Strength training for seniors helps boost stability, mobility, and confidence by targeting major muscles to support safety with everyday activities.

Provision of walking aids and related training for older adults in the emergency department may improve mobility and reduce ...

In a move to improve cancer care for older adults, the American Society of Clinical Oncology is recommending that all patients age 65 and older receive a geriatric assessment when considering or ...

Fewer than 25 percent of older cancer patients currently get these assessments, which evaluate a person's functioning (what he can and cannot do), psychological status, nutrition, cognition, social ...

People diagnosed with cancer at an older age have special concerns that often aren’t taken into consideration when treatment begins. But they should be, according to a new study. Older patients with ...

This raises the more important questions: Why? What are the reasons for the slow incorporation of this standard of care into daily practice? What are the barriers to GA incorporation? So what can be ...