About the Central Plains Geriatric Education Center

The Central Plains Geriatric Education Center (CPGEC) has been providing geriatric training and resources to facilitate and promote high quality, evidence-based and state-of-the-art care to the older population since 1998. The CPGEC is housed at the Landon Center on Aging, on the campus of the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). Its continuing education programs are developed to meet the needs of health and human services professionals – RNs, LPNs, CNAs, LMHTs, Administrators, Aides, Social Workers, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and other Allied Health Professionals – who care for geriatric patients in long-term care, home health and other settings.

Program Locations

All of the programs  will originate at the Landon Center on Aging on the campus of the University of Kansas Medical Center. Additionally, the programs will be broadcast by Interactive Televideo (ITV) to other sites across the region. We have confirmed the availability of ITV sites located in the offices of the KU Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) and some additional sites across the state. We have included this information with program listings. We will continue to make these programs available to other ITV sites across the region as requested and as the host sites are available. If your facility is not one of our current ITV sites but has ITV capability, please contact us if you would like more information on becoming an ITV site for our programs.

These programs are supported by funds from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration, the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPR), Division of Nursing (DN), under grant number D62HP06621, Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program, for $172,800. The information or content and conclusions presented in these programs are those of the presenters and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by the U.S. Government, DHHS, BHPR or the DN.

This program is supported by funds from the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under grant number D31HP08806, Geriatric Education Centers, for $389,476. The information or content and conclusions are those of the presenters and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by the BHPr, HRSA, DHHS or the U.S. Government.

The programs are also supported by a grant from the Kansas Department on Aging.