Started in 2010 this program is now administered through the Center for Nursing Excellence and is based on the Nursing Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE). Since its inception this program ...

The need for curricular revision is demonstrated not only by the changing demographics but also by the results of a recent survey of NPs. Scherer and colleagues [9] asked respondents to reflect on ...

Thousands of nurses and geriatric specialists—many of them minorities—will be trained for the provider workforce under $159.1 million in federal grants under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ...

The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing selected 3 Fellows and 12 Scholars from a large number of highly qualified applicants to participate in its Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars and Fellows ...

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 ...

Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine (sections of health services research and geriatrics) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ...

Primary care teams reduced their prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications to older veterans after participation in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Geriatric Scholars Program. Objectives: The ...

There has been a considerable amount of dialogue recently over the cost savings associated with specialized hospital units for elderly patients, such as geriatric service lines and emergency ...

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 ...

The New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing has received a $5 million federal grant to educate and train healthcare workers to care for older adults in the Bronx. The grant, provided by the ...