Driven by rising quality of life and education levels, more patients and families in China are seeking hospice services, with decisions by patients to forgo treatment being respected when their ...

Whenever Chen Yun misses her father, she gazes at a photo from his 94th birthday celebration in the hospice ward of ...

Stressing the importance of early recognition of CS, the writing committee highlights the "SUSPECT CS" mnemonic, which includes laboratory markers along with clinical assessment for congestion and ...

There, geriatric African penguins don’t have to worry about younger birds bombarding the buckets of fish delivered by trainers at the New England Aquarium in Boston. “They all get a good ...

An innovative team at St. Mary's Hospital in Montreal is helping to prevent that from happening. It's 7 a.m. in the emergency department of St. Mary's Hospital in Montreal, and geriatric nurse ...

There's a growing problem for older Americans: doctors who specialize in geriatric care are dwindling. More than 80 million Americans are expected to be older than 65 by 2050, according to the US ...