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AHA podcast: Integrating age-friendly care in the emergency department 

A specialist in geriatrics at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, Calif., shares how the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative and geriatric accreditation for its emergency department helped it improve care for older patients.

Advisory committee recommends FDA approve first RSV vaccines for older Americans 

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee this week recommended the agency approve the first two vaccines to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus in Americans aged 60 and older.

AHA Living Learning Network looks at healing power of music, geriatric EDs  

New on-demand resources from the AHA’s Living Learning Network include a story on the healing power of music from AdventHealth System, and a podcast with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine on improving older adult care in the geriatric emergency department.

Chair File: Making Health Care ‘Age Friendly’ Is More Important Than Ever

One demographic in the U.S. that has been constant in recent years is the aging of the population.