Week In Review

Aurora Health has partnered with the AGS's Acute Care Special Interest Group and Clinical Practice and Models of Care Committee on their Geriatric Models of Care Collaborative. The Geriatric Models of Care Collaborative provides the opportunity to learn about different geriatric models of care to address the needs of complex older adults through its quarterly webinars featuring new research in geriatrics care and recent Models of Care papers. 

Join us on June 10th at 3:00 pm ET for the next Virtual Meeting featuring:

Michelle S. Keller from USC  presenting on “Improving Follow-Up After Fall Risk Screening: A Quality Improvement Initiative in Primary Care After the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit”.

Zaldy Tan, MD and Nabeel Qureshi, PhD, MPH presenting on  “A Multicomponent Approach to Screening for Dementia in Older Hospitalized Patients"

Register here

Readers of Last Week in Washington: News of Interest to AGS Members (LWIW) know that we are big fans of Your Local Epidemiologist, helmed by Dr. Katelyn Jetelina. On June 3rd, YLE covered COVID vaccines (among other things), recommending that now may be an appropriate time for vulnerable individuals, particularly those age 65 and older, to receive a COVID vaccine before a potential summer wave. She noted that while COVID activity remains very low nationwide and no clear summer surge has emerged, vaccination continues to provide an estimated 50–60% additional protection for high-risk individuals compared with those who are unvaccinated. YLE also provides an update on where we are with updated COVID vaccines for the fall. They are expecting the FDA to approve updated vaccines but things get a bit murkier after that given that the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is currently being reconstituted. As YLE reports, changes and uncertainty in the federal vaccine recommendation process may lead to a less predictable rollout than in previous years. Learn more here.

The AGS/ADGAP 2026 Compensation & Productivity Survey is now open for geriatrician members! Complete the survey today and gain immediate access to the latest geriatrics-specific data through the AGS/ADGAP Compensation and Productivity Benchmarking Tool. With this robust dataset, you will be able to:

• Compare yourself to your peers and leverage the insights to advance your career
• Make better compensation decisions based on role, level, geography, and more
• Benchmark your practice or program against others nationwide using up-to-date, real-world data
• Track how key metrics shift year over year      

The survey takes only 10-15 minutes and even less if you completed it last year. Remember, the more AGS/ADGAP members that complete the survey, the richer and more meaningful the data. 

Log in with your AGS credentials here to complete the survey.

Please note that because of new security measures implemented, you may encounter a security prompt asking you to "allow access" when logging in. Please be assured that the links to the Compensation Survey and Tools from our website, listserv and AGS emails are verified, legitimate, and safe.

The recording of the #AGS26 Update on Vaccination Strategies for Older Adults session is now available on GeriatricsCareOnline.org. Learn about the latest on vaccinations for older adults based on the CDC’s guidance and recommendations, vaccine policy, and findings from the AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative in the forthcoming JAGS manuscript.

Access the recording today!

Call for #AGS27 Program Proposals

We're looking ahead to building the program for #AGS27 and the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting Program Committee needs your help! We're accepting program proposals through June 30 for #AGS27, which will be held in Atlanta, GA May 20-22, 2027 (Pre-conference day: May 19). Get all the information you need about submitting and visit the online submission site here.

The Larry A. Green Center is conducting a series of clinician surveys to better understand the effects, response, and capacity of primary care practices given the rapidly evolving policy environment. Results from past surveys were shared with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) leaders and published as a Milbank Memorial Fund Issue Brief. The latest survey is focused on the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary care settings. It takes less than 5 minutes to complete and responses are required by Thursday, June 11, 11:59 pm PT. Click here to take the survey.

The AGS Opportunities for Investigators resource serves as a central location for geriatrics and aging-related opportunities such as grant funding, presentation or publication submissions, travel stipends for scholarly meetings, networking events, comment periods, and in-person or virtual meetings and webinars. A few opportunities we'd like to include are:

• The IMPACT Collaboratory plans to publish a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCT) Planning Grants Program. This RFA focuses exclusively on non-pharmacological interventions to improve the management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in nursing home settings, consistent with Stage IV effectiveness trials conducted under real-world conditions. Click here to read the full RFA.
   
• The IMPACT Collaboratory will fund up to three awards for up to $300,000 over 18 months for pilot embedded pragmatic trials (ePCTs) that are designed to demonstrate feasibility and inform the design of a future full-scale ePCT to evaluate non-pharmacological interventions embedded in health care system(s) for people living with dementia and their care partners. Join the informational webinar June 11th at 2pm ET for details. Register here. Read the Request for Applications.
   
• The IMPACT Collaboratory will fund up to two awards of up to $240,000 over 24 months for Career Development Awards to prepare emerging investigators to lead ePCTs that improve care for people living with dementia and their care partners. Join the informational webinar on June 23rd at 4pm ET for details. Register here. Read the Request for Applications.

The MyAGSOnline Events Calendar is a valuable resource to discover and register for upcoming events, webinars, and other opportunities. An upcoming events we'd like to highlight is:

• Join Next STEPs at their latest webinar on June 17th at 1pm ET titled Navigating Human Subjects Protections in Nursing Home Research; The IRB, Informed Consent, and DSMPs.

Have an opportunity or event you'd like to see listed? Email the details to Jennifer Fisher at jfisher@americangeriatrics.org