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.

Education News
Read about "Team ECU: Preventing Falls in Older Adults"
Highlighting CGEC Partner in Falls Prevention East Carolina University

Click Here to Access Our Online Learning Modules


Conference News
Save the Date...Click Here for Conference Information
Promoting Environmental & Policy Change to Support Healthy Aging
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, September 15-16, 2009
A Research to Practice symposium sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network

Funding News
CGEC and Center for Aging & Health Receive Funding from NC Osteoporosis Foundation

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

 CDC Daily Health Tip Widget. Flash Player 9 is required.

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:

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