The need for curricular revision is demonstrated not only by the changing demographics but also by the results of a recent survey of NPs. Scherer and colleagues [9] asked respondents to reflect on ...

A new grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services will help enhance geriatric care training for the long-term care workforce, according to the leaders of the Geriatrics Workforce ...

The awardees are schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and allied health (including designated Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); graduate ...

The push to increase certified nursing assistant training and retention in long-term care got a boost this week in the form of a $5 million federal grant to Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York ...

There has been a considerable amount of dialogue recently over the cost savings associated with specialized hospital units for elderly patients, such as geriatric service lines and emergency ...

Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine (sections of health services research and geriatrics) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ...

In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church, and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments. The ...

Primary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program. Objectives: The ...

The New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing has received a $5 million federal grant to educate and train healthcare workers to care for older adults in the Bronx. The grant, provided by the ...

The School of Nursing is set to receive a $1 million donation that will in part be used to fund student scholarships over the next four years. Beverly Enterprises Inc. -- which owns several geriatric ...