NICHE – Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders
NICHE, Nurses Improving Care for Health Systems Elders, was started in 1992 and has since evolved into a national
geriatric nursing program comprising of 197 active sites in 38 states, as well as parts of Canada and the Netherlands.
The vision of NICHE is for all patients 65 and over to be given senstive and exemplary care.
NICHE is unlike any other programs in that it does not prescribe how institutions should modify geriatric care; rather, it provides the materials and services necessary to stimulate and support the planning and implementation process. The focus of NICHE is on programs and protocols that are dominantly under the control of nursing practice.
