Educational Partners

This project is an initiative of the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center (WRGEC) funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

The WRGEC is one of six geriatric education centers funded by HRSA in 2003 to develop innovative training programs that address the needs of frail older adults in the event of a natural disaster or exposure to weaponized biological, chemical, or radiological agents. The geriatric education centers at New York University, University of Kentucky, Saint Louis University, Baylor College of Medicine, and Stanford University are working collaboratively with the WRGEC to produce a variety of educational approaches to this training.

The Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center is a consortium of nationally recognized leaders in gerontology and geriatric medicine. The mission of the WRGEC is to improve health care to older adults by providing education, training and consultation to faculty, health care professionals, paraprofessionals, students and consumers throughout the state of Ohio. The WRGEC consortium sites are:

• Case Western Reserve University
• Medical University of Ohio at Toledo
• Miami University
• Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
• Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine