Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeriti at the University of Iowa, is the Pfizer™ Visiting Professor in Alzheimer's Disease for Spring Semester 2011 at the University of Minnesota. A prolific researcher of issues affecting the elderly, Dr. Buckwalter's work has focused on improving mental health services and providing community-based care for chronically ill older persons. Her specific clinical and research interests are in the area of geriatric mental health. While she is at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Buckwalter will be offering two lectures on the Twin Cities campus which are free and open to the public:

April 13, 2011
4 - 5 p.m.
Beyond Bingo: Training Interdisciplinary Staff to Enhance Activities for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Co-sponsored with the University of Minnesota Center on Aging
Mayo Auditorium, 425 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN
Reception to follow from 5 - 6 p.m.

April 15, 2011
Noon - 1 p.m.
Center for Gerontological Nursing Grand Rounds: Progressive Lowered Stress Threshold Model for Care of Alzheimer’s Patients: Research into Practice
Mayo Memorial Building, Room 3-100

For questions on these lectures, please contact Angela Harrison, Hartford Program Administrator at aharriso@umn.edu or Shelli Quackenboss, Hartford Exec Admin Specialist at quack003@umn.edu.

For more information, click here: http://www.nursing.umn.edu/Hartford/news/kittybuckwalter2011/home.html.

Doug Beardsley
952.851.2489
dbeardsl@careproviders.org

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