Announcements and News updates
The AGS CoCare®: HELP (Hospital Elder Life Program) Special Interest Group will host a special session entitled Prevent Delirium and Functional Decline. The sessions facilitator will be Lyn Weinberg, MD (AGS CoCare®: HELP Advisory Board Member; Medical Director of HELP (Center of Excellence), Allegheny Health Network; Director, Division of Geriatrics Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA). […]
Join the National Academies April 11, 2024 at 11AM ET for the release of a new caregiving report on supporting family caregivers working in science, engineering, and medicine. The authors will present the findings and recommendations of this important study and answer audience questions. Register to join in person or online.
JAMA Internal Medicine recently announced its expanded Editorial Fellowship Program. Three early-career faculty in Internal Medicine will get the opportunity to participate in an immersive 1-year fellowship serving as a part of the team of editors at JAMA Internal Medicine. JAMA encourages applications from individuals with diverse clinical and experiential backgrounds, particularly those who are […]
World Delirium Awareness Day is an annual event that seeks to raise awareness about delirium and its impact. Hosted by the International Federation of Delirium Societies, the day highlights the importance of early recognition and intervention of delirium. It also spotlights the latest research, guidelines, and best practices for addressing delirium. The next World Delirium […]
The US Deprescribing Research Network’s 2024 Annual Meeting will be held in-person on May 15th in Boston, Massachusetts, alongside the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Annual Meeting. This highly interactive meeting is open to all with an interest in research that aims to improve deprescribing and medication use in older adults, and features tremendous opportunities […]
A newly published NIDUS paper explains how the we have catalyzed delirium research. This paper is part of the Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Institute on Aging special collection edited by Alexander Smith and George Kuchel. Read the full article here.
The National Academy of Medicine is accepting applications for the 2024 cycle of its U.S.-based Catalyst Awards. The application period is open from January 29, 2024, through March 11, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. Awardees will each receive a cash prize of $50,000 USD and become part of a global network of innovators with exclusive […]
The AGING Initiative is hosting a webinar entitled Dyadic Research in Older Adults Living with Chronic Conditions on Thursday, February 1 at 12pm ET. Join speaker Courtney Polenick, PhD (University of Michigan) and discussants Evan Plys, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School) and Maria Pellerano, MA, MBA, MPH (Rutgers University) as they focus […]
Join from anywhere on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 10am – 3:30pm ET for this year’s AGS CoCare: HELP VIRTUAL Pre-Conference. This event is a part of the American Geriatrics Society 2024 Virtual Annual Meeting and will also take place virtually. Featured presenters will include NIDUS PIs Dr. Sharon Inouye and Dr. Edward Marcantonio (this year’s […]
In a newly published article on Delphi Delirium Management Algorithms, Thomas Ottens, Arjen Slooter, and Carsten Hermes describe, “an initiative to create a clinical algorithm to provide healthcare providers with a structured approach to hospitalised patients who develop delirium.” Multiple collaborators were involved in this project including several NIDUS PIs (Drs. Sharon Inouye, John Devlin, […]