... Printer-Friendly Version VA RESEARCH: GERIATRIC CARE LEADS TO SAFER PRESCRIBING -- Older vets treated by a geriatric specialist were 36% less likely to ... proportion of patients within a facility receiving geriatric care ranged from 0 to 20%, indicating great variation in geriatric care. Potentially inappropriate prescribing (wrong ... a facility who received at least one geriatric outpatient clinic or inpatient visit. Patients receiving geriatric care in some form within the preceding ... able to distinguish between inpatient and outpatient geriatric care because of the low rates of geriatric care nationally. Overall, 26.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJAN08/nf012508-1.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-10-2007 #8 -- VA RESEARCH SHOWS GERIATRIC HEALTH CONDITIONS HAVE MAJOR EFFECT ON HALF OF ALL SENIORS -- "Older adults tend to have one or more GERIATRIC conditions which are not considered diseases and can be missed by physicians."nf081007-8.htm
... #8 -- VA RESEARCH SHOWS GERIATRIC HEALTH CONDITIONS HAVE MAJOR EFFECT ON HALF ... adults tend to have one or more geriatric conditions which are not considered diseases and ... Bookmark Printer Friendly Page VA RESEARCH SHOWS GERIATRIC HEALTH CONDITIONS HAVE MAJOR EFFECT ON HALF ... adults tend to have one or more geriatric conditions which are not considered diseases and ... physicians." For more information on geriatric veterans, use the VA Watchdog search ...ses search.php?q=GERIATRIC&op=and Story here. ...------- Geriatric Health Conditions Have Major Effect On Half ... tasks. They found that people with geriatric conditions had about the same level of... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf081007-8.htm
... STAY THIN? WITH ALTERED GENES, MAYBE -- "For aging veterans, and for baby boomers, geriatric research is thought to provide the biggest public benefit." Dr. Lebris 'Lee' Quinn has ... of and care for veterans. 'For aging veterans and for baby boomers,' Quinn said, 'geriatric research is thought to provide the biggest public benefit.' Imagine a frail senior citizen who falls and ...STAY THIN?WITH ALTERED GENES,MAYBE --"For aging veterans,and for baby boomers,geriatric research is thought to provide the biggest public benefit."--VA Watchdog dot Org -VA... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmar09/nf031309-5.htm
... -- VA Medical Inspector recommended the removal of suicide risks such as metal trash cans, linen hampers and geriatric chairs in the showers. Dallas VA For background on this story (with backlinks), click here ..." according to the release. They recommended the removal of suicide risks metal trash cans, linen hampers and geriatric chairs in the showers. Ms. Poff could not be reached Monday to answer questions. Article continues ... --VA Medical Inspector recommended the removal of suicide risks such as metal trash cans,linen hampers and geriatric chairs in the showers. VA,Veteran,Veterans,Disability,Injury,Compensation,Attorney,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAY08/nf052108-5.htm
5. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 12-13-06 #5nf121306-5.htm
... Neil B. Alexander, M.D., professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, at the U-M Health System, and acting director of the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. " ....D., Ph.D., clinical instructor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the U-M Health System and a research scientist at the ..., B.A., both of the Mobility Research Center, Division of Geriatric Medicine, at the U-M Health System; and Lynda Nyquist,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/nfDEC06/nf121306-5.htm
... David Geffen School of Medicine and Alzheimer Disease Research Center at UCLA, and the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care ... at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine and a researcher at the VA's Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, is a co investigator. In addition to ... Angeles Health Care System and Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center combine resources to form a unified Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, one of 20 nationwide. These centers of ... http://www.adc.ucla.edu/ . # VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center: http://www.grecc... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes JAN 06/newsflash01-26-2006-5.htm
7. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-26-2007 #9 -- FORMER VA DOCTOR REVIVES OLD TRADITION IN PRIVATE PRACTICE: THE HOUSE CALL -- "What has been amazing is the tremendous amount of interest. This is a huge need."nf092607-9.htm
... care. (photo: Jeanna Duerscherl / The Roanoke Times) For more about geriatric medicine, use the VA Watchdog search engine...click here. ...://www.yourvabenefits.org/ sessearch.php?q=geriatric +geriatrics&op=or S tory here... http: ...: the house call. He started his own practice providing in-home comprehensive geriatric evaluations. He also performs independent medical evaluations for estate planning as well as ... 21 years at the VA hospital, where he served as both director of the Geriatric Evaluation Unit and medical director of the Extended Care Rehabilitation Center. Modern medicine... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf092607-9.htm
... and assisted-living communities. VA medical services at the Bedford campus would be limited to outpatient services and nursing-home beds. Its Alzheimer's and geriatric research centers would also remain intact. Psychiatric and mental health services would be relocated to the Brockton VA campus. Two new buildings and a parking garage would ... concerns that shifting programs around could result in a loss of VA staff, which would be detrimental to veterans. "We feel it's important that the geriatric unit [in Bedford] and other units stay open," said Tierney. "Our concern is that veterans should get the best care in the most... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf122607-4.htm
9. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-24-2007 #7 -- BEDFORD VA MAY LOSE SOME PROGRAMS -- Realignment of Boston-area VA facilities could see part of Bedford closed and the land leased to private developers.nf092407-7.htm
... decision by the end of October," said Jay Halpern, special assistant to Nicholson. Under the latest proposal, Bedford would keep its Alzheimer's and geriatric research centers, nursing home, and outpatient services and get new state-of-the-art facilities, and its psychiatric and mental health services would ... skilled nursing services at Bayside, which cost up to $175 per day. Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, a 437-bed facility, specializes in geriatric, psychiatric, and long-term care. It has 789 full-time employees and serves veterans in Eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and southern... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf092407-7.htm
... Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment Subcomittee on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of the Committee on Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Efffects of Deployment-Related Stress ISBN: 0-309-66228-1, 54 pages, 6 x 9, (2006) This free PDF was downloaded from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11674.html Visit the National Academies Press online, the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council: Download hundreds of free books in PDF Read... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfjan10/jan10files/PTSDDiagnosisandAssessment11674.pdf
