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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

But in the rest of the country, they need to have a collaborative agreement with or be under the supervision of another health care provider to provide care to older adults. “We tend to be a little stronger in care coordination, family and patient education, and integrating care and social and medical needs.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Talking about palliative care here on this podcast, in our state, gosh, this was in the early ’90s, physician assisted death was on the ballot. Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? Is your brain hurting yet with all these questions?