Geriatric nursing is a field that is currently struggling to emerge. Medicine often focuses on the younger population, while the issues of the elderly are not brought to the forefront. There are, however, a few institutes that are committed to developing geriatric nursing further, and offer excellent resources for both patients and students of gerontological nursing. Here, we’ll take a look at the major geriatric nursing institutes working today.

By and large, the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing is the most prominent of all geriatric nursing institutes. A part of New York University’s College of Nursing, the Hartford Institute has worked since 1992 to improve the quality of geriatric nursing care through education and training of America’s nurses. Hartford has partnered with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in order to support geriatric nursing education. The Hartford Institute’s website is full of useful resources for geriatric nursing students, including educational review materials, assessment tools, resource links, and much more.

You will also find that the Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging is a major organization of support for gerontological nurses. The Center was established in 1999 and carries on the University of Rochester School of Nursing’s mission to support all facets of care, including the value of interdisciplinary care for the ghronically ill. Through the Center, the gerontological community can find links and associations between researchers, health care providers, and the general community. Some of the activities the Center provides include study programs, preventive research, and federally funded research projects.

With the help of these two institutes and others like them, the field of geriatric nursing continues to grow, and the elderly population receives better care in their time of medical need, as well as at the end of life.