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8 Min Read

What age-friendly care means for older adults

Age-friendly care focuses on what matters to you, your medications, your mind and your mobility. Here is how to make those priorities part of your care.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight

Dementia treatment CME

Discover how to improve dementia screening and treatment in primary care settings with dementia care education from UCSF.

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9 Min Read

How to make age-friendly care a systemwide priority

Northwell Health shows how health systems can embed the 4M’s into workflows, measurement and culture rather than build another standalone program.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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5 Min Read

As population ages, need for practicing geriatricians grows more acute

Geriatrician Peter Hollmann, MD, outlines how to address the geriatrician shortage, and how to get older adults the high-quality care they deserve. 

Population Health
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3 Min Read

Medicare patients get virtual access to diabetes prevention

Move included in federal budget deal gets rid of barriers to lifestyle-change programs for older-adult patients, half of whom have prediabetes.

Prevention & Wellness

Telehealth and Aging Education

Explore education from the West Health Institute on adapting telehealth services to the unique needs of older patients.

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4 Min Read

Time for a different approach in the exam room: deprescribing

One-third of older adults take five or more prescriptions, contributing to falls and other adverse events. Good medicine means taking another look.

Behavioral Health
Smiling older adult
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6 Min Read

How fulfillment shapes older adults’ well-being and care needs

CenterWell’s research reveals key forces shaping fulfillment in later life and highlights opportunities to strengthen whole-person support.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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8 Min Read

11 JAMA resources for internists to share with older-adult patients

These JAMA Patient Pages provide plain explanations of conditions that commonly affect seniors, including osteoporosis and macular degeneration.

Population Health

Healthy Aging and Geriatric Medicine CME

Learn how to promote healthy aging with older patients, prevent illness and injury and provide more effective treatment through geriatric medicine–all while earning CME credits.

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6 Min Read

Dec. 12, 2025: National Advocacy Update

Supporting the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, details on the FDA TEMPO model and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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6 Min Read

In “silver tsunami,” physician-led teams optimize postacute care

Physician oversight of rehabilitation care is vital. Find out how Medrina ensures doctors lead the rehab medicine care team.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians