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Minnesota Northstar GWEP News

2025

November 2025

"Improving Care Through Improv" brings joy while passing along vital skills to dementia care partners

The Northstar Regional Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition: Top Scoring Teams of 2025

Now Nationwide: Successful Recruitment for the 2025 Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition

Read about this year's case vignette and the Northstar Regional Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition here

Read about the expansion of the Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition into a nation-wide learning opportunity, with leadership from GWEPs around the country. 

October 2025

See an article on Interprofessional Experts Create a Powerful Collection of Resources for Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Care.

September 2025

Dr. Ben Rosenstein Shares the Importance and Rewards of Caring for Older Adults; he is a GWEP activity director and Geriatrics Academic Career Award grant recipient.

August 2025

Dr. Joe Gaugler, a professor in the School of Public Health, MN GWEP co-director and director of the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, is interviewed in this KAWE-TV story: University of Minnesota Gives Info on Alzheimer's at Bemidji Senior Center

Brain Health & Aging Policy Event: Strengthening Minnesota’s Rural & Tribal Community Infrastructure. This event on  Wednesday, August 13, 2025, includes policymakers and people with lived experience. Registration and additional information are located here: Events | Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team. This community gathering is led by MN GWEP expert Genelle Lamont, PhD, MDH. 

Registration opens for the annual Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition. We invite involvement of faculty, community experts, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduate students. 

July 2025

About the End of Life Resource Collection:  Curating a death and dying library for health professionals - an article by University Libraries.

A new in-depth self-directed program, called Dementia-Friendly Dental Practices Advanced Training for clinical dental providers, goes online this month. It includes guidance on providing a safe environment, addressing ethical and legal issues and appropriate procedural modifications. Additionally, the Dementia-Friendly @ Work for Healthcare training prepares dental office staff to recognize signs of dementia and offers basic information and measures for more effective interactions. This shorter staff training is live online or in person. All are led by Stephen K. Shuman, DDS, MS, FGSA, FICD.

New Training Helps Dentists Identify Signs of Dementia in Patients: featuring MN GWEP expert Stephen K. Shuman, DDS, MS, FGSA, FICD. This featured article was published in Next Avenue, a nonprofit, digital journalism publication produced by Twin Cities PBS (TPT), the public media's first and only national publication for older adults.

See an article from the School of Dentistry: Creating a Dementia-friendly Dental Practice: An In-depth Training Program, led by MN GWEP expert Stephen K. Shuman, DDS, MS, FGSA, FICD.

From Fox News and from EIN Presswire/Nextstar Media and from CBS:  New Online Course Launches to Meet Rising Demands for Dementia-Friendly Dental Care

June 2025

The 4th annual Age-Friendly University Day was hosted by the Age-Friendly University Council, led by Rajean Moone, PhD, LNHA, LALD, FGS, and Allycia Wolff of the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation.

The 17th annual Caring for People with Memory Loss Day was hosted by MN GWEP co-director Joe Gaugler, PhD, and Ashley Millenbah, MS. 

A new documentary about caregivers, "How to Care," is now available on the Twin Cities Public Television PBS website. It will be broadcast at various times over the next three years, starting in June. Thank you to HRSA for supporting this work via the MN GWEP and Dr. Jon Hallberg, who served as producer. 

See videos from the 2025 conference, Caring For People with Memory Loss, with informative discussion related to memory loss, caregiving tips, and what you can do to help. The audience includes adult children, spouses, parents, health and community care providers, and others concerned with caring for people with memory loss. Led by Minnesota GWEP co-director Joe Gaugler, PhD. 

Dementia Friends Interview: Teresa McCarthy and Teresa Schicker

Strengthening Care for Older Adults Through MN GWEP, featuring faculty clinician and GWEP activity director Dr. Teresa McCarthy, MD MS. 

May 2025

MN GWEP has co-created a new online library resource called Death Dying and End of Life Resources. This library is designed in consultation with the leaders of the GWEP's Age Friendly Care and Education Collection, which is the primary resource repository used by many GWEPs from around the nation. Some resources are cross-referenced in both libraries, and both are hosted by the Resource Center of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education.

April 2025

OACA Interprofessional Internship Highlight: Dementia Friendly Dental Practices, featuring GWEP expert from the School of Dentistry, Stephen K. Shuman, DDS, MS, FGSA, FICD.  
 

A continuing education workshop at Saint Thomas University featured a presentation by Dr. Ben Rosenstein and Teresa Schicker from the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, focusing on Age-Friendly Health Systems.

First-Ever Study of Minnesota Nursing Home Medical Directors Sheds Light on Hidden Challenges and Opportunities featuring MN GWEP activity directors Teresa McCarthy MD, MS, CMD  and Rajean Moone PhD, LNHA, LALD, FGSA. 

The 2025 Gerontologist of the Year Award from Minnesota Gerontological Society was awarded to Rajean Moone PhD, LNHA, LALD, FGSA. Dr. Moone is faculty director of Long Term Care Administration in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies,  Associate Director of Education for Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation in the School of Public Health, Member of the Interprofessional Geriatrics Coordinating Council for the MN GWEP in the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs, and activity director of several activities in the Minnesota Northstar Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project. Dr. Moone co-directs the Minnesota Geriatrics ECHO for the aging services sector. Dr. Moone also chairs the system-wide Age-Friendly Council at the University of Minnesota

Dr. Steve Shuman is noted as "The Guest of Honor" at the upcoming annual meeting of the Minnesota Dental Association. He is honored in recognition of reinforcing the essential connections between oral health and quality of life for aging populations. Dr. Shuman leads a number of important initiatives, including Dementia Friendly Dental Practices and the UMN program Oral Health Services for Older Adults

March 2025

"How to Care" is a new film on aging caregiving from the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Center for the Art of Medicine and Hippocrates Cafe Productions. It was chosen to premiere at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. This documentary film was supported by the Minnesota Northstar GWEP by an award from the Health Resources and Services Administration in 2024.

February 2025

Talking care for older Minnesotans with U of M featuring MN GWEP expert Rajean Moone PhD, LNHA, LALD, FGSA.

January 2025

Understanding How Delirium Affects Older Adults

"Professor aims for 87 counties" with the Dementia Educational Experience Roadshow - Minnesota GWEP co-director Joe Gaugler, PhD.  

2024

December 2024

This article about the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team features faculty member, Dr. Cliff Whetung whose research uses the concept of allostatic load to measure how stressful experiences in life can change your physical health. Dr. Whetung is a member of the GWEP leadership on the Interprofessional council.

November 2024

University of Minnesota Leads the Way in Aging Education through Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition, featuring GWEP expert from the School of Nursing,  Kris Talley, PhD, CNP, RN, FGSA.

As nursing homes prep for new staffing mandates, optimizing the role of the RN should be considered: Mueller’s article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society encourages a broader focus. -Featuring Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN. 

Exemplary Clinical Experiences in Nursing Homes” is a toolkit designed to help faculty to create nursing student clinical experiences. It contains 30 assignments that faculty can use. The author, Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, is a nationally recognized nurse scientist with expertise in the quality of care and life for residents and patients in nursing homes and the organizational factors that influence these critical outcomes, such as staffing and leadership.

Reaching out across Minnesota, from Ada to Zumbrota: Joe Gaugler, PhD (Co-Director of the MN GWEP) is traveling to every Minnesota county to share the latest information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Team Takes Home Top Prize for the 2024 Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition

October 2024

View a visual summary of the activities of the MN GWEP 2019-2024, from HRSA Award Number U1QHP33076.

Sharon Kimble, PT, DPT, is director of the geriatric residency at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a member of the Interprofessional Geriatrics Coordinating Council for the MN GWEP, discusses overcoming barriers to physical activity for older adults.

Manka Nkimbeng, PhD, MPH, BSN has been awarded a Bush Fellowship! Dr. Nkimbeng is using research and policy to address health inequities in African immigrant communities, and is the activity director for the African Immigrant Dementia Education Project in the MN GWEP. 

September 2024

School of Public Health launches center to test and implement dementia care -- featuring MN GWEP co-director Joe Gaugler, PhD, leading 'Establishing Mechanisms of Benefit to Reinforce the Alzheimer’s Care Experience' (EMBRACE) AD/ADRD Roybal Center. 

GWEPs Partnering with Departments of Public Health on Dementia Education. This session featured presentations about opportunities available for dementia education in primary care and explored how GWEPs can partner with public health departments, community-based organizations (CBOs), and primary care clinics. This webinar included Minnesota GWEP's leaders Joe Gaugler, PhD, and Kris Talley, PhD, CNP, RN, FGSA

"BOLD AND GWEP-CC WEBINAR: GWEPs Partnering with Departments of Public Health on Dementia Education" was a presentation about the combined work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthy Brain Initiative via the BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving (PHCOE-DC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA.gov), HHS's Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program through the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (MN GWEP).  The webinar recording can be viewed here.

Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, author of an GWEP Educational Toolkit, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Dr. Mueller is a nationally recognized nurse scientist with expertise in the quality of care and life for residents and patients in nursing homes and the organizational factors that influence these critical outcomes, such as staffing and leadership.

Talking healthy aging with U of M - featuring MN GWEP Activity Director Teresa McCarthy, MD.

From the Administration for Community Living, see this progress report on federal implementation of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. This features MN GWEP co-director Dr. Joe Gaugler and the work of the Minnesota PHCOE-DC: Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving. 

Read about our efforts Supporting Dementia Care in African American Communities with the Alter Program, featuring GWEP leaders Robbin Frazier and Ashley Millenbah. 

August 2024

How to Prevent Age-Related Muscle Loss  a.k.a. Sarcopenia - featuring Sharon L. Kimble, PT, DPT Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy, MN GWEP expert.

Minnesota needs to help older adults live well. Is a Department on Aging the answer?  - featuring experts from MN GWEP: Joseph Gaugler, PhD, and Christina Cauble, MBA, LNHA, HSE.

July 2024 

Anishinaabe artist exhibit features Knowledge Keepers from Mnidoo Mnising - featuring Kristen Jacklin, PhD, expert with MN GWEP and the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team.

Clinical Tool Aims to Improve Older Adult Healthcare - Partnership with Trellis Leads to a New Way to Serve Older Patients

Building Collaborative Futures: Interprofessional Case Competitions and Communities of Practice 

See this article about Reframe Aging, a partnership between the MN GWEP, the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging, the Minnesota Board of Aging, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health’s Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, and Age Friendly Minnesota.

June 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Manka Nkimbeng, PhD, who won Bush Foundation’s prestigious fellowship to advance community leaders’ education and training!

The Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (MN GWEP) at the University of Minnesota received $5 million in renewed funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve the health care and health of older adults across the state. 

Featuring MN GWEP experts Dr. Rajean Moone, PhD, and Teresa McCarthy, MD Minnesota Geriatrics ECHO Offers Online Educational Community | U of M

May 2024

Minnesota Geriatrics ECHO offers virtual community to share best practices, improve quality of life and operational outcomes for Minnesota’s older adults

April 2024

Dr. Stephen K. Shuman, DDS, MS was honored from the Minneapolis District Dental Society. Dr. Shuman is a dental expert with MN GWEP

See this presentation about living arrangements for older adults, including information about long-term care, by GWEP Expert Ben Rosenstein, MD, MS. "Is it time for a new place? Making the Case." This presentation was in Saint Paul, Minnesota, at Saint Anthony Park Library. This was an overview of when and how to have the often tough discussion with a friend or loved one about moving to a new living arrangement. The presentation reviewed the different forms of long-term care, considerations when reviewing options, and ways to approach this discussion.   


Joe Gaugler, PhD, is honored as the 2024 Distinguished Ambassador in Aging by the Aging Life Care Association. Dr. Gaugler is co-director of the Minnesota Northstar GWEP and Director of the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation.

See this article on dementia education within African immigrant communities in Minnesota, by Dr. Manka Nkimbeng in collaboration with Immigrant Memory Collaborative and African Career, Education and Resources (ACER), Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation and the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program. 

February 2024

When a Spouse Goes to the Nursing Home - featuring MN GWEP Co-Director: Joseph Gaugler, PhD

2023

December 2023

Winners of the 2023 Minnesota Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition

University of Minnesota's Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition Gains Strong Sponsorship

An important webinar was hosted in Minnesota regarding partnerships between BOLD and GWEP and State Departments of Public Health. Watch here: Partnering with GWEPs in Dementia Caregiving and Education: Opportunities for Public Health. Facilitated by Joe Gaugler, PhD, MN GWEP co-director and director of the BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving.

November 2023

Polypharmacy with Ben Rosenstein, MD, MA: a podcast interview from the Aging Studies Interdisciplinary Group at the University of Minnesota. This podcast is available on SoundCloud and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about the Aging Studies Interdisciplinary Group and the University of Minnesota Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation.
 
Understanding Medicare, Medicaid, & Hospice Benefits for Providers, featuring a new Geriatric Educational Toolkit authored by MN GWEP expert James Pacala, MD, MS. See the toolkit here: Understanding Benefits
 

Addressing the Needs of an Aging Population Through Health Professions Education: Proceedings of a Workshop (2023) is a book published by National Academies of Science Engineering Medicine, and features MN GWEP expert Teresa McCarthy, MD MS. The National Academies Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education hosted a Fall 2022 workshop, with speakers Teresa McCarthy and Teresa Schicker. Discussions included the composition of the intended health workforce, training requirements for each level of care provider, who would provide the training and education, and in what setting the training would take place. Dr. McCarthy and Ms. Schicker presented to NASEM in a workshop on December 7, 2022.

October 2023

Promising Treatment for Early Stage Alzheimer’s Disease featuring MN GWEP expert Joe Gaugler, PhD and the Families and Long-Term Care research team

September 2023

Case Competition Message from OACA 

Local Educational Event Seeks Sponsors

August 2023

Minnesota policymakers plan for a rapidly aging population, featuring MN GWEP expert Dr. Joe Gaugler

June 2023

UMN Geriatrician Receives Prestigious Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) - the recipient is Dr. Ben Rosenstein. 

May 2023

Building the Age-Friendly Health System: Integrating the 4M's Into the Care of Older Adults, featuring MN GWEP expert James Pacala, MD, MS.

Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults

March 2023

A Path to Hope: New Toolkit Offers Resources to Assess and Prevent Suicide in Older Adults

January 2023

What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid - featuring MN GWEP expert Brian J. Isetts, PhD, BCPS, FAPhA

2022

December 2022

Aging Veterans with Dr. Ed Ratner MD: a podcast interview from the Aging Studies Interdisciplinary Group at the University of Minnesota. This podcast is available SoundCloud and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about the Aging Studies Interdisciplinary Group and the University of Minnesota Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation.

November 2022 

Talking family caregivers with U of M, featuring MN GWEP expert Joe Gaugler, PhD

Aging Well: an article featuring the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, including GWEP leaders Joe Gaugler, Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, Rajean Moone, and Robbin Frazier. 

UMN Team Wins 2022 Inter-university Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition

October 2022

Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging is a film which explores healthcare through story, song and the arts, hosted by Drs. Jon Hallberg and Tseganesh Selameab. This series is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, in academic partnership with the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program.

Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition Seeks Sponsors for the First Time, featuring MN GWEP expert Kristine Talley, PhD, CNP, RN, FGSA. 

Workforce Enhancement and Support: GWEP + MAGIC by Teresa M. Schicker, MPA.

A student-led team published a wonderful article in the journal Gerontology and Geriatrics Education titled "Effect of a Dementia Friends information session on health professional students’ attitudes and knowledge related to dementia". See more about Dementia Friends at the University of Minnesota.

Community members will attend a film premier of "Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging." This explores healthy aging with Dr. Jon Hallberg and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab through the 4Ms framework of Mobility, Mentation (more commonly thought of as mood and memory), Medication and What Matters to older adults, all through an artistic lens. This is a co-production with the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Center for the Art of Medicine, Twin Cities Public Television, and the John A. Hartford Foundation, with additional support from Tom and Meredith Olson and in academic partnership with the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program.

September 2022

Dr. Talley was invited to speak about the MN-GWEP Educational Tools and Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection to the national leaders of the network of Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program - Coordinating Council. Watch the recording featuring MN GWEP expert Kristine M. Talley, PhD, CNP, RN.

August 2022

Minnesota's home health care industry and the growing labor shortage, featuring MN GWEP expert Joe Gaugler, PhD

See this story about the  Effective Medication Self-Management Toolkit! This toolkit contains resources for teaching older persons and family caregivers how to conduct a medication self-management assessment. It contains introductory material appropriate for undergraduate- and graduate-level learners and is intended to help older persons confidently manage their medications. Authored by MN GWEP expert Brian J. Isetts, PhD, BCPS, FAPhA.

A tool useful for patients and caregivers, the Medication Management Self-Efficacy Checklist is here.   

Here is a wonderful interview, “Talking with the U of M,” in which Dr. Isetts, a University of Minnesota expert, answers questions about the Effective Medication Self-Management Toolkit. Featuring MN GWEP expert Brian J. Isetts, PhD, BCPS, FAPhA.

Geriatric Toolkits Offer Specialized Knowledge to Healthcare Educators, featuring MN GWEP expert Kristine M. Talley, PhD, CNP, RN.

The Caring for People with Memory Loss Conference Provides a Supportive Space for Families and Researchers, featuring MN GWEP expert Joe Gaugler, PhD.

July 2022

Dr. Manka Nkimbeng offered a wonderful interview in the podcast "Immigrant Experiences of Aging" in Voices of Aging with ASIG. Dr. Nkimbeng leads the MN GWEP project Immigrant Memory Collaborative Project

May 2022

Faculty create innovative educational resources for the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

Minnesota group leads effort in dementia-friendly oral health care

April 2022

Listen to a podcast on the Dementia Friends Program: Teresa McCarthy Voices of Aging with ASIG, featuring MN GWEP expert Teresa McCarthy, MD, MS

March 2022

The quality, cost and and future of long-term care in Minnesota
Featuring MN GWEP expert Dr. Rajean Moone, the faculty director of the Long-Term Care Administration for Professionals in CCAPS

February 2022

4 (Imperfect) Ways Retirees Can Pay for Dental Care, featuring MN GWEP expert Stephen Shuman, DDS

Grassroots, Volunteer-Led Dementia Friends Offers Interprofessional Learning Opportunities for Future Clinicians
Featuring MN GWEP experts Teresa McCarthy, MD, MS, and Brian Isetts, PhD, BCPS, FAPhA.

January 2022

Los requisitos de pruebas para visitar las residencias de ancianos dejan a las familias atrapadas en ‘otro confinamiento’
MN GWEP expertise in the News: Joe Gaugler, PhD, co-investigator in the Minnesota Northstar GWEP.

2021

December 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Kristine Talley, who led a project included in the journal Innovation in Aging, Dec. 2021: "An Inter-University Virtual Geriatric Case Competition to Build Interprofessional Collaboration Skills

Understanding Ageism: Prejudice Against Our Future Self, by Dawn Simonson, MPA, CEO of Trellis and a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

November 2021

Community-University Health Care Center CEO Colleen McDonald Diouf Awarded 2021-2022 Charlotte Striebel Equity Award

Spotlight on the Volunteer Coaches and Judges for the Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition

Congratulations to the Winning Team of the 2021 Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition

2021 Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition: Top Three Teams Announced

October 2021

Talking family caregivers with MN GWEP expert Joe Gaugler, PhD, co-investigator in the Minnesota Northstar GWEP

 

Get Your Dental Care Back on Track: What’s also suffered during the pandemic? Our teeth. Dentists share what you must know now
MN GWEP expertise in the news: Stephen Shuman, DDS, in the Minnesota Northstar GWEP.

 

 

 

MN GWEP expertise in the News: James Pacala, MD, MS, Program Director of the Minnesota Northstar GWEP.

How to deal with dry mouth, featuring Dr. Stephen Schuman, professor & director, Oral Health Services for Older Adults Program, School of Dentistry - University of Minnesota, and member of the Interprofessional Geriatrics Coordinating Council, Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program.

September 2021

Gratitude for the legacy of Dr. Jean Wyman and congratulations on her retirement: Jean Wyman, PhD, RN, GNP, FGSA, FAAN, a former leader of the Minnesota Northstar GWEP, retired from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in August 2021. Dr. Wyman offered 24 years of service to the University as professor and Cora Meidl Siehl Chair in Nursing Research, including serving as a co-director for the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (MN GWEP).

Voices of Aging with ASIG UMN podcast featuring MN Northstar GWEP project manager Teresa Schicker, who discusses the UMN Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition (episode one and episode two).

August 2021

Working Together to Improve Geriatric Health: The Minnesota Northstar Geriatric Enhancement Program (MN GWEP) is a leader in collaboration and outreach with GWEPs across the country

July 2021

The importance of 'deprescribing' medications for older adults, featuring MN GWEP expert Jon Hallberg, MD

June 2021

Elder care advocates weigh in on next steps for MN seniors amid coronavirus - Pioneer Press

April 2021

What's In Biden's $400 Billion Plan To Support Families' Long-Term Health Needs
MN GWEP expertise in the news: Joe Gaugler, PhD, co-investigator in the Minnesota Northstar GWEP.

Biden Seeks $400 Billion to Buttress Long-Term Care. A Look at What’s at Stake.
Joe Gaugler, PhD, co-investigator in the Minnesota Northstar GWEP, lends his expertise to this article as well.

Pill-Dispensing Tech Makes the Medicine Go Down...With Human Help, That Is - The Wall Street Journal

Pandemic-Driven Disruptions in Oral Health: 10 Transformative Trends in Care for Older Adults
MN GWEP expert publication: Stephen Shuman, DDS, in the Minnesota Northstar GWEP.

The Upper Midwest Nursing Home COVID-19 ECHO Collaborative Advances Preparedness, Safety and Infection Control During COVID-19

March 2021

Long-term care reunions: What families need to know - KARE 11

February 2021

Minnesota bill would shield health care providers from COVID-related lawsuits - Star Tribune

Minnesota Northstar GWEP Newsletter (PDF)

Minnesota Ranks Number One in Long-Term Support and Services: Recognizing Achievement While Bridging Equity Gaps

January 2021

Paper: Applying the Age-Friendly Health System Framework to Long-Term Care Settings

Two Clinics Join Age-Friendly Health Systems, a Nationwide Movement to Improve Health Care for Older Adults

Resources for the Caregiver: Dementia Outreach and Education

2020

December 2020

A winter in isolation: How to stay connected during a lonely pandemic - MPR

Is the Pandemic Hurting Your Teeth?

Special Feature in the Star Tribune Featuring Jim Pacala, MD, MS: Preparing Minnesota for a "Silver Tsunami"

November 2020

Fall 2020 Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition Winners Announced

Winning UMN Team Announced Following Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition Semi-Finals

October 2020

Dementia Friends Information Sessions: Cultivating Sensitivity in Caring for People with Cognitive Impairment

University of Minnesota joins Global Network of Age-Friendly Universities in Commitment to Lifelong Learning and Older Adults

September 2020

New Ideas to Make Long-Term Care Insurance Cheaper and Better - Next Avenue

U of M School of Public Health to establish the Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving

Launching the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation

August 2020

Our vast family care system for the elderly is at risk of collapse - Star Tribune

June 2020

Joy in Aging: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Rosalie Kane

Elder care advocates weigh in on next steps for MN seniors amid coronavirus

What is being done to implement Age-Friendly health care?

Dr. Joe Gaugler, Co-Director of the Minnesota Northstar GWEP, facilitated "Aging on the Farm" in collaboration with UMASH (Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center) on June 15, 2020. They hosted a forum to engage community and health-related organizations and community members on the topic of aging in place for the agricultural workforce and their communities. The presentation is available for download.

May 2020

Remembering longtime University of Minnesota professor Dr. Rosalie Kane

February 2020

Making Dental Care Dementia Friendly (U of M School of Dentistry)

UMN program seeks to make Minnesota more Age-Friendly

January 2020

Professor travels the state to spread dementia awareness

Over 65? Smoked even a little in your lifetime? You might want to get screened for this

2019
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