About Us
Our Vision
UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging will be the national leader in innovations, education, and training for healthcare that serves older adults.
Our Mission
UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging will develop a comprehensive workforce, undertake research, and disseminate innovations that enable older adults to achieve what matters most in their health care, health, and lives.
The Institute Cores
Clinical Informatics and Decision Support
The core will implement and sustain clinical innovations relying on informatics and decision support tools and patient-facing applications.
Clinical Research and Innovations
The Clinical Research and Innovations Core will develop and support innovative research and healthcare improvement focused on the concept areas outlined in the five-year plan.
Education and Training
The core will identify and support activities occurring within UTHealth Houston with a focus on health professionals' training and community-facing education.
Geroscience
The core will develop a geroscience strategic plan, including efforts to target grant opportunities, development of training programs and strategic recruitments, environment to promote career development and an annual research symposium.
TEAM Program
The Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment (TEAM) program promotes elder justice by establishing a nationally recognized center for Elder Mistreatment education, prevention, intervention, and training.
Donors
We are grateful to our donors who support UTHealth Houston Institute on Aging. Your generosity helps make our work possible, bringing to life advancements in research and education that promote specialized care for older adults. From optimizing medication prescriptions, to improving connections between patients and clinicians, to training health care providers, your gifts make a difference every day.
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Testimonials
This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to work with Dr. Rachel Jantea on a project in the ACE Unit dedicated to preventing delirium. It has been a truly rewarding experience, as I have witnessed firsthand the significant impact delirium prevention can have on the patients being cared for by the ACE Unit team. Delirium is a common, yet preventable, obstacle for many in the geriatric population, especially to maintain overall health and quality of life. Through this project, our goal is to preserve the patient's mental cognition and reduce the occurrence of hospital-acquired delirium. I hope this important work continues to make a positive difference.
Sincerely,
Raia Khan
This summer I have been working on a project develop an inter-professional, individualized, age-friendly dementia care plan to improve quality of care for persons living with dementia in the acute and transitional care settings. To better help formulate this, we plan to distribute a needs assessment survey to healthcare providers, our patients, and their caregivers. I've had a great experience working on this project and I am very blessed to be working with Dr. Jantea, who genuinely commits to nurturing our professional growth. Having the opportunity to work on this project has had profound significance for me as I have seen loved ones struggle with dementia. I am extremely grateful to be able to contribute to helping improve the overall quality dementia care of our patients.
Sincerely,
Fernando Sosa MS2