Expert Insights

Donovan T Maust, MD, MS, geriatric psychiatrist, discusses his recent study highlighting the rates of overdoses among adults aged 65 to 69 as well as fall-related injuries among adults 80 years and older following Medicare’s expansion of...

Geert Lefeber, MD, geriatrician and clinical pharmacologist, explains why older adults should initiate statins for a minimum of two years after the first myocardial infarction to achieve benefit, regardless of a patient’s age.

Steven Buslovich, MD, and Margaret Sayers, MS, GNP, discuss the current stress nursing facilities are under and explain the importance of assessing frailty to determine appropriate care for chronically ill residents.

Carl E Johnson, MD, attending physician and co-medical director, discusses the adjustment to telehealth for some nursing homes, and highlights how to keep facilities clean in order to avoid staff shortages in already low-staffed facilities.

Joanne Lynn, MD, former geriatrician and hospice physician, discusses the latest changes that nursing facilities face in order to keep both residents and staff safe, and provides her outlook on future care policies following the pandemic.

Joshua D Brown, PharmD, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and Center for Drug Evaluation & Safety, explains why improvements or maintenance of physical functioning can pay off in saved health care costs...

Qu Tian, PhD, MS, staff scientist, Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, discusses the findings of her recent study that examined dementia risk in older adults experiencing dual decline in both memory and gait.

Brian Callaghan, MD, MS, associate professor of neurology, University of Michigan, discusses the correlation between out-of-pocket costs and adherence to medications among older adults with dementia, Parkinson disease, and neuropathy.

Carrie Patnode, PhD, MPH, investigator with Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, discusses the results of a recent research review that examined the accuracy of brief screening instruments designed to help detect mild cognitive...