Maine has the 12th highest rate of long-term nursing home residents on antipsychotics, which carry health risks.

Maine has the 12th highest rate of long-term nursing home residents on antipsychotics, which carry health risks.

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and University Medical Center (UMC) have partnered to launch the Geriatric ...

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Why: Approximately 15 - 60 % of elderly patients experience a delirium prior to or during a hospitalization but the diagnosis is missed in up to 70% of cases. Delirium is associated with poor outcomes ...

The National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (HCGNE) today announced $1.38 million in awards to the latest cohort of Claire M. Fagin Fellows and Patricia G. Archbold Scholars ...

Effective July 1, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has become home to the Coordinating Center for the National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (HCGNE), also known as ...

For students at Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy, the journey to a nursing career starts early. Through a nursing assistant career and technical education (CTE) pathway, high schoolers are ...

After an aide at a Baltimore nursing facility was caught on video in 2022 pushing a patient down, resulting in a painful fall and broken hip, the man’s death four months later was ruled a homicide.

Julieta* grew weaker as her illness progressed. She was a frail, 4'11", elderly woman battling terminal cancer who began punching the air, trying to assert control over an unfamiliar reality. As her ...

As the University of Houston’s Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing approaches its 10-year anniversary in August, the college has more than quadrupled its student enrollment and produced nearly ...

Dr. Solanges Vivens’ journey from a young girl in Haiti to a successful healthcare business owner in the United States has been a testament to the resilience of women around the world. Long before she ...