A goal of the Minnesota Northstar GWEP is to facilitate and strengthen meaningful support and collaboration of key partners in the geriatrics field. The University of Minnesota is joined by eight community partners to provide greater access community education in aging and dementia, improve geriatrics training in health professions, and transform primary care clinical training and practice sites to provide Age-Friendly care. Partners include:
- Community-University Health Care Center
- Dementia Friends
- Fairview Health Services
- Minnesota Association of Area Agencies on Aging (m4a)
- Minnesota Board on Aging
- Minnesota Gerontological Society
- Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging
- Stratis Health