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Fostering The Health of Older Adults
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Events within and connected with the topics of gerontology and geriatrics will be posted here on a regular basis. You can suggest an event for listing here.
Please note: For AGNA Chapter events, click here
EVENTS
1
15th National Conference on
Gerontological Nursing
May 27-30, 2009
Banff Centre
We NEED AGNA members for all committees. Check out CGNA 2009 to find out how to get involved!
New Continuing Care Standards for Alberta
The new standards were released by the Minister May 2006, to be fully implemented by Spring 2007.
The standards have been updated Spring 2007
A copy of the standards is available at www.continuingcare.gov.ab.ca
NEW LINKS
Visit our Link page and check our new links.
Delirium
The Health Canada website has a section called “It’s Your Health” which provides a fact sheet about “Seniors and Aging - Assistive Devices”. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/life-vie/seniors-aines_ad-af_e.html There are other fact sheets which may be found at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/index_e.html
The Canadian Coalition for Senior's Mental Health has practice guidelines on:
Depression
Mental Health in LTC
Suicide
Available at www.ccsmh.ca
Have you joined NICENET - the Canadian Initiative for Care of the Elderly?
Check it out at:
www.nicenet.aging.utoronto.ca/en/introduction
http://nicenet.aging.utoronto.ca/en/NICENews
Connect to GeroNurse on Line
Nurse Competence in Aging is a 5-year initiative funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc., awarded to the American Nurses Association (ANA) through the American Nurses Foundation (ANF), and represents a strategic alliance between ANA, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, Division of Nursing.