Funding for current and additional GWEPs is necessary for a sustained commitment to geriatrics education and better care for a growing population of older adults. Developing a health care workforce ...

Welcome to the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program. We believe geriatric medicine brings together the depth and complexity of internal and family medicine while focusing on the whole person — not ...

March 10, 2005 — Medical education is not preparing future physicians well enough to meet the health needs of patients aged 65 years and older, a population whose size will begin to explode in the ...

A new grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services will help enhance geriatric care training for the long-term care workforce, according to the leaders of the Geriatrics Workforce ...

Faculty Lead: Ali-Asghar Ali, M.D. Challenges: In the United States, the prevalence of dementia continues to rise. Currently 5.7 million Americans have Alzheimer's, with only 50 percent of individuals ...

UAB's Geriatrics program received top ratings for education and training in the field. In its 2013 rating of all 149 US Medical Schools, US News and World Report rated UAB Geriatrics #12. Dr. Richard ...

HOUSTON—(Nov. 21, 2008)—The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will launch a new program, Training Excellence in Aging Studies (TEXAS), to promote geriatrics training for physicians ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – As the population of adults over age 65 continues to grow, an exciting new residency opportunity in Blacksburg will connect the elderly community with young energetic future ...

The push to increase certified nursing assistant training and retention in long-term care got a boost this week in the form of a $5 million federal grant to Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York ...