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Legacy Scholars step up to fill roles as “elder teachers” 28 January
For more than two decades, UNE’s Interdisciplinary Geriatric Education Program (IGEP) has brought students from a variety of health professions together to learn from “elder teachers” in the greater Portland community.
It is an integral part of the didactic year curriculum in the physician assistant (PA) program, which invites other health profession students from the colleges of pharmacy and dental medicine to join in interprofessional team-building to benefit the elder teachers.
Normally, the student teams visit independent living sites in the area to interview their assigned elder teacher. With the pandemic, students were not able to make in-person visits. The PA program decided to set up “tele visits” instead with interviews being conducted via Zoom.
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A collaboration between the Westbrook Housing Authority and the University of New England will help provide clinical training for future dentists, dental hygienists, physical therapists and social workers.
The collaboration will also give senior residents living in the authority’s 15 housing complexes access to free or reduced-cost, faculty-supervised care visits.
The project, made possible by a $20,000 grant provided by Gorham Savings Bank, aims to demonstrate proof of concept for collaborations between medical universities and housing authorities serving low-income populations, which often lack ready access to quality health and wellness care, according to a news release.
The university is home to Maine s only medical and dental colleges, as well as a variety of other interprofessional health care programs.
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Westbrook Housing Authority and UNE to launch health care partnership for aging Mainers
The Westbrook Housing Authority (WHA) and the University of New EnglandCenter for Excellence in Aging & Health (UNE CEAH) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a three-year, multi-phase student placement and research partnership serving seniors aging in place in affordable housing, made possible by a $20,000 grant generously provided by Gorham Savings Bank.
Through this partnership, UNE and WHA aim to demonstrate “proof of concept” for future collaborations between medical universities and local housing authorities serving low-income populations, which often lack ready access to quality medical and dental care.