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New York University’s Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing to Receive AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award
New York University’s Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing to Receive AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award at National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Washington, D.C. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing identifies and shapes best practices for care of older adults Visionary Leadership Award from the…
Author: The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing
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Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity: Scholarship & Fellowship Programs
The American Academy of Nursing, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City and the Atlantic Philanthropies, seeks applicants for the following Scholarship and Fellowship Programs: The Predoctoral Scholarship program is designed to support 2 years of doctoral work for nurses…
Author: American Academy of Nursing
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Experts Work to Transform Nursing Home Care
What are the best ways to improve nursing home care in the United States? Original Source By Jennifer Larson, contributor What are the best ways to improve nursing home care in the United States? That’s the question asked by a group of academics and nursing…
Author: NurseZone.com
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Nurses: The Critical Link in Improving Health Care for the Underserved
Jennifer Wilson, Bermuda’s Nurse of the Year for 2008, spends her days driving the Azmobile from one island school to another. She coordinates an island-wide asthma education programme for Open Airways, an Atlantic-supported organisation that has helped cut hospital admissions for asthma sufferers by nearly…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Nursing and Dental Faculty and Students Engage in Oakland School-Based Clinics
Karen Duderstadt with students at James Madison Middle School (photo by Elisabeth Fall) By Martha Ross Two eighth-graders come running into the health clinic at James Madison Middle School in East Oakland. The boys have an emergency of sorts. They want to know if they can borrow…
Author: UCSF Science of Caring
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Eldercare Workforce Alliance to Address the Critical Shortage of Healthcare Workers Capable of Meeting the Needs of Older Adults
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) — a new coalition of 25 leading organizations representing older adults and the eldercare workforce, including family caregivers, healthcare professionals, and direct-care workers — is holding its founding meeting this week in Washington, D.C. This wide array of national organizations…
Author: Eldercare Workforce Alliance
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AAFP FOUNDATION RECEIVES $2.9 MILLION GRANT TO FOCUS ON ENSURING HIGH-QUALITY GERIATRIC CARE
The following information was released by the American Academy of Family Physicians: Family physicians and America’s seniors stand to benefit from a $2.9 million grant recently awarded by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the AAFP Foundation. The three-year grant is to help the Academy develop and…
Author: States News Service
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Alameda County Health Clinic Network for Neediest
Karen Gersten-Rothenberg, director of Havenscourt Health Center, talks with Carlos Aguilar and his mother. Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle By Stephanie M. Lee Getting blood drawn should have been an easy part of Selesi Alatini’s checkup. But on this day, the nurses at Havenscourt Health…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle
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Caring for Aging Loved Ones Can Be a Catch-22
In her long struggle to care for her gravely ill husband, journalist and Passages author Gail Sheehy recalls one defining moment. More than a year ago, her husband, publisher Clay Felker, was being discharged from a New York City rehabilitation facility after spending several months…
Author: The Washington Post
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Coalition Launches New Campaign for Quality, Affordable Health Care for All
Washington, DC- July 8, 2008 Today in Washington, DC and 52 cities across the country, including 38 state capitals, a new national campaign is bringing together millions of Americans to demand quality, affordable health care for all. Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is being…
Author: Health Care for America Now!
