The AGS Annual Meeting Program Cover
May 11, 2015
I am thrilled that the AGS is using my images on the cover of their Annual Meeting program. The collection…
Celebrate nurses week by stopping the customer satisfaction nonsense
May 10, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Happy nurses week! A special double happiness to the nurses who are also mothers today. This…
#ThickenedLiquidChallenge on Making Sense of Alzheimers
May 8, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Check it out folks, the #ThickenedLiquidChallenge is now a featured video on MakingSenseofAlzheimers.org, a new site out of…
Fatal Falls Rising in Older Adults
May 7, 2015
Figure 2. (above) Age-adjusted death rates, by cause of death among adults aged 65 and over: United States, 2000–2013 The…
Anticoagulation in Elders who Fall
May 6, 2015
If you had suggested to me only a short time ago that older people who fall should be taken off…
Victory Day in Moscow: Honoring the Older Generation
April 27, 2015
I had good reason to miss the 2012 AGS meeting as the dates overlapped with Victory Day in Moscow. Victory…
Being Superman
April 23, 2015
by: Amy Getter, a hospice nurse who blogs regularly at hospicediary.com My all-too-frequent experience going from house to house visiting…
Not All Hospices are Alike
April 21, 2015
by: Patrice Villars We all want the best possible end of life care for patients, our families, ourselves. Most of…
Aging in Angola Prison
April 16, 2015
Our society is faced with the dilemma of aging prisoners, and some predict this will become one of the most…
Healthy Dying… An important part of healthy aging
April 14, 2015
By: Paul Tatum @doctatum This year the Obama administration will convene the 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA). The…