Older people often have multiple and complex care needs, so assessing them is a highly skilled activity. Their health issues and care needs are sometimes summed up in ‘catchy’ phrases, but it is ...
The Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA) is a screening tool developed by the Geriatrics Division of Saint Louis University. The RGA includes assessment of frailty, nutrition, loss of muscle mass ...
Jo Rodda and Mark Kitchingham say that blood biomarkers, digital cognitive testing and portable MRI could improve dementia ...
As the Cardiovascular (CV) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at The Miriam Hospital (TMH), it is my responsibility to provide for our heart failure patients. In this capacity I have been a resource to ...
Care Compare aims to give Medicare patients and family caregivers a user-friendly online tool to make informed decisions about healthcare based on location, cost, quality of care, volume of services, ...