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The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a non-profit professional society founded on June 11, 1942, for health care professionals practicing geriatric medicine. [1] Among the founding physicians were Dr. Ignatz Leo Nascher, who coined the term "geriatrics", Dr. Malford W. Thewlis, who was named the first executive secretary of the Society, and Dr. Lucien Stark who was appointed the first AGS ...
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The Gerontological Society of America, along with the American Geriatrics Society [3] advocated for the formation of a National Gerontological Institute. These efforts bore fruit in 1974 when President Richard Nixon signed legislation to create the National Institute on Aging [ 4 ] (NIA).
American Geriatrics Society; B. British Geriatrics Society; H. Hospital Centro Geriátrico Dr. Luis Piñeyro del Campo; I. Institute for Geriatric Social Work;
In 2011, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) convened an eleven-member multidisciplinary panel of experts in geriatric medicine, nursing, and pharmacotherapy to develop the 2012 edition of the American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults.
Malford Wilcox Thewlis (December 4, 1889 – June 3, 1956) was an American physician and pioneer of gerontology, who co-founded the American Geriatrics Society in 1942. [1] He is commemorated by the annual Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics, established at the University of Rhode Island. [2]
A recent position statement from the American Geriatrics Society defines transitional care as [1] a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location.