The Gateway Geriatric Education Center
Saint Louis University's Gateway Geriatric Education Center develops leading-edge education for current and future geriatric professionals.
The center has trained tens of thousands of public groups, students and professionals across the region and country. As part of the SLU School of Medicine’s Division of Geriatric Medicine, the center reaches many students, professionals, direct care workers, older adults and their support networks.
One of the major components of the grant is the Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA). Primary care providers can use this screening tool to assess frailty, nutrition, loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and cognitive function.
A training video was developed to teach health care professionals to complete the RGA on patients 65 and over.
Resources
Health Resources and Services Administration Training Curriculum: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Supplemental Modules on Caregiving (2017). Visit the HRSA website to view the modules.
Aging Successfully Newsletters
Issues of our annual newsletter, Aging Successfully, are available for download (PDF Format):
Gateway Geriatric Education Center Nursing Home Education Project
In partnership with post-acute and long-term care experts, our Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program has produced a set of brief, recorded presentations that focus on optimizing care for older adults living in long-term care settings.
The recordings may be accessed individually as well as be incorporated into in-service trainings. The recordings may be viewed by using the following link.