YSN Aging Well Initiatives
Better Aging for Every Age
Partner for Aging Well
At Yale School of Nursing, we aim to make wellness inevitable, and nurses, with their holistic and patient-centered approach, are uniquely positioned to redefine wellness approaches to be tailored to the individual. YSN serves as a leading innovator in this movement away from responding only to disease and instead optimizing wellness during the aging process.
This Aging Well Initiative focuses on leveraging current and future knowledge to promote the prevention of disease and wellness across the lifespan—both physical and psychological. This approach, including a focus on precision wellness, recognizes the high degree of variability among people in terms of their physiology, genetics, and other factors that impact what is needed to optimize wellness and emphasize the prevention of illness for each person.
YSN is an exciting, dynamic, and productive hub of inquiry, knowledge discovery, and interdisciplinary research on all aspects of aging well, and we invite you to join us in this mission to elevate wellness. To become a partner in YSN’s Aging Well Initiatives, please contact Gail McCulloch.
Vision and Goals
At Yale School of Nursing we realize that people are unique in their bodily processes, genetics, how they interact with society, and other ways. These things affect what each person needs to have their best wellness and prevent illness at every stage of life. Our vision is to increase the span of wellness and make it inevitable. We are leading the way in the new field of precision wellness.
Our goals are to:
Innovate
Revolutionize clinical care and lifestyle practices, elevating wellness outcomes.
Change Culture
Transform societal attitudes towards aging, fostering a culture that celebrates and supports the journey of aging well.
Collaborate
Provide a hub for scientists specializing in aging, wellness, and brain health.
Spread the Word
Illuminate and disseminate knowledge to academic and every household.
Research and Initiatives
YSN is home to many Aging Well Initiatives and streams of research:
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Aging Well with Chronic Illness Risk factors for suicide among veterans living with and without HIV: a nested case-control study |
Music therapy: Uplifting, reducing stress, and enhancing wellness biomarkers for individuals with dementia and their caregivers. |
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Age Friendly Communities |
Educating nurses and inter-professional healthcare providers to effectively support older adults thriving with multiple chronic conditions, and training dementia nurse specialists for specialized care. Six domains of health: a practical approach to identifying priorities in dementia care |
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Palliative and End-of-Life Care Delivery for People with Non-Cancer Serious Illness |
Preventing cognitive impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease by implementing lifestyle interventions and promoting early diagnosis and treatment. |