FSCJ Launches Frisch Institute for Senior Care
The newly established Frisch Institute for Senior Care seeks to foster students’ interest in caring for older adults and to prepare students with the latest evidenced-based interventions and knowledge to care for the older adult population.
The Institute’s objectives are as follows:
- To establish a Certificate in Geriatric Care for FSCJ students
- To establish and coordinate a yearly symposium for our nursing, massage therapy and allied health students, as well as skilled nursing and long-term care staff, and with students and faculty at our sister institutions, Jacksonville University, the University of North Florida and Edward Waters College
- To increase opportunities for nursing students in senior-serving organizations such as skilled care nursing homes, senior centers and assisted living facilities
- To integrate, document and serve as a resource for implementing the National League of Nursing’s Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES) in order to improve the quality of care for older adults
- To renovate and enhance an instructional laboratory
Dr. Sarah Llanque was hired as the scholar-in-residence to help FSCJ’s North Campus implement the mission of the Institute.
We are proud to provide a rich environment for students to learn by providing students with real-world geriatric clinical experiences, in order to address projected future growth of our older adult population.
Did you know that the state of Florida has the highest older adult population (60 and older) in the U.S.? In fact, older adults comprise 23% of the population in Florida. This number will increase significantly in the next few decades and by 2030, 41% of those 60 and older will comprise the older adult population.
Please feel free to stop by Frisch Institute for Senior Care (North Campus, Building A, Room A-216) to meet our new scholar-in-residence in person and learn more about the Institute. Also, mark your calendars for April 11, 2016, as this is the day that the annual symposium will take place at Memorial Hospital—more information to come.
We look forward to sharing more exciting news in the future.