In the palliative medicine rotation, you will gain experience in the provision of palliative medicine care to geriatric patients in a variety of settings, with an emphasis on complex pain and non-pain ...

Despite an increase in the use of medication for opioid use disorder in older adults from 2017 to 2022, disparities persist; ...

Saint Louis University's Gateway Geriatric Education Center develops leading-edge education for current and future geriatric professionals. The center has trained tens of thousands of public groups, ...

The central model for geriatric care is called the 4Ms, which stands for medication, mentation, mobility and “what matters most.” Geriatrics also takes into account multicomplexity ...

Pain management and control of other symptoms is a priority in ensuring optimal ... Senior Care Clinic clinicians, who are members of the Section of Geriatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, have ...

However, data supporting the link between the number of medications and increased risk of falls in the elderly have varied. As seen in other studies, the addition of medications can increase a ...

"The average person over 65 now uses seven different medications per day, four prescribed and three over-the-counter," says Andrew Duxbury, MD, associate professor of geriatrics at the University ...