UNC Center for Aging and Health Receives $3.75 Million Grant to Integrate Geriatrics throughout NC Primary Care Practices
The UNC School of Medicine’s Center for Aging and Health has received a five-year, $3.75 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide geriatrics training throughout North Carolina. This comprehensive award partners the Center for Aging and Health with community-based organizations and health care systems to create an age-friendly environment for health care.
The five-year grant funds the Carolina Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (CGWEP) to address health care gaps impacting seniors, with a special focus on the state’s rural and under-served areas.
CGWEP currently leads the statewide effort to bring best practices of geriatrics training to diverse primary care practices and medically under-served communities.
“Our program takes a comprehensive, community-based approach because no single system can address the needs of the whole person,” said Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, director of the Center for Aging and Health and CGWEP program director.
Dr. Busby-Whitehead is also a part of the NC TraCS Aging Research Network
