California Geriatrics Society

<body> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="90%"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFCDD"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#333399"> <b><span lang="en-us">CAGS MISSION</span></b> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" valign="top"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">California Geriatrics Society, founded in 2001 by a multi-disciplinary <br soft="soft" /> group involved in eldercare, came together as the California <br soft="soft" /> Chapter of the </span><a href="http://www.americangeriatrics.org/"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">American Geriatrics Society</span></font></a><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">.  This was during the <br soft="soft" /> same year that well respected universities,  UC Berkley and UCLA <br soft="soft" /> filed a joint </span></font><a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2001/04/02_aging.html"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">report</span></font></a><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> which announced, "Forty years from now, the <br soft="soft" /> state [CA] will have 172 percent more adults over age 65 than it <br soft="soft" /> does now and 200 percent more adults over 85..."<br /> <br /> The year of 2001 would be the year that members of California <br soft="soft" /> Geriatrics Society took action to commit their resources and <br soft="soft" /> address current and anticipated issues in aging, along side those <br soft="soft" /> already receiving attention, such as Wellness and Injury Prevention, <br soft="soft" /> Medical Ethics in Aging, and the implications of DNA damage and <br soft="soft" /> functional impairment (as studied by the </span></font><a href="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/centers/home.htm"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">National Institute of <br soft="soft" /> </span></font></a><a href="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/centers/home.htm"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">Environmental Health Sciences</span></font></a><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">).<br /> <br /> The progress of the American Geriatrics Society and its California <br soft="soft" /> Chapter is exciting!  And, they are delighted to extend an</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> open <br soft="soft" /> invitation </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">to professionals committed to the mission of:</span></font><p></p> <span class="text"> <ul type="circle" style="padding:0;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;"> <li style="line-height:13px;color:#000000;"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">C</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">ollaboration </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> with health care providers in all disciplines to <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">increase </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">knowledge, deepen understanding, refine skills <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">and promote the </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">development of </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">standards of practice.<br /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"><br /> </span></font></li> <li style="line-height:13px;color:#000000;"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">E</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">ducation for</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> California </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">consumers, and </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">training</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> of </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">new</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">professionals </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">to </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">meet the needs of our elderly in the field of <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">geriatrics.</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"><br /> <br /> </span></font></li> <li style="line-height:13px;color:#000000;"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">Advocacy</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> for </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">the elderly</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"> by joining efforts </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">to </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">improve senior <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">health </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">care in California.</span></font><br /> <br /> </li> <li style="line-height:13px;color:#000000;"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">Promotion of specialized training in <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">geriatric education and research</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"><br /> </span></font></li> </ul> <font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"><br /> </span></font></span> <ul type="circle" style="padding:0;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;"> <li style="line-height:13px;color:#000000;"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">Endorsement of exceptional graduate <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">students committed to programs that <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">meet current eldercare needs and <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">possess promise and talent to <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">address the future needs of an aging <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">population.</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"><br /> </span></font></li> </ul> <font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;"><br /> </span></font> <ul type="circle" style="padding:0;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;"> <li style="line-height:13px;color:#000000;"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">Providing exceptional aging <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;line-height:15px;">resources and links to state and local <br soft="soft" /> </span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" 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