Scholarship and Fellowship

The American Academy of Nursing, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City and the Atlantic Philanthropies, seeks applicants for Scholarship and Fellowship Programs for Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity. Please check out the announcement for scholarships. Application due date is January 14, 2009.

Conferences

AAPINA Third Annual Conference, "Building our professional community: Networking, role modeling, and building alliances.", March 12-13, 2006, held in Schaumberg Ill. The conference included a half-day workshop on "Aging and Health". For a summary of this session, click here.

AAPINA Fourth Annual Conference, March 31-April 1, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Clinical Issues or Resources

Ethnogeriatric Curriculum on "Mental Health Aspects of Diabetes in Elders from Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds", 2005, developed by the Faculty at Stanford Geriatric Education Center, Stanford University. To request a CD copy for a nominal cost click here.

To learn more about elder mistreatment and abuse visit www.GeroNurseOnline.org

To learn more about ethnogeriatrics and cultural competence for nursing practice, visit www.GeroNurseOnline.org

To learn more about family caregiving for older adults visit www.GeroNurseOnline.org

Find out what clinical issues were discussed at the 2006 AAPINA Annual Conference, Aging and Health Workshop. click here

Get Continuing Education Units at www.GeroNurseOnline.org

News on Geriatric Care

Home Care
The Visiting Nurse Associations of America Curricula for Homecare Advances in Management and Practice (VNAA CHAMP), a 4-year project funded in 2004 by the Atlantic Philantrophies, provides training to nurse managers to incorporate evidence-based best practices in their agencies. The program is delivered in a combined approach of a user friendly E-Learning system and face-to-face workshops. For more information visit http://www.vnaa.org/champ.

Academic Centers of Excellence
The June/August 2006 issue of Nursing Outlook was devoted to The Hartford-funded Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (HCGNE) composed of Oregon Health and Science University, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of California San Francisco, University of Iowa, and University of Pennsylvania.

These centers are part of the John A. Hartford's Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) initiative coordinated by the American Academy of Nursing. It's emphasis is to expand the number of emerging geriatric nursing leaders with innovative models. Predoctoral and post-doctoral fellowships are available.

For more information on BAGNC visit http://www.geriatricnursing.org/.

BAGNC Press Release from Program Director Director Patricia D. Archbold, DNSc, RN, FAAN. click here.