Faculty Institute for Gerontological Nursing
In an effort to expand Massachusetts’ capacity to educate more nurses to provide quality care in long term care facilities, the Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Nursing, established the Faculty Institute for Gerontological Nursing in 2011. The Faculty Institute was designed to enhance nursing faculty knowledge of geriatric nursing care and quality care practices in long term care facilities and provide tools and resources that faculty can incorporate into their curriculum and teaching. Nine nursing faculty members participated in the 2011 Faculty Institute, held from August 15-19, 2011.
Mass Senior Care Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2012 Faculty Institute for Gerontological Nursing, scheduled for August 13-17, 2012. Eligible applicants include full or part-time nursing faculty, including clinical faculty, employed at a Massachusetts nursing program (BSN, ADN, LPN, Diploma). There is no cost for participation. For more information, please contact Carolyn Blanks, Executive Director, Mass Senior Care Foundation, at cblanks@maseniorcare.org.
2012 Application Materials
Program Announcement
Program Application
2011 Faculty Institute Class: Top Row, Left to Right- Mary Dent (Greenfield Community College), Maureen Ricotta (Quinsigamond Community College), Jane Case (Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School) and Theresa Brownlee (American International College). Bottom Row, Left to Right- Melissa DeMayo (Assabet Valley Regional Technical School), Sharon DiPasquale (Becker College), Erin Lamoureux (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Elizabeth Fiscella (Berkshire Community College) and Sarah Belisle (University of Massachusetts, Lowell).
Carolyn Blanks, Executive Director of the Mass Senior Care Foundation, welcomes the inaugural class this past summer.
For additional information, please contact Carolyn Blanks, Executive Director, Mass Senior Care Foundation at cblanks@maseniorcare.org.