The Trump administration has restored promised funds to a program that teaches people in health care how to work with aging Americans.
“In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments.
The team — future doctors, social workers, psychologists and therapists — looks for such common problems as frailty, muscle weakness and cognitive decline. The patients they evaluate, free of charge, receive printed plans to help guide their care.”