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FOX GERI FEATURED
ON XM RADIO

Board President, Tim Fox, PT, DPT, GCS and Executive Director, Mimi Jacobs, PT, MPT, GCS, COS were recently featured on XM Radio in a segment entitled "The Benefits of Therapeutic Exercise and Physical Activity in Long Term Care‚" as a segment in the series "Advances in Long Term Care Medicine"
Program Description
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Fox GERI has received 501(c)3 status from the IRS! All monetary contributions to Fox GERI are now tax deductible. Please contact Mimi Jacobs at mimi.jacobs@foxgeri.org
to learn how your contribution will work towards our programs of providing education to patients, families and caregivers and/or towards advancing our geriatric research.
 
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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FOX GERI!
YOUR SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL IN THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Fox GERI’s collaborative research project “Translation of ESP/Skills2Care” an evidence based program for caregivers of people with dementia won 3 awards!

  • The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving Special Merit Award with support from Johnson&Johnson in Oct 2009
  • The National Family Caregiving Award from the National Alliance for Caregiving with support from MetLife Foundation in July 2010
  • The SAMHSA Science to Service Award from the US Department of Health and Human Services in November 2010

To learn more about our award winning program click here.

Through great volunteer effort to improve the health literacy of older adults and those that care for them, Fox GERI provided more than 200 FREE educational seminars to the public, reaching over 4,400 people in 2010.
Click here to for info on common geriatric medical and rehabilitation topics.

Towards our mission of advancing the fields of geriatric medicine and rehabilitation, Fox GERI provided 12 accredited continuing education courses on geriatric specific topics to physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists and administrators in 2010.
Click here to view our 2011 - 2012 course schedule.
 

FOX GERI
IS A NOT-FOR PROFIT COMPANY.
Our mission is to provide high quality educational services to the public on health
care related issues important to the geriatric population and to advance the fields
of geriatric rehabilitation and medicine through education of health care
professionals and clinical research.