 News
from the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
College
of Nursing Receives
$1.3 Million Grant for Elder Care
DEC. 28, 2000 |
The College of Nursing at the University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received
$1.3 million from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York to improve the
quality of health care for elderly Americans.
“Hartford's
Board of Trustees approved these grants to build
academic geriatric nursing capacity. As one of
the nation's outstanding authors of
gerontological nursing, the UAMMS College of
Nursing will add considerable strength to the
Foundation's new initiative,” said Corinne
H. Rieder, Ed.D., executive director of The
foundation.
The five-year
grant will establish the Hartford Center for
Geriatric Nursing Excellence in the College. It
is one of five recent awards by the private
philanthropic group.
Other schools of
nursing receiving grants are at Oregon Health
Science University, the University of California
at San Francisco, the University of Iowa and the
University of Pennsylvania.
Claudia Beverly,
Ph.D., R.N., will serve as principal investigator
on the project. Dr. Beverly is associate
professor in the College of Nursing and associate
director of the Donald W. Reynolds Center
on Aging.
Kathy Richards, Ph.D., R.N. is co-principal
investigator.
The health of
elders has been a major focus of the College over
the last 25 years. The gerontology faculty
members have assumed strong leadership positions
in nursing research, with $8,548,372 in funding
over five years for studies that emphasize
promoting functional independence, focusing on
patients with dementia and related disorders and
their caregivers.
In addition,
faculty of the College of Nursing has
participated in interdisciplinary gerontological
studies totaling $24,738,567 through key
relationships with the Donald W. Reynolds Center
on Aging and Department of Geriatrics. Other
innovative post-doctoral study in mental health
services research, funded by the Central Arkansas
Veterans Healthcare System and the Department of
Psychiatry, has provided unique opportunities for
gerontological nurses to be involved in
interdisciplinary education and research.
To prepare
nurse leaders to develop supportive care for
elders, the College will offer a B.S.N. Honors
Program in gerontology, a B.S.N. to Ph.D track
with a focus on gerontology, and a web-based
curriculum consultation service to help other
schools of nursing develop gerontological
content.
Links in this
Article
College of
Nursing: nursing.uams.edu/
John A. Hartford Foundation: www.jhartfound.org/
Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging: www.geriatrics.uams.edu/main.asp?flash=no
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