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May 12, 2008

MU Sinclair School of Nursing Interdisciplinary Projects Receive Top Honors from the American Academy of Nursing

MU Sinclair School of Nursing Interdisciplinary Projects Receive Top Honors from the American Academy of Nursing The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) annually selects research/projects that highlight major innovations in the field of nursing and improve the health care profession overall. Last month, two MU Sinclair School of Nursing interdisciplinary projects, TigerPlace and Aging-In-Place, received the AAN's Edge Runner awards and they are now being used as national examples. "TigerPlace is a new model of care for older adults and with four years experience we can show it's working," said Marilyn Rantz, executive director of the aging-in-place project at the School. "Americare and the School are providing the type of care that older adults want – independence with proactive health care. Seniors don't want to be in a traditional nursing home setting."

January 24, 2008

Stunt Actors Video Press Release

MU researchers train stunt actors to fall like seniors. The trained stunt actors will then help in collecting realistic fall data for developing fall detection systems. The participating stunt actors are Adrianne Adderley and Jamie Lindemann.

October 21, 2005

Marilyn Rantz Keynote

Marilyn Rantz delivered a keynote address: "Built for the Future: TigerPlace" at the National Gerontological Nursing Association 20th Annual Convention, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

February 1, 2005

Sensing Change Poster

January 10, 2005

MU College of Engineering, School of Nursing, School of Medicine receive $1.2 million NSF ITR grant

Start work in December on intelligent software aimed at helping seniors

TigerPlace

MU Works on Technology to Increase Independence, Safety for Seniors by Sara Bondioli