UofL Trager Institute Expands Health Transformation in Kentucky
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The renewal of a substantial grant will allow the Universityof Louisville Trager Institute to build on the success of programs aimed atcare coordination, professional education, community building and Alzheimer’sand dementia awareness.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has renewedthe institute’s $3.75-million grant to expand its Geriatrics WorkforceEnhancement Program (GWEP) throughout Kentucky. The previous funding awarded in2015 focused on areas in and around Louisville; the new funding will help theinstitute reach all 120 counties in the Commonwealth.
The UofL Schools of Law, Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing andthe Kent School of Social Work will be part of this program to help individualsoptimally age by intervening in multiple facets of care which include patients,their families and caregivers, interdisciplinary health professionals, practicemodels, health care systems and communities.
“To date, we have helped more than 300 older adults movetoward the goal of optimal aging and we have trained more than 3,500 learners,”said Anna Faul, PhD, executive director of the UofL Trager Institute.
Goals of the expanded efforts include strengthened partnerships, professional education for health care providers as well as students, community building and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia training using the institute’s own Compassionate Care curriculum.
