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  • And as the costs soar, relations between families and the facilities caring for elderly relatives can sour, said Miriam Oliensis-Torres, who runs a geriatric care management firm, Geriatric

    NYT > Home Page By PATRICK EGAN 2010

  • who currently keeps 13 retired sled dogs in what she calls her "Geriatric Park," and who recently posted photos of dozens of happily re-homed sled dogs on her blog.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By Christie Keith 2011

  • Staying with the theme of seniors, we are very excited about a new initiative called the Geriatric Services Line.

    Can We Save Medicare? 1999

  • When they use drop lyrics such as "K-Fed" (?) and "Geriatric", I was just lost in confusion.

    PWTorch.com 2008

  • The survey also found that 19% of the men and 13% of the women had two or more drinks a day, considered heavy or "at-risk" drinking under American Geriatric Society guidelines for older people.

    Older people, too, knock back 5 drinks at a time 2009

  • Geriatric footballers seem to be the name of the game.

    Questions Over Golden Oldies 2012

  • The new study, published online April 15 in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, looks at something known as "life space."

    Study: Being 'housebound' linked to Alzheimer's in elderly 2011

  • For the average person, the risk of Alzheimer's is one in 10, and the biggest factor is age, says Gary Kennedy, director of the division of Geriatric Psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx, New York.

    Mother, son share bonds of love and Alzheimer's 2011

  • The new study, published online April 15 in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, looks at something known as "life space."

    Study: Being 'housebound' linked to Alzheimer's in elderly 2011

  • He helped create the Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders GRACE, which aligns low-income adults living in their homes with two medical teams.

    Elderly face lack of geriatric specialists, new report warns 2011

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