📊New paper! We talked with APS professionals who want data systems for tracking outcomes and improving evidence-generation BUT resist standardization that conflicts with client-centered care. Bottom line: Elder abuse protection needs flexible systems 🤝

🧠💜💪Glad this paper is out! We trained California In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers during COVID-19 and found online dementia training boosts their knowledge & confidence in managing symptoms in their care recipients.

🧠Thrilled this paper is out! Training nurses & social workers as dementia care specialists in managed care organizations improved their knowledge and practices, possibly enhancing care coordination for people living with dementia.

🌱 “Connected by Purpose. Driven by Vision.” Our Spring Retreat theme says it all. The Healthforce Center at UCSF team strengthened our connections, aligned on priorities, and celebrated our collective impact. Healthcare transformations happen when we work together.

📣Just launched the C-CARERS Project at Plumas District Hospital! Partnering with NorCal communities to amplify caregiver voices in rural and underserved areas, focusing on Alzheimer's care equity & support. Learn more:

Proud committee member of the newly minted Dr. @hoodsociologist, who defended her dissertation on how sanadoras tradicionales en Oaxaca (traditional healers in Oaxaca) preserve ancestral knowledge while confronting ecological threats. #IndigenousKnowledge ✨🥂✨

Inspired after attending Justice in Aging’s special event honoring Dr. Margot Kushel MD. Appreciation to Kevin Prindiville and the JIA team for hosting an impactful celebration, and for their ongoing work ensuring older adults receive the rights and respect they deserve.

What an incredible honor to speak at Discovery Talks during @UCSF’s Alumni Weekend. This signature event by the Graduate Division spotlighted the most exciting science, research, and discoveries coming out of UCSF. This is the future of science—grateful to be part of it! #AW25

✨🕯️We gathered to celebrate the life of Dr. June Fisher. She taught me that true innovation isn’t about flashy technology—it’s about designing for the everyday in ways that are essential yet invisible. Her legacy of finding beauty in the mundane will continue to inspire us all.

We met with policymakers about the importance of federal programs that support biomedical research and discovery. Proposed NIH F&A cuts to 15% would cost @UCSF ~$200M annually, threatening life-saving research. We urge protecting the current rate negotiation system.

Celebrating excellence at the 33rd Annual Black Heritage Gala! UCSF @UCSFNurse stands proud - rich in culture, victorious in spirit. An unforgettable night honoring our incredible UCSF community! 🎉 #UCSF #BlackHeritageGala

RT @UCSFGeriatrics: Dr. @JessicaEngMD & Dr. Jason Flatt present to NAPA Advisory Council on the needs of LGBTQIA+ older adults and On Lok’….

Co-editors @daniel_gry, @doctormirza @IncredibleHulko & Anthony Kupferschmidt.

🎉 Call for Abstracts! Thrilled to co-edit a special issue on dementia-inclusive & age-friendly community planning for @tandfonline @PlanningPracti1! Join us in bridging research & practice for more inclusive spaces 🌟 Submit your abstracts by March 31 📑:

RT @daniel_gry: Excited to share: Colleagues in community health, nursing, social work, urban planning and I are editing a Special Issue on….

📚 My winter break reading is @DaveWilliamsATX ’s new book, “Quality as an Organizational Strategy: Building a System of Improvement”! Thank you @MikeTaigman for gifting me an autographed copy! 🚑🤘📈

Had an amazing time at my first @TheIHI Forum in Orlando. Had the incredible opportunity to co-present on #AFHS research with @JorieMichaela, @marydolansky & @SERogersMD. Taking home the message from @donberwick to do more listening and to ask more often: “Tell me more.”

🤸🏻‍♀️Ken Dychtwald challenges us to reimagine #agefriendly care at the @johnahartford spotlight session at the @TheIHI Forum. Aligning healthspans with lifespans means being able to do the things you want to do, with purpose and joy, across every decade of life. #IHIForum

Congratulations to @UCSFMSHAIL cohort 22 alumni Chandler Ho! 🎉 Their groundbreaking capstone project on improving pharmacogenomic testing was showcased at the @TheIHI conference. #IHIForum #ImprovementScience 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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