Welcome

The mission of the Carolina Geriatric Education Center is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolina's older adults through the design and implementation of effective interdisciplinary training in geriatrics, by promotion of effective programs to meet the needs of older adults, and by development of leaders in the field of aging.

What's New

2010 Faculty Development Program in Health Literacy & Aging
Applications Now Available: Click Here to Find Out More

Complementary & Alternative Medicine and Older Adults

Access Our Online Learning Modules Here

Visit the North Carolina Falls Prevention Coalition Web site

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "Everyday Health" Widget : Click Below for the CDC's Daily Healthy Living Tip:

Overview of the CGEC

The Carolina Geriatric Education Center trains practitioners, faculty, and students in the health and human services to better serve North Carolina's older adults.  With an emphasis on rural and underserved communities, the CGEC develops and delivers geriatrics curricula to improve practice, cultivates exemplary programs and training sites, and builds capacity of faculty and leaders to teach and lead effectively.

In the current cycle of funding from the Bureau of Health Professions, the CGEC is focusing on seven areas that are of particular importance or emerging need in North Carolina:

• brain health
• disaster preparedness
• falls prevention and intervention -- (Click here to learn more and watch falls prevention videos)
• health literacy
• immigrant elders
• mental health
• oral health and long-term care

Leadership is provided by the UNC School of Medicine's Center for Aging and Health.  Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, is the program director.