Expert Panel on Aging

The Expert Panel on Aging develops health policy recommendations to influence national and state level aging and long-term policies and programs. The panel promotes knowledge development and advances evidence-based innovations to improve health care and health care delivery for older adults.

Inaugural Year: 1998

Lead Co-Chair:
Wanda Spurlock, DNS, RN-BC, CNE, FNGNA, FAAN
Professor 
Southern University and A&M College, School of Nursing

Co-Chair:
Pamela Z. Carchione, PhD, RN, CRNP-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor, Geropsychiatric Nursing 
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Co-Chair Appointee:
Melissa Batchelor-Murphy, PhD, RN-BC, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN
Associate Professor; Geriatric Nursing Researcher
George Washington University, School of Nursing

Board Liaison: Paula Milone-Nuzzo, PhD, RN, FHHC, FAAN

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Previous Chairs: Karen Moomaw Rose (2017-2018), Adriana Perez (2016-2017), Susan Reinhard (2005), Mary Ann Rosswurm (1998)

Publications: 

• Policy Brief: Admit to observation status. Nursing Outlook 64 (November 2016) 604-606.
• Policy Brief: Registered nurse staffing requirements in nursing homes. Nursing Outlook (September 2016) 507-509.
• Policy Brief: Elder justice: Preventing and intervening in elder mistreatment. Nursing Outlook 63 (September 2015) 610-613.
• Policy Brief: Carpe diem: Nursing making inroads to improve mental health for elders. Nursing Outlook 60 (March 2012) 107-108.

Related News: 

• Academy Designates Sarah Szanton an Edge Runner for CAPABLE, an Aging in Place Program (January 8, 2018) 

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