The geriatrician shortage is real — but caring for older adults is becoming everyone’s job. One of the challenges I come across as a geriatrician-hospitalist isn’t at the bedside — it’s what comes after. I’ll manage a patient’s geriatric syndromes at the hospital — dementia, frailty, the falls that keep

The answer is older than at any point in recorded history — more and more of the patients we care for are older adults. It sounds like a simple question: how old are we, as a population — all of us, together? The answer turns out to be older than

Deciding when an older adult should stop driving is one of the hardest conversations in geriatric care — and one case in particular reminded me why we can’t avoid it. As physicians, our goal is to make a positive difference in our patients’ lives. Whether we succeed depends on many

Dementia presents in many ways beyond forgetfulness — here are some common examples of how it shows up in the hospital, and how the care team can recognize and respond to each. When most people think of dementia, they picture memory loss as the first sign. Memory problems are indeed