Publications

Two years ago, Joanne Lynn, MD, wrote: “Medicare 2014 has achieved the main goal of Medicare 1965. Nevertheless, the system designed for the priorities of 1965 does not match the needs of 2014, and beyond. Addressing needs and correcting course to...

In a comparison study of two frailty screening tools, the FRAIL-NH was shown to quickly screen residents at the bedside and to predict adverse outcomes, according to a speaker at the AMDA – the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine...

SAN FRANCISCO — Patients with unchecked inflammation, depression, and slow gait make up a “depressed frail phenotype at grave risk of death,” Patrick J. Brown, PhD, said at the 2016 International Psychogeriatric Association Congress.

SAN DIEGO — As the number of surgery patients older than 65 continues to grow, clinicians have a resource to help them provide optimal perioperative care to this patient population.