During Careers in Aging Week (from April 1 to 5), see the attached flyer or click here for campus opportunities to learn about how you can support healthy aging in your future career. Highlights include: …
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Creating Dementia-Friendly Communities – CARE Connections
How can community groups improve quality of life for people living with dementia and their family, care partners, and friends? Wisconsin’s Fox Valley Memory Project has been fostering dementia-friendly communities for more than a decade. …
Making Hospitals More Dementia Friendly – CARE Connections
How can hospitals—with their often confusing and hectic environments—become more supportive of patients living with dementia and their family care partners? Read how three Wisconsin hospitals are meeting the needs of this patient population in …
Understanding the Needs of Heart Failure Patients – CARE Connections
What happens if patients aren’t able to follow care instructions—and their healthcare providers (and sometimes the patients themselves) don’t realize that they can’t? Read how researchers seek to better understand and meet the needs of …
“We Need to Have Our Voices Heard”: A Menominee Elder’s Perspective – CARE Connections
“I used to introduce myself by saying I am an elder in denial and I’m also a recovering Tribal Chairman,” laughs Karen Washinawatok. Wishnawatok, the former Chair of the Menominee Tribal Government, served as this …
Changing Care and Engaging Communities for Healthy Aging – CARE Connections
“What we do to fix our communities for older people fixes it for everybody,” according to a clinical nurse specialist in geriatrics. Learn about age-friendly intergenerational and community initiatives in the current issue of CARE …
CARE Seeks Student for Our Advisory Committee
Do you want to make professional connections with local providers and community leaders, and advocate for older adult health and well-being? Are you looking for a leadership position to build your resumé? The School of …
Student leadership opportunity: Apply by October 18
Do you want to make professional connections with local providers and community leaders, and advocate for older adult health and well-being? Are you looking for a leadership position to build your resumé? The School of …
Health Equity for Hmong Elders – September CARE Connections
How would you meet your health needs if simply communicating with healthcare providers were a struggle? Read how School of Nursing Assistant Professor Maichou Lor, PhD, RN is working to improve healthcare for people with …
Student leadership opportunity: CARE Advisory Committee
Do you want to make professional connections with local providers and community leaders, and advocate for older adult health and well-being? Are you looking for a leadership position to build your resumé? The School of …