$2.5 million awarded for geriatric health

SAN DIEGO - A coalition of local universities and the county of San Diego was awarded a $2.5 million federal grant to train the next generation of geriatric health workers in the region, San Diego State University announced

today.

The funding will go to SDSU's schools of nursing, social work and graduate public health, UC San Diego's Division of Geriatrics, the county Health and Human Services Agency and county Aging and Independence Services.

Together, they'll create the San Diego/Imperial Geriatric Education Center, which will have a focus on Alzheimer's and related dementia.

The Alzheimer's...