Editors note: Journal of Gerontology & Geriatrics Research

Nursing home research: the first International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) research conference.

The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics held its first conference on nursing home research in St Louis, MO, in November 2013. This article provides a summary of the presentations.

Editors note

EDITOR’S NOTE Geopersia is published biannually by the College of Science, University of Tehran, Iran. The College of Science published “Journal of Science”, which covered all fields of basic science, from 1968 to 2010. It was then decided that the College’s journals should be more specialized, and hence publication of Geopersia was launched. Geopersia aims to publish peer-reviewed original...

[Teaching of geriatrics and gerontology at medical schools].

Analysis of goals and approaches in teaching geriatrics and gerontology for undergraduate medical students according to literature and personal 6 years experience. A proposal of "two module model" with introductory module of general gerontology in first years of studium (stress on communication, reflection of the elderly as human beings, their limitations, risks, and needs, lectures for medical...

JOURNaL OF GERONTOLOGy: PSyCHOLOGICaL SCIENCES

JOURNaL OF GERONTOLOGY: PSYchOLOGIcaL ScIENcES