THE ACADEMY is purposed to equip nursing students with skills to best practice the scientific study of old age, the process of ageing, and the particular problems of old people and how best to care for them.
The concept of caregiving is relatively novel in Uganda. Golden Age Elderly Homes Uganda (GAEHU) faced challenges of recruiting skilled, competent and compassionate caregivers meeting the high standards demanded in execution of tasks. An opportunity was thus seen in terms of directly providing elderly care services and skilling caregivers thus Golden Age Caregivers and Geriatric Nursing Academy was born