Deadline Extended for Applications for Participation in Mass General's AgeWISE Program

*** Applications are now due on/by Monday, August 23, 2010 at 5:00 p.m ***

Nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital have been engaged in a multigenerational nurse residency program in geropalliative care for the past three years. Because the nursing staff and administrators believe this program provides cutting-edge care for frail older adults, they are inviting colleagues in the field to join them in making this type of care available to more Americans. This will be a multi-phase project.

Criteria for Participation:
Applications are solicited from all interested organizations. An ideal participating organization would
satisfy all of the following eligibility requirements:

• An academic medical center strongly affiliated with a college of nursing
• An organization holds both Magnet and NICHE designations (preferred)
• Has an ELNEC Trainer on the Core Faculty Team
• Provides Palliative Care Services within the hospital setting
• Has a doctorally-prepared nurse as Site Director appointed for the duration of the project
• Offers the capacity to carry out two successive six-month residencies, involving 10 nurses in each cohort on one or two selected pilot units
• Can provide requisite data for programmatic evaluation (i.e., NDNQI, HCAHPS, etc.)
• Is willing to act as a regional resource in further dissemination
• Has the capacity to engage in transformative learning

For the 1st phase, applications are now due on/by Monday, August 23, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Please send your application to:
Susan Lee, PhD, RN, AgeWISE Project Director
The Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
275 Cambridge Street, 4th floor
Boston, MA 02114
Telephone: 617.724.3534
Facsimile: 617.724.3496
Email: slee40@partners.org

Application Process

• An application from your organization may be submitted by mail or by email. Please include:
• A letter of interest describing (1) why your organization is interested in participating, (2) your
• organization’s capacity for transformative learning, and (3) how your organization may be able to
• help others in your geographic region (3-page limit)
• A description of your organization (1 page)
• A letter of commitment from your organization’s chief nursing officer, indicating organizational
• support of the project and subsequent dissemination activities (1 page)
• A biosketch or CV for your organization’s team Site Director, Site Coordinator, and Nurse Researcher Liaison

Interested in participating? Learn more---read the program brochure and get additional application details.