CGWEP Dissemination Leader, Ellen Schneider was a featured speaker at the LewisGale and Carilion sponsored fall prevention conference at the Holiday Inn on Ordway Drive in Roanoke. A link to local news coverage of the event is found here. In the United States, approximately 2.5 million older adults are treated annually in emergency departments for … Read more
The UNC School of Medicine serves North Carolinians in all 100 counties of the state, reaching rural communities and underserved populations. And that task is only getting bigger as our population continues to grow. That is why we are taking steps to address this challenge, including expanding our School of Medicine to Wilmington, North Carolina. … Read more
Statewide plan to address dementia to be released March 8th
CGEC partners like the NC Falls Prevention Coalition are featured in this article.
166 students from 9 disciplines participated in a 2 day educational event
Since July 1, 2015 the Carolina Geriatric Education Center has trained almost 1,000 health care providers as part of the new Health Resources and Services Administration Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Grant.
Otago Exercise Program to be part of Multi-million dollar effort to Prevent Falls The Otago Exercise Program, a fall prevention program delivered by physical therapists, is one of several evidence-based programs being promoted across 18 states as part of three major national funding initiatives through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Administration for Community … Read more
The most recent issue of the NC Medical Journal highlights the NC Falls Prevention Coalition and the Otago Online Training Course.
Tiffany Shubert PT PhD and Ellen Schneider MBA joined a team of national experts to improve how communities implement Falls Prevention Programs and reaching new audiences last month.