Publications by authors named "G A Warshaw"
Background And Objectives: Older adults are the fastest growing subset of the population and residency training in the basic concepts of care to the older adult is limited. We created a 1-day interactive training program, Advanced Geriatric Evaluation Skills (AGES), to upskill first-year primary care residents in the care of older adults.
Methods: An interprofessional faculty team developed and taught the IRB-approved course to a convenience sample of family medicine and internal medicine interns in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Joint AGS-CCEHI Survey Offers Insights into Patient Engagement in Geriatric Clinical Settings.
J Am Geriatr Soc
September 2019
Objectives: Many clinical practices and health systems are increasingly interested in adopting structures for consumer engagement to inform organizational policies and programs. These structures can include patient and family advisory committees, patient representation on an organization's board of directors, or inclusion of patients and family members in quality improvement activities. However, to date only limited information has been available on the uptake of patient engagement strategies and structures, and none specific to geriatrics.
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- The hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the C9ORF72 gene is the leading cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but its functional impact and disease mechanism are still unclear.
- Research using a mouse model lacking C9orf72 revealed immune system alterations, such as increased myeloid cells, activated T cells, and elevated autoantibodies.
- The findings suggest that C9orf72 is important for maintaining immune balance and may indicate that deficiency in this gene isn't the main cause of ALS/FTD pathology.