{"id":227,"date":"2021-02-11T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T21:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/nursing\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2023-05-05T12:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:13:26","slug":"geriatric-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/nursing\/research-impact\/groups\/geriatric-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Geriatric Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Geriatric Health<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n

Faculty in the School of Nursing provide national leadership in advancing geriatric health care through clinical intervention research, bench science needed for innovative intervention development, and theory development and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team specializes in research from early older adults to the frail and vulnerable who reside in various settings from community-dwelling to long-term care facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following are key areas of focus:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Healthy aging<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Physical mobility and frailty<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Self-management of chronic conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Racial\/ethnical disparities in older adults<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Use of technology in older adults<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Our research in Geriatric Health Care is strengthened by interdisciplinary partnerships, a spirit of innovation, and a focus on methodological sophistication. Interventions currently being studied include technology-based exercise programs such as robots and devices for physical movement, mHealth app for self-management, theory-based behavioral interventions for elderly in assisted living facilities, and medication self-management in African Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n