Our Partners
Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center Consortium
The Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center Consortium (JHGECC), formed in 2002, is an educational initiative of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology of the Department of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The center is located on the campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Public Health Service fund the JHGEC as part of the national program entitled "Geriatric Education Centers (GECS)". The Mental Health Association is a member of the Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center Consortium. The mission of the Consortium is to provide geriatric educational programs to health professionals in Maryland. Information on the JHGEC activities and offerings may be found at www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gec
The Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program (GGEAR) is member organization of the Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center Consortium. GGEAR is a state funded program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore initiated to prepare Maryland's health care professionals to care for frail, older individuals and to sponsor research projects which will ultimately produce helpful interventions on behalf of this population. Education and training event information may be found on the GGEAR website at www.gerontology.umaryland.edu/ggear.html
To deliver geriatric education to Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center joined the Consortium. Information on offerings on the shore may be found at www.esahec.org.
The Mental Health Association of Maryland is pleased to provide Maryland’s sole mental health and aging website in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center Consortium. With the generous support of the JHGECC, the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation and the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Foundation, this site will expand the scope and depth of the important education and resource information that can benefit older adults, their caregivers and professionals in service to older Marylanders.