Patient Safety | 07.08.24
URI's Geriatric Workforce Education Program Fueling Improvements in Older Adult Care
by NAMSS Staff
University of Rhode Island News (06/26/24)
A $5 million grant from the federal Health Services and Resources Administration has helped train thousands of health care workers in Rhode Island through the University of Rhode Island's (URI) Geriatric Education Center. URI College of Health Sciences Professor Phillip Clark leads the interdisciplinary team of health care workers to create age- and dementia-friendly workforce through the integration of primary and geriatric care that aims to improve health services for older adults. The Geriatric Workforce Education Program brings together educators from URI's colleges of Health Sciences, Nursing and Pharmacy, as well those from Brown University and Rhode Island College. Webinars and in-person seminars will be held at clinical sites and community health centers throughout the state on age-friendly education that focuses on "the four M's" of health care for older adults — Medication, Mobility, Mentation (mindfulness), and what Matters (patients' personal goals of care). Clinicians involved in the platform range from nurses to primary care doctors.
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