Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center

09/02/2025

September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month. Learn the warning signs, ⚠️normalize help-seeking, and let people know there are proven treatments that work. Check out SAMHSA’s toolkit ➡️ samhsa.gov/suicide-prevention-month

08/20/2025

According to the U.S. Census Bureau the US population aged 65+ years is expected to nearly double over the next 30 years. Institute for Healthcare Improvement - IHI's Age-Friendly Health Systems Online Course with Coaching is a new, in-depth course that teaches the elements of the 4Ms Framework and how to implement age-friendly care learnings in different types of care settings.

According to the US Census Bureau, the US population aged 65+ years is expected to nearly double over the next 30 years. These demographic advances have left our health systems struggling to reliably provide evidence-based practice to every older adult at every care interaction. IHI’s Age-Friendly...

08/18/2025

Check out this article about the amazing work our partner at PACE Organization of Rhode Island does featured in NPR!

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5504068/homeless-older-americans-housing-pace-medicare-medicaid

The housing crisis is requiring creative scrambling and new partnerships from health care organizations to keep older patients out of expensive nursing homes as homelessness grows.

08/12/2025

No Country for Old People: A Nursing Home Expose is a three-part documentary series available on Amazon Prime. The series examines the filmmaker's mother's experience in a 5-star nursing home in Los Angeles, revealing systemic issues of elder abuse and neglect.

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/No-Country-For-Old-People---A-Nursing-Home-Expos%C3%A9/0G2LT3AJBH71IOKWU98BLGVN3F

A filmmaker chronicles her mother's last 6 months in a 5-star nursing home in Los Angeles exposing the corrupt, abusive, and often deadly profit-over-people business model of our long-term care system that has been going on for decades.

08/07/2025

Next week! Join the RI Coalition for Elder Justice for their Community Conversations Training Sessions, taking place at Middletown Senior Center, South Kingstown Senior Center, and Johnston’s Claiborne Pell Manor. This initiative launched in partnership with the Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island
and is part of our effort to raise awareness, strengthen response, and empower communities to recognize and prevent elder abuse across Rhode Island.

08/04/2025

One of the most critical decisions a person can make — long before they’re sick or dying — is choosing their health care proxy. It isn’t just a checkbox on a form. It’s a reflection of your values, your voice, your vision of dignity.

07/16/2025

Now Enrolling! CALMA Study for Treatment of Agitation. The study targets participants aged 60 + with mild to severe Alzheimer's dementia who have exhibited clinically significant agitation. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of the oral medication IGC-AD1, a THC-based formulation administered twice a day on Agitation in patients with mild to severe dementia from Alzheimer's.

Interested participants can contact the Butler Hospital Memory and Aging Program Outreach Team at (401) 455-6402 or email to memory@butler.org.

06/10/2025

https://uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/_Rrz3tyBQRyYIoCcVeQ2vg Happening Today at Noon! Hope to see you there!

06/06/2025

https://wellbeings.org/series/caregiving/ Caregiving, a new documentary created with executive producer Bradley Cooper, highlights the challenges and triumphs of caregiving in America

From Executive Producer, Bradley Cooper, comes a new documentary on the state and stakes of providing care in America.

05/27/2025

https://katiecouric.com/health/aging/what-is-elderspeak/

“It arises from an ageist assumption of frailty, incompetence, and dependence.”

05/23/2025

https://www.startribune.com/opinion-what-is-the-point-of-cutting-geriatrics-programs/601342488
Dr. Benjamin Rosenstein, a recipient of the Geriatrics Academic Career Award (GACA) in Minnesota, published an op-ed piece, Opinion: What is the point of cutting geriatrics programs?, in The Minnesota Star Tribune. He discusses the need to continue advocating for the funding of federal geriatrics programs.

This federal proposal is not efficient, promoting health, preparing for the future nor providing you the services you expect from your tax dollars.

04/29/2025

Watch “Aging in America: Survive or Thrive,” a new documentary exploring how older adults and caregivers around the country are reinventing aging and what we must do to support them. Streaming on starting May 1. Learn more:

Premieres on PBS starting May 1, 2025 Check Schedule Aging in America: Survive or Thrive celebrates the promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges. The film explores critical topics such as ageism, healthcare, economic insecurity, and Alzheimer...