Dementia & Palliative Education Network
TRANSFORMING DEMENTIA CARE
The goal of the Dementia and Palliative Education Network is to transform nursing education to strengthen care for people living with dementia. DPEN does this in 4 main ways:
1. Educating future clinicians
- Every UW School of Nursing student
- UW Dementia Care Scholars
- Excellence in long-term care externship
- Training interprofessional healthcare students
2. Training practicing nurses
3. Supporting care partners
- Preparing healthcare providers for complex medical management in dementia
- Creating care partner support materials
4. Increasing visibility of dementia-nurses
- Queen Silvia Nursing Award
- Dementia and Palliative Education Network Summit