Identifying limitations in functional reserves in the older adult leads to improved decision-making related to cardiovascular risk stratification and elective procedures.
Toolkit provides guidance on the COVID-19 bivalent booster and oral antiviral therapeutics.
Climate change can affect older patients with asthma, COPD, allergies, kidney disease, and other conditions.
GAPNA discusses how advanced practice practitioners are well-positioned to encourage healthy lifestyles among older adults, to include activities that help attain/maintain lean muscle mass, regardless of BMI, to reduce chronic pain and frailty.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, that more than 60% of US adults were lonely; these numbers only increased during the pandemic. Clinicians should focus more time on the psychological and social factors of aging to improve the quality of life of the elderly.
Serum levels of magnesium may not be associated with arrhythmia burden in older adults.
A team of Korean investigators conducted a study to assess the ability of the 15-item geriatric depression scale to discern depression in the elderly.
Although an estimated 82 million people worldwide will be affected by dementia by 2030, research demonstrates that cognitive decline often goes unrecognized in primary care settings.
Over 1400 clinical trials and research studies were reviewed by a panel of 13 experts to develop the new guideline.
Interdisciplinary care was associated with shorter duration of hospital stay, fewer post-interventional complications, and lower rates of readmissions.
