• June 25, 2009
  Innovative Educational Program Designed to Improve Care for Growing Number of Older Adults Expands to Three More Schools Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs Picks Massachusetts, New Jersey and North Carolina Medical Schools to Participate in its Chief Resident Immersion Training in the Care of Older Adults (CRIT) Program
  
  
• June 16, 2009
  Improve Communication With Your Healthcare Practitioner With The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging's New Health Tip Sheet
  
  
• May 8, 2009
  American Geriatrics Society Lauds Introduction of "RE-Aligning Care Act" -- Essential Healthcare Reform Legislation That Implements Recommendations from MedPAC and Institute of Medicine to Improve Quality and Lower Costs of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries With Multiple Chronic Health Conditions
  
  
• May 6, 2009
  To Reassure Older Adults and Caregivers Concerned About H1N1 Flu ("Swine Flu") And Help Them Understand How to Protect Against and Respond to it, American Geriatrics Society's Foundation for Health in Aging Issues Easy-to-Understand Expert Tip Sheet
  
  
• May 4, 2009
  American Geriatrics Society's Foundation for Health in Aging and John A. Hartford Foundation Name Winners of Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards
  
  
• May 4, 2009
  American Geriatrics Society, With Support from The Atlantic Philanthropies, Awards $1.05 Million In Grants to 7 Researchers Named 2009 Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars
  
  
• May 4, 2009
  American Geriatrics Society's Foundation for Health in Aging Names Johns Hopkins Researcher 2009 T. Franklin Williams Research Scholars Award Winner
  
  
• May 1, 2009
  Coordinated Transitional Care Can Significantly Lower Rehospitalization Rates, and Medicare Expenditures, for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Older Adults, Award-Winning Researcher Reports During American Geriatrics Society's Annual Scientific Meeting
  
  
• May 1, 2009
  American Geriatrics Society Announces New Guidelines to Improve Pain Management, Quality of Life, and Quality of Care for Older Patients
  
  

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