Geriatric Education Centers:

This book explores changes in the structure, §activities, and relationships of Geriatric Education §Centers (GECs) over time in their pursuit of §sustainability, and hypothesizes that GECs have §shifted from the old economy, or the public good §knowledge regime, to the new economy, or the §academic capitalist knowledge/learning regime. It §tracks and explains how the change from one regime §to another occurred by identifying the ways in which §GECs have pursued sustainability, the kinds of §entrepreneurial activities in which they have §engaged, the ways in which they have created markets §and circuits of knowledge, the role of interstitial §and intermediary organizations, and the enhancement §and expansion of managerial capacity. It explores §conditions that foster sustainability, including §economic trends and policies at the federal and §state level, economic and political forces at the §institutional level, and the building of opportunity §structures within the field of gerontology at the §professional level. Finally, it discusses the role §of GECs in addressing the geriatric capacity of the §health professions.