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Newsletter Articles/Books

• Ethnicity and Dementia: Chapter 13- Filipno American
  

Published geriatric articles on the Philippine American Nurse Newsletters

• NCA Grant Awarded to PNAA: Why PNAA Embraces Competence in Aging (Spring/Summer 2006 Supplement)
  

• The Aging Patient: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, What Can Nurses Do? by Tess Laoruangroch, RN, CCRN, MPH (Spring/Summer 2006 Supplement, p.3)
  

• Osteoporosos by Deovina N. Jordan, MSN, MPH, BSN, RN, BC (Spring/Summer 2006 Supplement, p.4)
  

• Retirement Lessons from Working with Butterflies by Maria Redona Couper, PNAA Advisor (Spring/Summer 2006, p.8)
  

• Transitions into  Nursing Homes by Older Adults with Dementia by Jenice Guzman, RN, MSN (Fall/Spring 2005)
  

Educational Offerings

• Stanford Geriatric Educational Center :  The Stanford Geriatric Education Center provides a variety of ethnogeriatric programs and curriculum resource materials to educate health care professionals on the cultural issues associated with aging and health. The SGEC promotes cultural sensitivity and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care delivered to the rapidly growing population of ethnic minority elders in the United States.
  

• National Institute on Aging: Provides Health Information and Research programs
  

          1. Information and tips on healthy aging, care giving, medications, dietary

             supplements, and diseases. Resources are available in both English and

             Spanish. Copies also are provided in PDF format where applicable.

             Print versions are available for online ordering.   

          2. Research Programs (Extramural) supported by NIA, including studies on the

              mechanisms of aging, the processes of aging, aging and the nervous system,

             and aging in relation to health and disease. NIA supports four extramural

              research programs: 

• Medscape featured CE Articles on Elderly: Login  (free membership) and click on Nurse CE Center
  

           1. Updated Practice Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons

               Moderators shared the latest draft of the updated guideline on preventing falls                     at the 2006 AGS Meeting. CE offered to nurses/APNs.

              Medscape Internal Medicine 2006

          2. Improving Geriatric Quality of Life

               Learn the basic principles for handling ethical situations involved in elder abuse.

               CE offered to nurses/APNs.

           3. Improving Geriatric Quality of Life by Integrating Eastern and Western

               Medicine AGS 2006: Integrative medicine for the elderly. Will East ever meet                     West? CE offered to nurses/APNs.

           4. A Year in Review and Looking Ahead: New Pharmaceutical Treatment Options

               in the Elderly  CE

           5. Emerging Practice and Policy Issues for Gerontological Nurse Practitioners CE

           6. Research Agenda for Frailty in older Adults CE

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