MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of this organization is the promotion and maintenance of high professional standards of health care for the elderly. The organization accomplishes its mission by:
(1) Assisting in the education of health care professionals in issues of treating and caring for the elderly.
(2) Fostering professional and public awareness concerning multidisclipinary issues in geriatric medicine.
(3) Encouraging health professionals in training to pursue careers in geriatrics and gerontology.
(4) Serving as a forum for discussion of issues pertaining to geriatric medicine by concerned health care professionals.
(5) Acting as a resource to professional and lay organizations, government agencies and community programs in treatment and care of the elderly.
(6) Fostering the above objectives in cooperation with the American Geriatrics Society and by coordinating activities with other professional societies and interested groups.
(1) Assisting in the education of health care professionals in issues of treating and caring for the elderly.
(2) Fostering professional and public awareness concerning multidisclipinary issues in geriatric medicine.
(3) Encouraging health professionals in training to pursue careers in geriatrics and gerontology.
(4) Serving as a forum for discussion of issues pertaining to geriatric medicine by concerned health care professionals.
(5) Acting as a resource to professional and lay organizations, government agencies and community programs in treatment and care of the elderly.
(6) Fostering the above objectives in cooperation with the American Geriatrics Society and by coordinating activities with other professional societies and interested groups.