Geriatric Care in the Community Setting: Assessment and Management of Fall Risk and Impaired Mobility.

Falls are the leading cause of injury among patients 65 years and older in the United States. Many falls are preventable, and clinicians can help patients reduce the risk of falls. This involves screening for fall risk, assessing for modifiable risk factors, and implementing evidence-based interventions for prevention.

Improving Advance Care Planning Documentation Using Reminders to Patients and Physicians: A Longitudinal Study in Primary Care.

Objective: Documenting advance care planning (ACP) in primary care requires multiple triggers. New Medicare codes make it easier for providers to bill for these encounters. This study examines the use of patient and provider reminders to trigger advance care planning discussions in a primary care practice.

Advanced Geriatrics Evaluation Skills.

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.

Evidence-Based Practice Guideline: Depression Detection in Older Adults With Dementia.

Depression and dementia are the two most common psychiatric syndromes in the older adult population. Depression in older adults with and without dementia often goes unrecognized and untreated. The current guideline recommends a three-step procedure that can be used across health care settings to screen for the presence of depressive symptoms.