UB’s Team Alice gives students, providers and the public the tools they need in order to prevent potentially lethal medical errors in older adults
By Ellen Goldbaum – University of Buffalo News
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The nation’s oldest charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of older Americans has chosen the University at Buffalo as its partner in an effort to better protect older adults from preventable medical errors.
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is working with UB faculty to disseminate to the organization’s national audience the message of Team Alice, an interprofessional research, education and advocacy program that’s part of UB’s Center for Successful Aging. The goal of the collaboration is to educate older adults about the dangers of overmedication and to empower them to actively participate with their health care providers in making medication decisions.
