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Gerontology

Why Retire? Career Strategies for Third Age Nurses
By Eileen P. Williamson, 14 July 2010
To retire or not to retire. Is that any longer the question?
AAN announces $2 million in academic geriatric nursing awards
03 June 2010
To date, Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program has supported work of more than 200 fellows and scholars.
STTI creates Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care
02 June 2010
Will help nurses acquire knowledge to deliver best possible care
Geriatric Nursing Knowledge Assessment tool now available
02 June 2010
Helps long-term care nurses identify strengths, weaknesses and available resources
By Claudia K.Y. Lai, 16 April 2010
What would our caregiving look like from the perspective of patients with dementia?
Jacquelin Nowicki
By Jacquelin Nowicki, 24 March 2010
Member poetry
How many nurses will it take?
By Sarah H. Kagan, 16 March 2010
A gerontologist calls for vision, risk-taking and action to transform care of older people.
Counting nurses in a nursing shortage: What of the silent attrition?
By Angela Kydd, 03 March 2010
A former clinician proposes changing the way nurses are counted in the United Kingdom.
Mary Rita Hurley
01 March 2010
Her "gero story" begins with Annie, Agnes and Josie
Sarah Kagan
10 February 2010
The story of Mrs. Eck, a patient with pancreatic cancer, transformed her shapeless manuscript into a book, says author Sarah Kagan.
Kristene C. Diggins
By Kristene C. Diggins, 30 January 2010
Often, my patients offer me more than the care I give them.
Anita Siccardi
27 January 2010
As dean of Marian University, Anita Siccardi draws upon her experience in nursing, education and the military.
STTI launches geriatric-pain Web site
15 January 2010
Developed for Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care™
Health care showed modest revenue growth in 2008
23 December 2009
Comprises 30 percent of service sector.
Karen Morin
By Karen H. Morin, 01 December 2009
Excellence is present whenever people commit to doing their best.
Learning what makes dementia patients “tick” aids in restorative care
29 October 2009
Use of humor and play encourages desired response.
Kristene C. Diggins
By Kristene C. Diggins, 22 October 2009
Empowering the caregiver empowers the patient.
AAN showcases nurse-led models of care as path to health reform
17 September 2009
Focus on both older and younger patients
Michael LaFerney
By Michael C. LaFerney, 05 September 2009
It starts with getting rid of the "it's not my patient" mindset.
Kristene Diggins
By Kristene C. Diggins, 01 September 2009
Physical weakness belied his inner strength.
Convention 2009 highlihgts
01 August 2009
Day 4, 40th Biennial Convention
Four STTI members contribute to pressure ulcers white paper
08 July 2009
Paper offers insight on ways to reduce legal vulnerability.
Patricia E. Thompson
By Patricia E. Thompson, 15 May 2009
Connecting generations is a priority for health care.
01 May 2009
The Foundation for the Future of Aging has awarded its first grant to Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing.
Kathy Wright, GNLA participant
By Jane Palmer, 21 April 2009
In a world where everyone’s getting older, we need nurses prepared to lead the way in caring for older people.
Kristene C. Diggins
By Kris C. Diggins, 06 April 2009
I never anticipated that one day I would be working with geriatric patients.
22 February 2009
Sue Ames' career ended prematurely in 1996, when she began to show signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
By Kristene C. Diggins, 20 February 2009
I realized that I often have overlooked my patients’ need for simple affirmation through touch.
20 February 2009
Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing has been awarded a $350,000 grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies.
By Carolyn J. Lee, 15 February 2009
Was she an angel?
By Kristene C. Diggins, 21 November 2008
The tears flowed as she told me about the progression of her husband’s Alzheimer’s disease.
By L.J. Anderson, 20 November 2008
A profile of the San Francisco nurse policymaker who recently took the helm of AARP
Mary Rita Hurley
29 May 2008
Sixteen mentor-mentee pairs will meet June 25-29 in Portland, Oregon, USA, for the first workshop of the inaugural Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy.
Liz Macera
29 May 2008
Elizabeth ''Liz'' Macera, RN, PhD, NP-C, associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing and member of Alpha Eta Chapter, recently returned from her first trip to South Africa.
By Mary Ann G. Abiado, 02 June 2006
With a doctoral degree in fish genetics and reproductive biology, Mary Ann Abiado was well prepared to “take care of fish, spawn them, rear their eggs and young, draw blood, perform feeding studies and collect tissue samples,” but could she do a good job caring for older people? Now pursuing a nursing degree, Abiado describes some of what she learned and observed during 18 days of clinical training in a nursing home.
By Bethel Ann Powers, 02 September 2005
The recipient of the 2004 AJN Book of the Year award for her book on nursing home ethics looks at some of those issues from another, very personal perspective.
Worlds apart
We can see the same things but view them differently. (open access)