Marilyn Gugliucci co-authors published article on Age-Friendly Universities

Marilyn Gugliucci's article is published in the Gerontology & Geriatrics Education Journal
Marilyn Gugliucci's article is published in the Gerontology & Geriatrics Education Journal

An article on Age Friendly Universities (AFU) co-authored by Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research in 色香视频鈥檚 College of Osteopathic Medicine, was recently published in the , the official journal of the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education.

In 2012, Dublin City University established an Age-Friendly Initiative to transform lives and societies though education, research and innovation. This vision led to a global initiative which is now being embraced by colleges and universities worldwide.

The intent of being an Age-Friendly University is to highlight the role that higher education institutions can play in responding to the challenges and opportunities associated with an aging demographic across many societies around the world.

Health professions students and graduates require the knowledge, skills  and attitudes in older adult care that can be enriched and strengthened through interactions with older adults during their higher education years.

AFUs contribute to preparing future health professions providers with improved older adult health care skills which ultimately benefit older adults.

Gugliucci鈥檚 co-author is Desmond O鈥橬eil, a geriatrician and professor in Medical Gerontology at Trinity College and Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

The article, titled 鈥淗ealth professions education: advancing geriatrics and gerontology competencies through Age- Friendly University Principles,鈥 provides Higher Education Institutions that offer health professions education programs several avenues from which they may select in order to establish and enhance gerontology/geriatrics competence for their students. 

 

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