SAGE is a three-course distance learning program which provides a Certificate of Completion in Gerontology. SAGE is appropriate for professionals currently working in aging or those wishing to pursue a career serving older adults; administrators, regulators, direct service providers, policy makers, program evaluators, and others caring for our aging population.
SUNSET offers 14 continuing education modules developed to enhance the knowledge and skills of those caring for others or working in a long-term care setting where people are at the most vulnerable points in their lives — at the end of life.
The PSC Program is a partnership between the Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology and the American Association of Service Coordinators that provides on-line professional development and continuing education for Service Coordinators working with older adults, at risk families, and persons with disabilities toward independent living.
The AHEC Health Literacy Program offers comprehensive continuing education in the field of health literacy. Modules are appropriate for physicians, nurses, therapists, counselors, and all health practitioners providing direct or indirect patient care.
The Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Aging is a university-wide program that offers current OSU graduate and professional students advanced educational opportunities in the field of aging. The Specialization’s core curriculum focuses on the basic components of gerontology shared by many disciplines, while the electives allow students to pursue either a research agenda or a more clinically-oriented pathway.
Many faculty across the OSU campus are active in aging teaching and research. Contact information, as well as teaching and research interests, are provided to help you connect with those who share your interest in the field of aging. View Faculty
Whether you are interested in becoming a research participant or collaborating on research of mutual interest, we hope you will take a few minutes to learn more about some of the aging research activities underway at Ohio State.
A career in aging brings many opportunities in health care, social and supportive services, wellness and prevention, advocacy, education, community-based programming, and more. Learn more.
You are invited to a presentation on “Genes and Cells That Influence the Rage of Aging in C.elegans” on January 20, 10:30-11:20 a.m.
Location: MBI Lecture Hall – Room 355, Jennings Hall, 1735 Neil Avenue
Presenter: Cynthia Kenyon, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco
Aging has long been assumed to be a passive …
The Ohio State University School of Physical Activity and Educational Services and the Department of Human Nutrition are seeking up to 100 male and female volunteers age 60-85, to participate in a 10-week study on a nutrition supplement and its effects on lean body mass changes. Steven Devor, Ph.D. from PAES and Robert DiSilvestro, Ph.D, from Human Nutrition …
Read MoreNational Family Caregiver Month is organized annually by the National Family Caregivers Association as a time each year to thank, support, educate and empower family caregivers.
November is also National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, and one thing most caregivers realize, no matter the disease situation that has prompted caregiver duties, is that the demands of …
A pilot test program in the City of Upper Arlington, called Stay UA (Services to Age in Your Upper Arlington), is proving to be a proactive approach that bridges the gap between the health care, social services and long-term care systems by coordinating care and connecting residents with appropriate community-based supportive services to foster “aging …
Read MoreThe 34th Annual Ohio Professional and Student Conference on Aging will be convened by the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education on March 26, 2010, at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. The theme of this year’s conference is Bridging Gerontological Research and Practice: The State of Translational Research in Ohio.
The Call for Papers has …
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