Philippine Nurses Association of America Foundation (PNAAF)

Geriatric Activities

• Launched geriatric resource section of PNAA Web site with access to PNAA geriatric publications including the geriatric/gerontology section and a special geriatric issue of the PNAA newsletter, Philippine American Nurse
• Created a geriatric/gerontology interest group
• Disseminated geriatric/gerontology information through national, regional, and local PNAA conferences in the form of presentations, workshops, and poster sessions
• Created a PNAAF Geriatric/Gerontology Fellowship Award

• Events
• Publications and Position Statements
• Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars
• Special Interest Groups
• Awards

Events

• Geriatric Community outreach coordinated by Edita Reyes, RN, BSN . A Patient Education on Hypertension was held on June 1, 2006 from 10am-11am at Olen Jones Senior Apartment Community in Rancho Cucamonga. This was accompanied by Blood Pressure Screening which was assisted by Star Home Health Resources, Inc. Every 1st Thursday of the month, Ms. Reyes will be speaking of any disease process common to the geriatrics population.
• Health Fair/ Community Outreach Program on July 26 & 27, 2006 at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, 1816 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA for Filipino Veterans in conjunction with honoring them at the 65th Anniversary of the US Armed Forces in the Far East(USAFFE)

Publications and Position Statements

Published geriatric articles on the Phillippine American Nurse Newsletters and posted to the association webiste:

• NCA Grant Awarded to PNAA: Why PNAA Embraces Competence in Aging (Spring/Summer 2006 Supplement)
• The Aging Patient: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, What Can Nurses Do? by Tess Laoruangroch, RN, CCRN, MPH (Spring/Summer 2006 Supplement)
• Osteoporosos by Deovina N. Jordan, MSN, MPH, BSN, RN, BC (Spring/Summer 2006 Supplement)
• Retirement Lessons from Working with Butterflies by Maria Redona Couper, PNAA Advisor (Spring/Summer 2006)
• Transitions into Nursing Homes by Older Adults with Dementia by Jenice Guzman, RN, MSN

Presentations, Workshops and Seminars

• "Depression and Dispiritedness in later Life" .7 CEU- 9/20/06, 8am-4pm at Ritz Charles Hotel, Contact: 913-676-2955,
• "Dementia: Diagnosis, treatment and Long-term care issues" .6 CEU- on 9/29/06, 9am-4pm at Parry Medical Park, Contact: 573-635-5355
• "Aging Gracefully" Oct. 21, 2006, 7:30am-2pm, CEU: 6 Contact hours, PNNAMH Fall Seminar, Contact- Riza Mauricio, RN, MSN, PNP at rmauricio@mdanderson.org
• "Elderly-Handle with Care" - 9/30/06 at the Fresno Ramada Inn, PNACC Annual Workshop, Contact Person is Luz Newell at 559-297-0122/luznewell@yahoo.com

Special Interest Groups

Members of the PNAA Geriatric Project Steering Committee headed by Jenice Guzman, Project Coordinator, attended the Nurse Competence in Aging (NCA)/American Nurses Association (ANA)/Specialty Nursing Association Partners in Geriatrics (SNAPG) Funding meeting in Washington D.C. last October 25, 2006

Awards

Maria Lourdes Bayog is the recipient of the 2006 Phillippine Nurses' Association of America Foundation (PNAAF) Fellow. Ms. Bayog is an MSN student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) specializing in Advanced Community Health and International Nursing. She works as a Clinical Nurse II at the UCSF Medical Center, Adult Medical Surigical Intensive Care Unit.