{"id":1267,"date":"2023-12-15T16:27:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ttgeriatrics.org\/?page_id=1267"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:14:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ttgeriatrics.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1267\" class=\"elementor elementor-1267\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4cbcc4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4cbcc4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87dcc3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87dcc3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">About Us<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d3f56 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85d3f56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a17c83 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a17c83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42a2318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42a2318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/ttgeriatrics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ttgeriatrics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled.png 890w, https:\/\/ttgeriatrics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled-600x477.png 600w, https:\/\/ttgeriatrics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/ttgeriatrics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Untitled-768x611.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f0ee8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17f0ee8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1401cdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1401cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Geriatric Society of Trinidad and Tobago (GSTT), established in October 2023, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healthy ageing and improving the health, well-being, and quality of life of older adults. Through education, advocacy, research, and community engagement, we work to ensure that older persons are valued, respected, and empowered to age with dignity, independence, and purpose throughout Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c157c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c157c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8147410 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8147410\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8a40e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c8a40e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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