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CNYGEC

Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers

Overview

Our Programs

What is the CNYGEC? 

The CNYGEC is a consortium of four academic partners committed to training a wide range of health and human service professionals and interdisciplinary faculty throughout New York State.

Geriatric Scholar Certificate Programs

Metro NYC

Metro NYC Geriatric Scholar Certificate Program (5 days)
A Geriatric Scholar Certificate (GSC) reflects an individual's commitment to enhancing the care and services provided to older adults. GSC seminars are aimed at improving and expanding geriatric healthcare, particularly for low-income, multi-ethnic and underserved older adult population. We offer innovative and interactive seminars on a wide range of issues, health conditions and service delivery models to healthcare professionals, academic leaders, and others who offer services to older adults. Participants are awarded the GSC after completing a 5 day interdisciplinary program consisting of 3 “Core Days” and 2 “Elective Days” of training throughout the academic year. Our goal, like yours, is to ensure the highest level of healthcare services for older adults.

Central New York State

Utica Geriatric Scholar Certificate Program(5 days)

This five-day educational conference, held one day each week for five weeks, is offered at the Masonic Care Community, Utica, NY and provides professional training in interdisciplinary geriatrics and gerontology. The program is sponsored by the Columbia University Stroud Center's Statewide Geriatric Psychiatry Residency/Fellowship Program, The Columbia-New York Geriatric Education Center of the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers (CNYGEC), in conjunction with the Upstate Medical University, Binghamton Clinical Campus; Masonic Care Community; The Slocum Dickson Foundation; Utica College; The Community Foundation of Herkermer and Oneida Counties; UHS Hospitals Office of Continuing Medical Education; and the Greater Binghamton Health Center. Faculty come from New York City and various local programs. 

Binghamton Geriatric Scholar Certificate Program(5 days)

This five-day educational conference, held one day each week for five weeks, is offered at The Greater Binghamton Health Center, Binghamton, NY, and provides professional training in interdisciplinary geriatrics & gerontology. The program is sponsored by the Columbia University Stoud Center’s Statewide Geriatric Psychiatry Residency/Fellowship Program and The Columbia-New York Geriatric Education Center (CNYGEC), in conjunction with the Upstate Medical University, Binghamton Clinical Campus; The Slocum Dickson Foundation; The Community Foundation for South Central New York;  Upstate Medical University Office of Continuing Education; UHS Hospitals; Utica College; Masonic Care Community and the Greater Binghamton Health Center. Faculty come from New York City and various local programs.

Electives

A wide range of “elective” offerings (1 day each)
Examples of past electives include Gambling & Substance Abuse; Reinventing Senior Centers; Geriatric Nursing Assessment; Health & Cultural Literacy; What’s New in Geriatrics, Medication Management and more.

Specialty Programs

Faculty Development Course: Interprofessional Geriatrics and Palliative Care (160 hours)

This course is targeted to interdisciplinary academic and clinical faculty, fellows and residents. The course covers geriatrics and palliative care content.

Visiting Nurse Service of New York

Of all sectors of health care delivery, home care is the fastest growing.  Irrespective of physical or functional decline, older people prefer to remain in their own home.  As the largest, not-for-profit, non-governmental home care agency in the US, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) delivers care to 30,000 patients daily throughout the five boroughs of New York City.  Sixty four percent of these patients are over the age of 65, with the average age of patients at 73.  The VNSNY offers an array of clinical programs to meet the complex and diverse needs of patients for acute, long-term and palliative care services at home. The 2,560 Registered Nurses employed by VNSNY deliver direct care to patients, work closely with other professional staff (e.g. physical therapists and social workers), and supervise over 6,000 home health aides.  It is imperative that these nurses be competent in care of older patients.  Yet, within VNSNY, only a handful of nurses are certified in geriatrics, and VNSNY has no comprehensive training program to assure geriatric competency in their nurse workforce.

Health and Hospital Corporation

In 2009, the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (Hartford Institute), in conjunction with the Corporate Nursing Department, New York City Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC-Nursing) conducted a Pilot Project to enhance competence in care of older adults of nurses working in HHC facilities.  This Pilot project was partially funded by the New York City Department for the Aging, and by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation. 
Who Should Participate
  • Educators
  • Gerontologists
  • Nurses/RNs
  • Nurses/LPNs
  • Nurses/Advance Practice/NP
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Pharmacists
  • Physical and Occupational Therapists
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Recreational Therapists
  • Rehabilitation Specialists
  • Social Workers
  • Administrators and Managers in Healthcare and Social Services
  • Case Managers
  • Clergy
  • Others who plan or offer services to older adults

 

Registration & Fees

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