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Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation
AGES - Area Geriatric Education Scholars Program for UP Youth
AGES 2009 Applications available Click to Download!
AGES 2009 Program Brochure
In The News!
U.P. Youth Explore Health Care (Marquette Monthly / feb08)
Program introduces high school students to health care professions (The Daily Mining Gazette / sep08)
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AGES 2008 Participation Sets Record Level
Marquette, MI - UPHEC sponsored 39 UP high school students at 14 long-term
care sites in Summer 2009.
A total of 85 students have been trained and placed through AGES since 2006. Students led activities, "job shadowed" healthcare professionals and interacted one-to-one with elderly site residents.
AGES participants report that they are "very satisfied" with their educational placements and program content and would recommend the program to their friends. Many emjoyed their AGES experience so much that they remained on as volunteers at their assigned long-term care sites.
AGES alumni report that they are pursuing higher education studies in nursing, physical therapy and pre-medical studies and many report that they would like to pursue healthcare employment in the UP.
Some past AGES students have obtained their certifications and are working as CNAs.
AGES 2008 Program Presented at American Public Health Association Conference
San Diego, CA - AGES program content and findings were presented to attendees at the 2008 annual
conference of the American Public Health Association on October 27 by Carolyn Weissbach, AGES Program Director.
The presentation titled "Area Geriatric Education Scholars Internship Program in Michigan's Upper Peninsula" was delivered as part of a session on "Issues in Long-Term Care and Hospice" sponsored by the APHA's Gerontological Health Section.
2009 AGES Summer Placement orientation starts
Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
AGES aims to:
- Introduce UP youth to careers in geriatric health.
- Address regional health care workforce needs.
- Increase interaction between youth and elderly residents in UP communities.
Piloted in 2006 with seven students placed at three sites in Marquette and Alger Counties, AGES hosted 39 students at 14 long-term care facilities UP-wide in 2008.
AGES Program Director Carolyn Weissbach Welcome Students at Orientation
AGES 2008 Students, Staff and Faculty UPHEC's project partners include Northern Michigan University Seaborg Center, Michigan State University Extension (UP Region), MichiganWorks!, UP community foundations, UP hospital foundations, Great Lakes Center for Youth Development, corporate supporters and association support. We would like to thank all the people and organizations who made this year's program a success. A special thank you goes out to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation for their generous support. Individuals eligible to apply for next year's program include UP students completing their junior or senior year of high school who have a 2.75 GPA, are or will be 16 or older before the beginning of the AGES placement, and who are potentially interested in pursuing a career in geriatric health care or health care in general. The program covers all costs and includes a three-day, pre-placement orientation in Marquette, Michigan, for all accepted AGES students (e.g. successful applicants) and a seven-week paid placement at a long-term health care facility in the intern's home community at partnering sites located throughout the UP. Partners, donors, long-term care facilities interested in participating in the 2009 AGES program, please contact Carolyn Weissbach, AGES Program Director, at cweissbach@mgh.org or (906) 225-6920. Program Dates Summer 2009March 20, 2009
May 8, 2009
May 11 - May 22, 2009
May 25 - May 27, 2009
June 17 – 19, 2009
June 22 – August 7, 2009
AGES 2009 Partnering Long-term Care Sites:
Thank you AGES 2009 Sponsors To Date!
2008 Participants - sites, partners/donors, interns Would you like to add your support? Please contact Carolyn Weissbach, AGES Program Director, at cweissbach@mgh.org or (906) 225-6920 for donor opportunity information. |
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