Category: News

Dr. Margaret Drickamer collaborates with an international team to normalize Advanced Care Planning

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59d3adfbe4b03905538d1883

Ms. Hansen speaks to the Division of Geriatrics Jennie Chin Hansen, renowned founder of the On Lok program visited UNC’s Division of Geriatric Medicine and our partnering Federally Qualified Health Center, Piedmont Health Services to help celebrate National PACE month which runs through September. PACE stands for Program for All...

The UNC Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) has won a $25,000 grant from the American Geriatrics Society, Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Collaborating Center, to support a 1 day collaboration on American Indian/Alaska Native health issues. A total of 5 GWEPS will come together on October 27th in Tuscon, Arizona to discuss...

The UNC School of Medicine’s online training for Physical Therapists and other health professionals surpassed a milestone this week; reaching 5,000 trainees. The Otago Exercise Program is an evidence-based falls prevention program developed in New Zealand that reduces falls up to 40%. Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, Division Chief of the...

Cohort 1 geriatric fellows presented on Nutritional Assessment and Unintentional Weight Loss at the AHEC Geriatrics Conference in Fayetteville sponsored by the Southern Regional Area Health Education Center on May 17th 2017.

Caring for a loved one can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming. Caregivers understand they have a job to do as a full-time member of their loved one’s care team. Caregiving can be shared among you, your family, your case manager, therapist or even your doctor. The Caregivers Summit provides...

  The Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging has ranked Durham Chapel Hill 3rd among the top 20 large “Best Cities for Successful Aging.” Access the article here: http://aging.milkeninstitute.org/cfa-quarterly/article/64

The Carolina Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program was part of an Interprofessional Education Collaborative on campus that brought together 250 students from 10 disciplines to practice care planning for older adults. Over the course of 2 days teams of 10 learned about the disciplines of dentistry, dental hygiene, medicine, nursing, nutrition,...

National Council on Aging (NCOA) at a training in Albuquerque, NM for selected Native Americans in the Four Corners states to become Tai Chi for Falls Prevention instructors.