Award: Terry Fulmer Earns GSA's 2019 Donald P. Kent Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — has named Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, President of The John A. Hartford Foundation as the 2019 recipient of the Donald P. Kent Award.
This distinguished honor is given annually to a GSA member who best exemplifies the highest standards for professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service, and interpretation of gerontology to the larger society. It was established in 1973 in memory of Donald P. Kent, PhD, for his outstanding leadership in translating research findings into practical use.
Dr. Fulmer is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in geriatrics and is best known for conceptualization and development of the national NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) program and research on the topic of elder mistreatment, work that has been funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Nursing Research. Her tireless efforts have resulted in important evidence-based approaches, tools, and resources — and over the course of her career, have improved the geriatric competence of the workforce and made health care delivery more responsive to the needs of older adults.
More recently, as president of The John A. Hartford Foundation, Fulmer envisioned a movement to embed the evidence-based best practices that are most important to the health and well-being of older adults consistently and reliably across all settings of care, to build system-wide competence in care for older adults. The resulting Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, launched in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in 2016, now engages a broad array of geriatrics experts and organizations.
The award presentation will take place at GSA’s 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting in November.
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