2004-2005 Scholars

Pictured are de Tornyay Center Healthy Aging Scholars
at our May 2005 Scholars Presentations & Reception.

Below is a list of our scholarship recipients for the 2004-2005 academic year and their research topics. By clicking on the research topics for some of the students, you will be linked to their brief Powerpoint slides that were presented at our Healthy Aging Scholars Presentations and Reception events.

To view scholarship recipients from previous years or for more information about scholarship opportunities,
please click one of the links below:

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Program	Student	Topic	Faculty Mentor
2004-2005 BSN	Deborah Eraker	Assessing undergraduate nursing students' knowledge of elder mistreatment	Maggie Baker
	Alia M. Fink	HIV risk factors for older adults	Barbara Burns McGrath
	Jenny Forbes	Tai Chi and older adults: evaluation of the evidence and rigor of the research	Basia Belza
	Teresa Gegax	Understanding sleep quality in older adults	Carol Landis
	Ashley Hapak	Chemotherapy within the geriatric population: the importance of treating an individual	Vicky Hertig
	Julie Hendricks	American Indian elder health: a literature review and community involvement	Doris Boutain
	Karla Meucci	Issues of medication adherence in persons with Alzheimer's disease	Maggie Baker
	Erin Stoy	The benefits of Pranayama on lung function in the aging adult	Cathryn Booth-LaForce
	Annelisa Tornberg	Intergenerational programs and their impact on the health and well-being of communities, children, and older adults	Rebecca Kang
	Cindy Wong	The impact of family support on the well-being of older adults living in nursing homes	Mary Ersek
2004-2005 MN	Michelle Beninato	Intergenerational programs: family and friends' perspective	Debbie Ward
	Lica Iwasaki	As simple as being thirsty: a complex problem of hydration among the elderly in an assisted living facility	Debbie Ward
	Mary Wilcox	The Health Enhancement Program (HEP): element utilization	Basia Belza
2004-2005 PhD	Anna Zisberg	Influence of routine on functional status in elderly: development and validation of an instrument to measure routine	Heather Young
2004-2006 Hartford MN/GNP	Viet Nguyen	The effectiveness of prevention and treatments for pneumonia in the nursing home population	Basia Belza
2003-2005 Hartford MN/GNP	Maia Syfers	Motivators and barriers to diabetes self management with home use of an automated blood pressure cuff	Susanna Cunningham