Readership
Educators, Epidemiologists, Exercise Physiologists, General Practitioners, Geriatricians, Gerontologists, Health Service Researchers, Healthcare Executives, Home Care Nurses, Hospice Nurses, Hospital Administrators, Hospitalists, Medicolegal Professionals, Physicians, Policy Makers, Primary Care Physicians
Scope
Our expert, peer-reviewed publications are hand-chosen for their potential to impact clinical care and public policy for geriatrics healthcare professionals and the older adults and caregivers who rely on their cutting-edge expertise. Across a diverse array of content areas, JAGS articles address: 1. Principles of Aging, including biology, psychosocial needs, pharmacology, public policy, legal and ethical issues, and healthcare financing. 2. Approaches to Care for Older Adults, including hospital-based and community-based geriatrics, nursing home care, geriatrics assessment, preventive geriatrics, physical activity, rehabilitation, palliative care, and alternative medicine. 3. Conditions Unique to Geriatrics, including the full spectrum of geriatrics diseases/disorders and geriatric syndromes, as well as geriatric psychiatry. Manuscripts reflect the diversity of our journal sections, which include: Clinical Investigations; Brief Reports; Brief Methodological Reports; Progress in Geriatrics; Geriatric Biosciences; Nursing; Education and Training; Drugs and Pharmacology; Ethics, Public Policy, and Medical Economics; International Health Affairs; Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations; Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination; Special Articles; Editorials; Old Lives Tales; Clinical Trials and Tribulations; Letters to the Editor.