The University of Michigan Geriatrics Center seeks to increase the span of healthy, active life for older adults through interdisciplinary clinical care, education, research and community service.
Goals
To strengthen the U-M environment for training of future academic leaders in geriatrics.
- To stimulate multidisciplinary research of important health care problems of older patients.
- To enhance the productivity of currently funded research.
- To provide exemplary multidisciplinary patient care for older adults.
- To provide outstanding training opportunities for trainees and health care professionals from a variety of disciplines involved in caring for the elderly population.
- To establish and maintain a highly-visible, nationally-recognized facility dedicated to geriatrics.