AGS sets sights on better care, more responsive policies for 'unbefriended' older adults

(American Geriatrics Society) Experts at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today unveiled new guidance on care and decision-making for a unique and growing group of older adults: the 'unbefriended.' Proposed clinical practice and public policy changes would support some of society's most vulnerable individuals while also helping protect more of us from becoming unbefriended as we age.