Overview With a limited number of specialist physicians, and few, if any geriatricians practicing in our regions, we offered the Geriatric Education for Rural Health Professionals program to rural health…
Overview To help meet the growing need for geriatric social workers, we provided a three-year grant to support the continuation of the University at Buffalo’s Hartford Partnership Program in Aging…
Overview In 2004, we partnered with the Erie County Caregiver Coalition and the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professionals to bring Powerful Tools for Caregivers to…
Overview A Quality Improvement Collaborative is a short-term learning program that brings together teams from multiple sites for improvements in specific area. The goal is to raise the bar on…
Overview When the New York Commission on Health Care Facilities released a report calling for the closure of four residential health care facilities beginning in October 2007, we approved significant…
In New York State, the number of people aged 65 or older is expected to increase more than 50 percent, from 2.5 million in 2000 to 3.9 million by 2030….
As quality improvement continues to be a major focus in the areas of public health, health care, social service, education and related fields, there is growing interest in developing strategies…