What’s new in DPEN Research?
DPEN believes in evidence-based best practices in dementia care and for training the next generation of dementia-capable nurses. We generate evidence through our research.
Publications
“Six domains of health: a practical approach to identifying priorities in dementia care”
Sadak T, Borson S. (2023). “Six domains of health: a practical approach to identifying priorities in dementia care.” Frontiers in Dementia 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/frdem.2023.1188953.
“Building a Dementia-Capable Nursing Workforce”
Vasquez L, Schultz M, Ishado E, Borson S, Sadak T. (2023). “Building a Dementia-Capable Nursing Workforce.” Journal of Professional Nursing 46, 31-38.
Learn what undergraduate nursing students want to see in a long-term care clinical training opportunity and how we formed the DPEN Excellence in Long-Term Care externship.
View our research infographic: “Future Nurses: Why Not Dementia Care?”
“A Portrait of Ageism: Worth (More Than) a Thousand Words”
“Assessing Caregiver Needs”
Borson, S. (2021). Assessing caregiver needs. International Psychogeriatrics, 33(4), 331-334. doi:10.1017/S1041610220003877
Presentations
*NEW* Childress, K. “Why Not Long-Term Care?”, presented at the Gerontological Society of America meeting, November 2024, Seattle, WA.
Read more about Kristen’s and other UW School of Nursing faculty and student presentations at GSA.
Ishado E. “Transforming Dementia Care through Increasing Access to Trained Nurse Specialists,” presented at Washington Mental Health Summit, November 2023, Seattle, WA.
Ishado E, McKiddy S, Rosser A. “MYOW: A Pilot Intervention to Improve Dementia Care Partner Self-Care,” presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, August 2023, Virtual. Also presented at UW SoN Nursing Science Day, June 2023, Seattle, WA.
Ishado E, Sadak T, Gable R, Bolor K, Schaffner M. “Excellence in Long-Term Care (LTC) Externship for Registered Nursing Students: An Academic-Practice Partnership,” presented at Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Conference, April 2023, New Orleans, LA. .
Sadak T, Borson S. “Creating the Dementia Palliative Education Network,” presented at the National Symposium for Academic Palliative Care Education and Research, March 2023, Long Beach, CA.