American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN)

Geriatric Activities

Publications and Position Statements
Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars
Special Interest Groups

Publications and Position Statements

• Published several articles specific to geriatric nursing care in the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, AANN's official peer-reviewed journal, including:

  • Exploring the Meaning of Symptom Awareness and Unawareness in Dementia
  • Long-term Care Neuroscience: A Viable Specialty Area for Nursing
  • 2 articles on caregiver burden in 2002
  • 5 articles on Parkinson's Disease in 2001-2002
  • 11 articles on stroke in 2001-2002

Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars

• Presented sessions on topics related to competent care of the elderly:
  • Being with End-of-Life: the Personal, the Professional, and the Organizational (2001, Plenary Session)
  • End-of-Life Nursing Education (2001, Pre-conference Workshop)
  • Breaking Bad News at the End of Life (2001, Concurrent Session)
  • Traumatic Brain Injury in the Golden Years (2001, Concurrent Session)
  • End-of-Life Controversies at the Bedside (2001, Concurrent Session)
  • Neurobics Fact or Fiction: Fight Cerebral Flab, Exercise Your Brain (2002, Concurrent Session)
  • The Dilemma of Dementia (2002, Concurrent Session)
• Offer a preconference workshop at the 2005 AANN meeting including:
  • Integrative review of body systems and physical assessments focused on neurological consequences
  • Age-specific diagnostic tests and interpretation
  • Pharmacological issues for the aging neuroscience patient
  • Behavioral management for the aging neuroscience patient
  • Caring for the patient with dementia.
• Closed Head Injury in the Elderly (2005, Concurrent Session)
• Neurologic Examination of the Older Adult (2005, Concurrent Session)

Special Interest Groups

• Develop a geriatric special focus group with a list serve and on-site meetings at the annual AANN conference.