Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The content is intended to encourage nurses to understand the special needs of older adults and use the highest standards of practice in caring ...

Falls and their subsequent outcomes are serious health threats for older adults. An estimated one-third ... over one-half to two-thirds of nursing home residents fall; and approximately one ...

Students will: Develop advanced skills in communicating with adults, health assessment, treating common health problems, health teaching, and nursing interventions and evaluation Prepare as nurse ...

A pilot program rooted in the “teaching ... for nursing students in nursing homes … to improve resident care [and] to teach nursing students about providing care for older adults,” Kitt ...