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Gerontological Education Toolkit
Introducing
Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors
Gerontological Education Toolkit
ACES, Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors, is a grant funded initiative to foster gerontological nursing education for pre-licensure nursing programs. The ACES website is your go-to place for the gerontological resources for faculty and students. Check the ACES webpage for:
- Classroom-ready teaching tools and strategies
- Curriculum guidelines and examples
- Information about upcoming faculty development events
The three-year ACES grant, funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, is a collaborative effort between the National League for Nursing and the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP). In addition, Laerdal Medical Corporation is providing support to develop simulations and unfolding case studies related to care of older adults. ACES also received funding from the Independence Foundation of Philadelphia, CCP's local funding partner. The grant has four objectives:
- Develop a set of minimum standards of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to care for older adults for pre-licensure nursing students
- Disseminate and publicize minimum standards and existing resources
- Provide NLN-based faculty development workshops about use of the minimum standards and other products and tools developed with The John A. Hartford Foundation funding
- Enhance student expertise in geriatric care by incorporating appropriate content into clinical nursing education through the innovative use of simulations and unfolding case studies
The website is dynamic and will grow and evolve and new materials will be posted as they are developed by our expert teams. Check back often to find new and useful information.
The following links will take you to the tools you need to integrate gerontological content into your curriculum.
The National League for Nursing and the Community College of Philadelphia are collaborative partners on this initiative.
 Community College of Philadelphia is the largest public institution of higher education in Philadelphia. More than 90 percent of the College's graduates remain in the area and seek employment, strengthening the local economy and workforce. Since its first graduating class in May 1968, the Nursing program has graduated more than 3,400 registered nurses. The Nursing curriculum prepares students for staff nurse positions in acute, long-term care and community-based facilities. Community College of Philadelphia seeks to create a caring environment which is intellectually and culturally dynamic and encourages all students to achieve.
This initiative is funded by our partners The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Independence Foundation and Laerdal.
 Founded in 1929, The John A. Hartford Foundation is a committed champion of training, research and service system innovations that promote the health and independence of America's older adults. Through its grantmaking, the Foundation seeks to strengthen the nation's capacity to provide effective, affordable care to this rapidly increasing older population by educating "aging-prepared" health professionals (physicians, nurses, social workers), and developing innovations that improve and better integrate health and supportive services. The Foundation was established by John A. Hartford. Mr. Hartford and his brother, George L. Hartford, both former chief executives of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, left the bulk of their estates to the Foundation upon their deaths in the 1950s. Additional information about the Foundation and it programs is available at www.jhartfound.org.
 Laerdal, one of the world's leading providers of Healthcare Solutions, is dedicated to helping save lives with products and services for Airway Management, Immobilization, Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, Patient Care, Self-Directed Learning, and Medical Education. We are pleased to serve all healthcare providers and educators, from the lay rescuer to the medical professional.
 The Independence Foundation is a private, not-for-profit philanthropic organization serving Philadelphia and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties. The Foundation's mission is to support organizations that provide services to people who do not ordinarily have access to them. The Foundation's current funding agenda includes the following areas of interest: Nurse Managed Health Care, Culture and the Arts, Public Interest Legal Services, and Health and Human Services, with special focus on food distribution, housing for the homeless, and services which help people with disabilities to lead independent lives. The Foundation also has two special initiatives: Public Interest Law Fellowships and Fellowships for Visual and Performing Artists.
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