Are you serious about improving
care of older adults in your hospital?

NICHE hospitals use the Geriatric Institutional Assessment Profile (GIAP) to assess their performance relative to other hospitals. You can take our quick version of the GIAP to evaluate how your hospital is handling key issues for geriatric patients.

NYU Medical Center Uses the GRN Model

News & Events

• 2008 NICHe conferences

  Held February 17 through 21 in Philadelphia, the NICHE Conferences brought more than 500 nurses from the US and Canada together to discuss how to optimize care for hospitalized older adults. Click Here for photos and descriptions of the conferences.

• New Acute Care Nursing column in Geriatric Nursing!

  Beginning with the January/February 2008 issue, Geriatric Nursing will include an “Acute Care of the Elderly” column. Click here for a link to the first article, written by NICHE Director Liz Capezuti that focuses on NICHE. Reference: Capezuti, E. (2008). Acute Care Column: Optimizing care for hospitalized adults. Geriatric Nursing 29 (1), 27-29.

• Joint Commission: The Source

  2 More NICHE Sites, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Bronson Methodist Hospital, publish their outstanding organizational practices in the Joint Commission: The Source. Click here for details.

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