A new study of advance care planning (ACP) among adults age 80 and older reveals that even those with significant cognitive impairment can meaningfully participate in decisions about their future ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – A task force focused on ameliorating the logjam of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals to ...

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Ethics Committee updated its 2017 statement, “Making Medical Treatment Decisions for Unbefriended Older Adults,” refreshing the language and citing newer ...

Throughput challenges existed before the pandemic, but COVID-19 magnified the problem and "created a large volume of patients who are ready for discharge from hospitals but cannot find an appropriate ...