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Tracey Chan, PhD, ANP-BC, GAPNA’s Winter 2020 Rising Star, is Graduate Nursing Program Chair and faculty member, Madonna University, Livonia, MI. As aprimary care practitioner, Terry is predominately involved in chronic disease management...

Each year, the GAPNA Foundation organizes conference fundraising events to support research and scholarship awards and grants. Due to the coronavirus, the 2020 conference was virtual, so we could not hold our usual fundraising events. However, we did receive chapter...

In observance of Thanksgiving, the GAPNA National Office will be closed Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27, 2020, and will reopen Monday, November 30, 2020 at 8:30, US Eastern.

The Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative (AELTCC) will host its annual summit virtually December 9-11, exploring the topic: Mitigating Racial Inequities in Post-Acute & Long-Term Care.

"Understanding the Impact and Consequences of Dementia-Related Hallucinations and Delusions From the Long-Term Care Perspective." This program will feature an overview of hallucinations and delusions associated with dementiarelated psychosis. It will focus on the prevalence, impact, and proposed neurobiology of hallucinations and delusions across the dementias and the unmet need for individuals experiencing these symptoms. The webinars are FREE to all.

CNE Webinar on Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE): "The LTC Patient: Don’t Forget the Liver in this COVID World and Beyond." After completing this nursing continuing professional development activity, the learner will be able to outline the roles and responsibilities of the LTC interdisciplinary team in diagnosis and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy (HE).

Complete your evaluations from the 2020 GAPNA Annual Conference by December 31, 2020 to earn your CNE.

"The Gerontological Patient in the Emergency Department," 1.00 - CH. After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to acknowledge the value of an age-friendly emergency department in care delivery with the older adult and their family needs in mind.

Addressing Nursing Home Safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond (approved: 12/14/20).