and nursing homes ...

There is a national shortage of geriatricians, with only about one for every 10,000 older adults. Florida has a significant need for geriatric specialists, as it is home to 20% of the nation's ...

The Trump administration has restored promised funds to a program that teaches people in health care how to work with aging Americans. By Paula Span In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a ...

The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

This course, developed by NAEMT in partnership with the American Geriatrics Society, empowers EMS practitioners to improve medical outcomes and quality of life for geriatric patients. The course ...

Compared with traditional primary care systems, geriatrics-focused primary care systems provide better quality of care but fail to improve health and wellness outcomes in older veterans with multiple ...

Between 2010 and 2020, the number of Americans over the age of 65 grew faster than it had in more than 100 years. The American population is older than it’s ever been, with more than 55 million people ...

This course covers medical/ethical/legal issues and the spectrum of age-specific emergencies from conception through death required for paramedic certification. Topics include gynecological, ...

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