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CARE Seeks Students for Advisory Committee
Are you passionate about supporting older adult health and well-being? Do you want to make professional connections with local providers and community leaders? Are you looking for a leadership position to build your resumé? The …
Making PALS in Rural Wisconsin – CARE Connections
Engaging in physical activity isn’t always easy. In rural areas, there are fewer gyms, less health programming, and often no sidewalks. Read how a School of Nursing-community partnership addressed these needs, in the August issue …
Bringing an Aging Lens to Climate Change Research – CARE Connections
Why is it important for climate change researchers to consider aging, and vice versa? Read about it in the July issue of CARE Connections, the monthly newsletter of the SoN’s Center for Aging Research and …
How Family Can Help Manage Chronic Illness – CARE Connections
How can older adults be supported to manage their chronic conditions? Learn how family members can help — or hinder — chronic illness management in the June issue of CARE Connections, the monthly newsletter of …
Older Adults with Intellectual Disability – CARE Connections
More people with intellectual disability (ID) are living longer. How can nurses support the healthy aging of people with ID? Learn more in the April issue of issue of CARE Connections, the monthly newsletter of …
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 …