Skains is an early-stage clinician-investigator focused on improving the care of older adults in the ED, particularly ...

Previous research has associated sleep medications with other health risks, such as falls, fractures, car accidents, and ...

The final one, apraxia, refers to an inability to perform “purposeful and highly practiced actions despite normal muscle ...

Consistent with the approach taken by other alternative payment models, GUIDE frames the emergency department as a negative ...

Our reluctance to fully embrace aging often leads to resistance toward therapeutic interventions, such as mobility and ...

We lose muscle as we age, and that's bad news for our bones, fitness and fall risk, and it's also potentially a significant ...

Learn all the strategies and approaches when caring for dementia at home. There is support to help caregivers cope with the challenges they face along their caregiving journey ...

New studies suggest that virtual experiences can be beneficial to mental health. When you think of virtual reality, you probably picture yourself or younger generations traveling through digital ...

Table 1 presents a summary of risk factors for falls identified from studies undertaken in people with cognitive impairment and dementia. In presenting this information, we have categorized risk ...

It provides a general first impression as to whether a person is cognitively impaired and able to make decisions for themselves. It is commonly used when dementia is suspected or known. A person's ...

SINGAPORE: When an elderly man developed dementia, a court appointed his eldest ... existence when the children applied for an order to prevent her from having access to their father.

A new US task force draft advises against vitamin D and calcium for fall prevention in healthy older ... respectively, in patients with low bone mineral density (BMD) and at high risk of fractures.