Jerry Gurwitz was one of the first doctors to receive the designation as a geriatrician. He’s now the chief of geriatric medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Recently, he ...

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

The shortcomings of geriatric care were first brought to light in the 1970s and 1980s by Robert Butler, MD, who noticed gaps in his education when caring for older adults, the complex needs of this ...

Getting to a doctor’s office can be a struggle for seniors with complex health problems or a lack of transportation. But some health professionals want to see if they can improve access to geriatric ...

Geriatric and dementia care can be one of the most rewarding areas of medicine. However, understaffing issues are also widely reported, resulting in long waitlists and limited admissions at facilities ...

In this episode of the Becker’s Healthcare Podcast, Erika Spicer Mason is joined by Dr. Hemant Keny of Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Dr. Matthew Schiralli of Rochester Regional Health to ...

North Carolinians are getting older, but there aren't enough people getting trained to care for them. The population of people ages 65 and older in North Carolina is expected to nearly double to 2.7 ...

An endowed professorship has been established to honor Andrew Duxbury, M.D., a leading geriatrics physician in The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, ...