1999 Fellows: (pictured above from left to right)

Elizabeth Beattie: PhD, RN, University of Michigan, Shcool of Nursing: Etiology and nursing management of disruptive behaviors associated with dementia

Karen Feldt, PhD, RN, CS, GNP, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing: Care of cognitively impaired elders in people with dementia

Christine Kovach, PhD, RN, Marquette University, College of Nursing (WI): Improving nursing care delivered to people with dementia

1999 Scholars:

Howard Butcher, RN, PhD, CS, University of Iowa, College of Nursing: Phenomenological description of dispiritedness in later life.

Pamela Cacchione, BSN, MSN, PhD, St. Louis Univeristy, School of Medicine & School of Nursing (MO): Evaluating and improving cognitive function in elderly long-term care setting

Nancy Edwards, PhD, RN, C, Purdue University, Division of Nursing (IN): Quality of life issues in older adults

Susua Fetzer, PhD, MBA, MSN, BA, BSN, University of New Hampshire, Department of Nursing: Adult critical care nursing practice, perianesthesia

Sarah Forbes, RN, MSN, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center, School of Nursing: Evaluating and improving the quality of care for elders at the end of life

Janice Fries, RN, PhD, Capital University, School of Nursing (OH): Maintenance and promotion of health for older adults

Andrea Jennings, PhD, MSN, MEd, BSN, Cleveland State University, Department of Nursing: Needs development for inner city minority elders, develop / evaluate case management strategies

Helen Lach, MSN, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric & Gerontology (MO): Health promotion and disease prevention

Christine Mueller, BSN, MSN, PhD, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing: Nursing care delivery systems / patterns and organizational characteristics  / variables which influence the number, type and use of nursing personnel

Bonnie Nesbitt, PhD, RN, CS, Viterbo College, School of Nursing (WI): Resiliency as related to inner personality strengths of aging persons

Meryl Price, PhD, MS, BS, Saint Xavier University, School of Nursing (IL): Lived experience of family caregivers of elders

Victoria Schirm, PhD, University of Akron, College of Nursing (OH): Clinical care problems of older persons

Teresa Thompson, PhD, RN, CRRN-A, Oakland University, School of Nursing (MI): Geriatric rehabilitation

Barbara Wharton McCabe, PhD, RN, CS, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing: Health and well- being of older adults