The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is committed to improving the health, independence, and quality of life for all of Americans as we age. We believe it is important for Americans to understand how elected officials and candidates for office view federal, state, and local programs that support older Americans. What programs and policies are they championing and what is their vision for the future of aging in the United States?
Improving the well-being of America’s older adults by increasing specialty physicians’ competence in geriatrics (the unique health care we all need as we age).
Since launching in 1994, we have worked across healthcare to:
The GSI is collaborating with our specialty society partners on the initiatives described below.
COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. In providing leadership to clinicians, legislators, and the public, the AGS aims to ensure our national response to this pandemic supports us all as we age.
The AGS Annual Scientific Meeting offers a range of opportunities for surgical and medical specialists including educational and networking sessions.
As part of the Clinician Specialists’ Rising Stars in Aging Research Mentoring Program, The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is pleased to have hosted virtual workshops in partnership with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Clinician-Scientists Trandisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center (Clin-STAR CC) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
To improve the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people.
We are all able to contribute to our communities and maintain our health, safety, and independence as we age.
We all have access to high-quality, person-centered care informed by geriatrics principles and free of ageism.
In Phase Three, the GWEP-CC will offer two Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) Action Communities. The GWEP-CC will host a traditional action community, and then a second cycle action community that will run continuously through the end of Phase Three. Our target goal is that GWEPs will enroll primary care partners teams into the GWEP-CC Action Community regardless of when the partnerships are established.
The GSI’s Jahnigen Career Development Awards (JCDA) program, and its sister program, the T. Franklin Williams program, formerly of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), were funded by The John A. Harford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies from 2002-2015. Both programs offered awards to early career physician-scientists and researchers from more than 23 surgical and related medical subspecialties and internal medicine subspecialties. More than 200 Jahnigen and Williams Scholars received funding to conduct geriatrics research related to their specialties.
The AGS/AGING Learning, Educating, And, Researching National Initiative in Geriatrics (“LEARNING”) Collaborative, an R25 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), has been awarded to the American Geriatrics Society in partnership with the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN)-Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs) AGING (Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure and Network Growth)
Check this list often for geriatrics and aging-related opportunities such as grant funding, presentation or publication submissions, travel stipends for scholarly meetings, networking events, comment periods, and in-person or virtual meetings and webinars.
For an additional list of organizations with ongoing funding opportunities, click here.
The goal of the AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative is to increase immunization rates in older adults who are eligible for routine vaccinations in the United States. The AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.
Membership for a licensed Nurse Practitioner with special training or interest in geriatrics.
In 2021, the National Institute on Aging awarded AGS more than $173,000 in funding over five years that will support three conferences focused on resilience.
In 2021, ADGAP, in collaboration with AGS, launched an initiative on Making the Business Case for Geriatrics. Under this initiative, AGS/ADGAP are building three resources to support AGS/ADGAP members: (1) a longitudinal benchmarking study (in partnership with Phairify); (2) a toolkit to provide members with tools and resources for making the business case for geriatrics; and (3) a webinar series on Geriatrics and the Changing Landscape of Healthcare.
Understanding the Value of Geriatricians
AGS/ADGAP has partnered with Phairify to provide geriatrician members exclusive access to geriatrics-specific data on compensation, productivity, and practice characteristics that can help you take control of your career.
Building on the #AGS22 ADGAP pre-conference that was focused on the business case, AGS/ADGAP are offering a webinar series that is focused on Geriatrics and the Changing Landscape of Healthcare launched in Fall 2022. This series will provide an overview of the changing health care environment in ways that impact care for older adults, including geriatrics care and payment models.
The three webinars are:
Considering a career in geriatrics? Want to take your leadership skills to the next level? The AGS is the place for you!
The 2023 Call for Abstract Submissions is now closed (the deadline to submit an abstract was December 1, 2022). AGS opens the call for abstracts each fall. More information can be found here.
Want to present your research on a national stage? Submit an abstract of original research for presentation as a paper or poster at the Annual Meeting.
AGS is seeking nominations to fill open seats on the AGS Board of Directors. The ideal Board candidate will share the Society’s commitment to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people.
AGS is seeking candidates for an AGS-Board designated ex officio seat for a practicing geriatrics health professional. Under the AGS By-laws, the AGS Board has the flexibility to designate up to four ex-officio Board seats based on its assessment of the need for individuals with important perspectives that may not be represented among the elected Board members. Due to several elected Board members rotating off the Board, the Board is eager to ensure that it has the perspective of someone who is primarily in clinical practice.
AGS is seeking Applications for its nine AGS Standing Committees for three-year-terms beginning in May of 2025. The ideal applicant will share the Society’s commitment to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people.
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