How can nursing homes provide effective person-centered care? Read how SoN researchers are looking to resident voices and choices to improve care, in the January issue of CARE Connections, the monthly newsletter of the SoN’s …
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Maintaining Connections While Fighting Infections – April CARE Connections
Many of the measures needed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 also limited long-term care residents’ social interactions. Read how innovative nurses and other staff kept residents engaged and safe, in the April issue of …
One Alumna’s Transition to Practice and Beyond – August CARE Connections
Experiences as an undergraduate nursing student shape nursing practice and career choices. Read about UW–Madison School of Nursing alumna Kathryn Gerber’s transition to practice and her advice for current students in the August issue of …
Fostering Relationships in Long-Term Care – March CARE Connections
Relationships are the basis of person-centered care. How can they be fostered in long-term care environments? Read the February issue of CARE Connections, the monthly newsletter of the School of Nursing’s Center for Aging Research …
Summer 2019 service learning course: Community supports for people with dementia
By 2035, some 202,000 Wisconsinites will be living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. More than two-thirds of people with dementia are cared for in the community by family members and friends. What will you …