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March 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
With unprecedented numbers of Americans nearing old age, experts say the health care system will need tens of thousands more providers with training in geriatrics to handle the population’s increasing, and increasingly complex, needs. But too few ph ...
June 28, 2012 | Story
Shelia Spurlock-White has developed a prep course for licensed practical nurses in the hope that better educated LPNs will lead to better elder care. RWJF, she says, inspires her in this mission.
July 14, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The 2010 IOM Nursing Initiative report goes hand-in-hand with the 2008 IOM report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, which addresses the critical need to ensure that our entire health care workforce, including the c ...
February 27, 2012 | Story
Advocates for the elderly warn that there aren't enough nurses with basic competency in geriatric care to meet the surging demand for their services.
July 15, 2008 | Program Result
The Alliance for Aging Research conceptualized, organized and laid the groundwork for a blue ribbon commission holding hearings throughout the United States to increase awareness about the growing challenges posed by an aging U.S. population.