For Dr. Ted Johnson, “frailty” is not just aging, but function. Frailty is not a new concept – Dr. Linda Fried, then at Johns Hopkins, published seminal work on frailty studies 15 years ago. Frailty is…
Congratulations to Patricia Griffiths, PhD and Kenneth Hepburn, PhD who have been awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health to test Tele-Savvy, an on-line psychoeducational program for informal Alzheimer’s caregivers. This trial, built on…
In September of 2015, the 10-bed Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) service opened at Grady Memorial Hospital. Under the direction of geriatrician Ugochi Ohuabunwa, MD, a care team of nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, rehabilitation, community health…
“Research integrity and fun are not mutually exclusive.” – Dr. Patricia Griffiths Emory Geriatrics researcher Patricia Griffiths, PhD, MS, has always been interested in working with older adults, but it was her experience caring for her…
Although the “house call” approach might seem old-fashioned at first glance, Khurram Khan, MD says it’s actually right in line with Emory’s 21st century medical goals – to provide high quality, high value, team-based patient…
Emory Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics staff members Sean Halpin, MA (research projects manager) and Rebecca Dillard, MA (assistant program director, Emory Center for Health and Aging) recently published an article in The Gerontologist…
In 2015, Fulton County, Georgia awarded four inaugural Elder Cares Scholarships to Emory University School of Medicine students. These renewable scholarships offer medical students the opportunity to pursue critical training opportunities that will equip them to…
Molly Perkins, PhD, MA has been thinking about how to take good care of older adults for a long time, and that’s a good thing. Perkins, a social gerontologist and medical sociologist who joined the…