The American Geriatrics Society

Grants and Special Projects1. Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC). The John A. Hartford Foundation and The Gary and Mary West Health Institute launched the GEDC program to further enhance emergency department (ED) care for older adults. The program brings together experts from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), and a growing number of hospitals and health systems. 2. AGS CoCare: OrthoTMis a Geriatrics-Orthopedics Co-Management model in which geriatrics professionals, or specially trained geriatrics co-managers (e.g., hospitalists) work with orthopedic surgeons to coordinate and improve the perioperative care of older adults with hip fractures. AGS CoCare: HELP is a comprehensive program designed to prevent delirium and functional decline for hospitalized older patients, providing institutions the tools and resources to support implementation. 3. The Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program Coordinating Center (GWEP). The AGS will create and oversee a GWEP Coordinating Center funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation to provide assistance to GWEP sites through national meetings, networking opportunities, mentoring, a centralized repository of resources for professional and public education, and site visit consultations with geriatrics experts. 4. U13 Bench-to-Bedside Conference Series. The AGS will continue a series of prestigious scientific conferences on emerging issues in geriatrics thanks to sustained funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Conference Cooperative Agreement (or U13) Program. 5. Dissemination of the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program. Under this 3-year subaward grant, AGS provides assistance with the marketing of the UCLA Alzheimers and Dementia Care Program to our membership and public networks. This effort includes the development of marketing materials and their dissemination through our websites, journals and exhibiting at various professional conferences.6. Clin-STAR Coordinating Center. The Clin-STAR Coordinating Center, managed by the American Federation for Aging Research, brings together clinician-investigators from across the US who are committed to careers focused on aging research. This supplement will support AGS activities with the Clin-STAR CC to stimulate aging research, foster networking and collaboration across disciplines, and identify and support high priority and understudied areas of aging research.

Public Affairs, Outreach, Education and Membership

Publication of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), co-publishing of two nursing journals and a journal focused on long term care providers, training materials for geriatrics health professionals.