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Lundebjerg, Nancy E.; Young, Megan; Fernandez, Helen M.; Widera, Eric; Abadir, Peter M.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.70102pmid: 41042195
In the early 20th century, Geriatric Medicine emerged as a specialty with a focus on improving the health and quality of life of older adults. Almost since inception, geriatricians have worked in collaboration with other medical specialties and health professionals to achieve this goal. This focus on collaboration has led to innovations that are improving care for older adults across settings of care, some of which are being led by other specialties (e.g., the Geriatric Surgery Verification Program). In 2015, Geriatric Medicine began to recruit fellows through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), and data from the past 10 years (2015–2024) reflect stable recruitment into the field with approximately 300 fellows entering geriatrics fellowship annually. The field has been innovative in its efforts to create training pathways that support physicians to complete geriatrics fellowship, including national pilots that combine geriatrics and palliative care training and offer clinical geriatrics experiences during internal and family medicine residency training underway at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. In research, the field has contributed to extending our collective healthspan, championed inclusion of older adults in all research, and led efforts to develop investigators who are focused on the geriatrics aspects of their research. Opportunities for geriatricians to build on the foundations they have laid include leading Age‐Friendly Health Systems and artificial intelligence into healthcare implementation with a continued focus on partnering with others to achieve meaningful change in the health and well‐being of others.
Kennedy, Meaghan A.; Azar, Martina; Cohen, Alicia J.; Dawson, Catherine M. P.; Edwards, Naila; Ngo, Victoria; Suarez, Tatiana Rugeles; Ruggles, Sydney C.; Russell, Lauren E.; Schwartz, Andrea Wershof; Venegas, Maria D.; Rhodes, Ramona L.
Pink, Anna; Krell‐Roesch, Janina; Syrjanen, Jeremy A.; Vassilaki, Maria; Fields, Julie A.; Iglseder, Bernhard; Aigner, Elmar; Kremers, Walter K.; Jack, Clifford R.; Racette, Susan B.; Petersen, Ronald C.; Geda, Yonas E.
Chae, Kacey; Massare, Jacqueline; Ashida, Sato; Cudjoe, Thomas K. M.; Abadir, Peter; Arbaje, Alicia I.; Unberath, Mathias; Phan, Phillip; Schoenborn, Nancy L.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.70228pmid: 41313148
Cantarero Fernandez, Alisa; Nickel, Christian H.; Dreher‐Hummel, Thomas; Grossmann, Florian; Ünlü, Luca; Carpenter, Christopher R.; Heeren, Pieter; Ruiter, Robert A. C.; Simon, Michael; Zúñiga, Franziska
doi: 10.1111/jgs.70230pmid: 41329556
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doi: 10.1111/jgs.70197pmid: 41217116
Social drivers of health (SDOH) impact health outcomes across the lifespan, with distinct effects on the health and well‐being of older adults. SDOH contribute to outcomes of particular importance to older adults, including physical and cognitive functioning and aging in place, highlighting the critical importance of addressing SDOH as part of comprehensive, patient‐centered geriatrics care. Yet, there is limited guidance on best practices for the integration of SDOH into healthcare, particularly in subspecialty clinical settings such as geriatrics. Existing geriatrics frameworks, including Age‐Friendly Health Systems and the Geriatrics 5Ms, provide an opportunity to incorporate SDOH concepts, as they are naturally aligned with models of social and medical care integration. Building on existing frameworks, we propose a novel conceptual model that integrates SDOH across the geriatrics care continuum, including practical guidance for geriatrics healthcare professionals to proactively incorporate SDOH into Age‐Friendly care.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.70231pmid: 41348388