Geriatrics | Australian Doctor Group

Fewer deaths when elder patients get the 'friendly' treatment

21st February 2020

Older patients had shorter hospital stays and fewer complications and deaths when doctors adopted an elder-friendly protocol…

19th February 2020

Doctors have panned a UK general practice that ‘smuggled’ a frailty questionnaire to an elderly woman by disguising it as a…

17th February 2020

In older patients, use of tramadol is associated with a higher risk of hip fracture than codeine and other common non…

17th February 2020

Most patients over the age of 65 find the term 'old' upsetting and want their doctors to describe them as 'seniors' or …

12th February 2020

Older drivers with mental health issues remain at increased risk of crashing despite cutting back on their driving, a study…

11th February 2020

From movie referrals to advice to joining a fitness group, the concept of social prescribing is slowly taking off in…

24th January 2020

English and Italian speakers with nonfluent variant primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) display different patterns of…