2004 Annual Report
Ideas for Geriatrics

Action Briefs ()

Systematic Approaches to Geriatrics

• A Shared Bottom Line: Effective Geriatrics Services Improve Patient Care, Hospital Finances

Education and Training Advances in Geriatrics

• Aging Fits In: Integrating Geriatrics Into a Crowded Medical Curriculum
• "Gerontologizing " Nursing Curricula: New Courses, Technologies Designed for Patients' Needs
• An Aging Infusion: Gerontology Finds Its Place in the Social Work Curriculum
• Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Prepares Students in the Health Professions to Care for Older Patients
• New Models for MSW Practica Produce More Competent Geriatric Social Workers, Link Programs to Community Needs
• Creating Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing
• Geriatrics for Specialists: Increasing Aging Expertise in Surgical and Related Medical Specialties
• Integrating Geriatrics into Internal Medicine: Enhancing Medical Care Provided by Subspecialists

Capacity Building in Academic Geriatrics

• Nuturing Leaders in Geriatrics Research: Creating a Pathway to Needed Medical Discoveries and Treatments
• Medicine’s Missing Resource: Geriatrics Faculty Needed to Prepare Doctors for Patient Care
• Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: Recruiting Faculty and Students to Enhance the Care of Older Adults
• Fostering Academic Leadership in Gerontology and Geriatrics is Vital to the Future of Social Work Programs

Programming for Geriatric Services

• The IMPACT Program: A Team Approach to Depression Care That Gets Dramatic Results
• PACE: Independent Living, Better Health for Frail Older Americans
• Hospital at Home: An “Old-Fashioned” Idea Protects Older Patients, Saves Money
• NICHE: Nursing Care Models and Systematic Assessment Improve Care for the Hospitalized Elderly
• Redesigning Hospital Care to Prevent Functional Decline in Older Adults: The ACE Unit Innovation
• Reducing Medication Errors: Using Homecare as an Opportunity to Significantly Increase Safety for Older Adults
• Helping Older Adults Adopt Healthy Habits: Agencies Find Evidence-Based Programming Gets Results

Summary of all 20 Action Briefs