Geriatric Investment Program

The Nursing School Geriatric Investment Program (NSGIP) focused on a variety of approaches to advance the quality of health care to older adults. Each School of Nursing contributed a unique and essential building block to the overall framework for a national geriatric nursing educational program. In addition to the $225,000 John A. Hartford Foundation award, each school provided a total of $75,000 matching funds over the course of the three year grant.

NSGIP Program Schools and Area of Emphasis

Case Western Reserve University, Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing [link to sub-page]
Geriatric Nursing Excellence

University of Michigan School of Nursing
Geriatric Nursing: Lead, Link and Learn

University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Building Academic Geriatric Nursing

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Building Capacity in the Nursing Workforce: Caring for Culturally Diverse Elders

University of Rochester School of Nursing
Enhancing Geriatric Nursing Education Offerings

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Virtual Education Addition to Geriatric Education

University of Washington School of Nursing
Enhancement of Geriatric Nursing Education

Cross-cutting Results Reported by Schools

• The grants gave faculty more visibility and prestige, making interdisciplinary contacts more available.
• The grants added prestige to the field and enabled the faculties to establish geriatric nursing as an important entity within their schools, their universities and their community.
• Faculty development occurred by intention and as a result of faculty involvement with some phase of a project.
• Student interest and scholarship in geriatric nursing increased.
• Geriatric Nursing and geriatric health care resources for the school of nursing, the university and the local community expanded.
• Every school enhanced their web site to reflect their expanded geriatric nursing program.
• Every program disseminated their work within its school, within the region, and nationally.

NSGIP Formal Evaluation