These specialized units can help keep older patients out of the hospital, lower their health care costs and more.

It's always been a bit confusing to figure out when Generation X ends and the millennial generation begins — and now a new cohort has emerged between the two groups that has folks in their mid-to-late ...

Born between the years 1980 and 1985? Feeling left out of the “generation” loop. Pining to take part in the end endless generational discourse between Boomers, Millennials and Gen-Z? Pine no longer.

Credit: Getty Images Nurse practitioners call for routine assessment for geriatric syndromes, including screening for frailty, cognitive impairment, and malnutrition. As patients live longer, it ...

Medicare doesn’t cover geriatric care management, although you can see a geriatric care doctor for an evaluation and be referred to covered screenings and support. Around 90% of adults in the United ...

The term "geriatric millennial" sounds like an oxymoron, yet it precisely captures an awkward cultural intersection: adults ...

What do geriatric psychiatrists do? Geriatric psychiatrists specialize in diagnosing and treating mental health conditions rooted in the neurological and cognitive changes of aging, such as dementia, ...

Saint Louis University's Gateway Geriatric Education Center (GEC) provides tools and resources that promote the health and well-being of older adults. The GEC educates and empowers students, health ...

As the number of adults age 65 and older continues to climb both in Louisiana and nationwide, Tulane Medicine is setting the ...