Education University of Rochester and The Highlands at Pittsford present 'UR Always Learning' By URMC Communications Oct. 26, 2009 The informative lecture series, "UR Always Learning at The Highlands," returns for fall 2009 with a program intended to be stimulating and thought-provoking.
Research Cooperative Project Addresses Quality at Rural Nursing Homes By URMC Communications Oct. 23, 2009 Studies show that older adults in underserved and rural communities bear a disproportionate share of illnesses and disabilities compared to their counterparts in urban areas. But a University of ...
Patient Care New York State’s Experts on Caring for the Aging to Address Care-Giving in a Challenging Economy By Lori Barrette Oct. 13, 2009 Caring for the aging in a challenging economic environment will be a focus as more than 250 health care professionals gather October 15 to 17 at the Hyatt Regency Rochester for the 37th annual ...
Patient Care Wine Tasting, Auction to Benefit Dementia Care at The Living Center By Lori Barrette Sep. 10, 2009 A Wine Tasting and Silent Auction benefit will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at The Highlands at Pittsford to support innovative care aimed at improving the quality of life for residents with ...
Research Study Calls for “Staging the Aging” When Cancer Strikes By Leslie Orr Jul. 29, 2009 Just as it is important to know the stage of cancer at diagnosis, a new study proposes that older people with cancer should be further classified or “staged” into subgroups based on other health ...
Patient Care URMC Expert to Give Free Talk on Falls and Fractures By URMC Communications Apr. 22, 2009 Stephen L. Kates, M.D., director of Geriatric Fracture Center, Highland Hospital, and the department of Orthopaedics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, will present a free talk from 4 to ...
Nursing Home Specialists May Improve Quality of Care By Lori Barrette Mar. 16, 2009 Geriatrics experts at the University of Rochester Medical Center are urging the medical community to consider developing a new specialty to meet the needs of nursing home residents. “Nursing Home ...
Doctors Choose Variety of Treatments for Follicular Lymphoma By Leslie White Mar. 8, 2009 People with follicular lymphoma are treated in a wide variety of ways depending on their physician’s preference and the region of the country that they live, according to scientists at the University ...
Research University of Rochester Launches iTraining for Emergency Responders By Leslie Orr Feb. 10, 2009 When an emergency squad pulls up to the home of an elderly person in distress in upstate New York, chances are the paramedics have received a new brand of high-tech training using a video podcast, ...
Lyness Elected President of National Geriatric Psychiatry Group By URMC Communications Jan. 14, 2009 Jeffrey M. Lyness, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been elected president of the American Association ...
