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The Long Term Care Community Coalition issued a new policy brief with focused recommendations for addressing the longstanding gaps in nursing home quality assurance and accountability that have harmed vulnerable residents and devastated families...
This article published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society discusses the transition of a required, in-person Interprofessional Longitudinal Clinical Experience (ICLE) curriculum to a virtual environment as a result of the COVID-19...
This article published in Gerontology and Geriatrics Education discusses medical student geriatrics education using community-based volunteer older persons, known as a Senior Mentor Program (SMP). Though these programs have been described and...
This decision-making toolkit released by Planetree International and the American Nurses Foundation was developed to help healthcare leaders implement hospital and nursing home visitation policies that balance safety and infection control with the...
The 2020 Profile of Older Americans published by the Administration on Aging (AoA) is an annual report of critical statistics related to the older population in the United States. The Profile illustrates the shifting demographics of Americans age 65...
This lecture by Drs. Page Ulrey and Kathy Van Olst is part of the Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center's 2021 Spring Lecture series discusses elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in primary care. By the end of this lecture, learners...
This brief created by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors discusses peer support in older adults. It also describes how to improve the self-esteem and confidence of the person in recovery providing the service as well as...
The recent adoption of gerontology competencies for undergraduate and graduate education emphasize a need for competency-based education. This article from Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes the approach one program took to mapping and...
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education details a fall prevention interprofessional education (IPE) activity that uses the CDC's Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death & Injuries (STEADI) initiative to prepare health sciences...
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education shares 15 years of experience developing a pedagogical strategy that situates the biology of aging as an accessible part of interdisciplinary gerontology education for nonbiologists and...
The Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection is part of
Minnesota Northstar GWEP,
supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Award No. U1QHP33076, the University of Minnesota Office of Academic
Clinical Affairs, and the Otto Bremer Trust.