These projects are affiliated with and/or sponsored by the Minnesota Northstar GWEP. Please see the resources of these outstanding partners and projects:
- African Career, Education, and Resources, Inc.: The African Immigrant Dementia Education Project offers a culturally tailored dementia education program.
- Aging on the Farm
- Alter™- Creating Dementia Friendly Congregations
- BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence in Dementia Caregiving
- Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation (CHAI) Opportunities for Community Engagement: Together with GWEP, CHAI is bringing together Minnesota’s best minds in geriatrics care and education. See opportunities for community engagement.
- Dementia Friends Minnesota
- Fairview Health Services
- Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team: Advancing the boundaries of health equity research to create innovative interventions to support healthy aging in Indigenous and Rural populations.
- Minnesota Association of Area Agencies on Aging (m4a)
- Minnesota Association of Geriatrics Inspired Clinicians (MAGIC)
- Minnesota Board on Aging
- Minnesota Gerontological Society
- Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging
- Stratis Health
- University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH)
- Minnesota Department of Health: Center for Health Promotion with the Minnesota Healthy Brain Partnership.
- Minnesota Department of Health: Oral Health Program building an age-friendly dental health system to address the national priority of developing a dental workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement and combines geriatrics oral health and primary care, specifically in rural Dental HPSAs.
- Minnesota Geriatrics ECHO — shared learning across the clinical and executive leaders of Minnesota’s assisted living and skilled care settings. A collaborative project with Hennepin Healthcare.
- University of Minnesota is now in the Global Network of Age-Friendly Universities
Kari Benson, Executive Director
Minnesota Board on Aging
DHS Director of Aging and Adult Services
Represent MN Department of Human Services; advocacy and policy for older adults
Rebecca Cassidy, Caregiver Representative
Kim DeRoche, MD, Director of Primary Care Service Line
Fairview Health Services
Community-based healthcare system for transforming primary care clinics to Age-Friendly sites
Roli Dwivedi, MD, Chief Clinical Officer and Interim CEO
Community-University Health Care Center
Primary site for interprofessional education and clinic transformation
Heidi Holste, MGS, Executive Director Minnesota Gerontological Society
Educate and connect to statewide geriatrics healthcare professionals and direct care workers
Maureen Kenney, Live Well at Home Supervisor, Aging and Adult Services Division
Minnesota Board on Aging
Represents Minnesota Department of Human Services; advocacy and policy for older adults
Jane Pederson, MD, MS, Chief Medical Quality Officer
Stratis Health (State QIO)
Share expertise in Quality Improvement, capacity building, strategy, and systems change
Reena Shetty, Director
Age-Friendly MN Council
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Dawn Simonson, MPA, President and CEO
Trellis and Dementia Friends
Advocate for promotion of dementia-friendly communities
Adam Suomala, MPA, Executive Director
Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging
Represent 30 community organizations serving older adults in Minnesota
Tom von Sternberg, MD, Medical Director, Community Care Systems
HealthPartners
Medicare, MSHO
Care Management and Government Programs
Lori Vrolson, Director of m4a
Minnesota Association of Area Agencies on Aging (m4a)
Executive Director of Central MN Council on Aging
Represent all seven state AAAs to advocate for community-based GWEP activities