Michael Cary, associate professor; was recently named Duke's Blue Devil of the Week in an article entitled "Blue Devil of the Week: Showing How to Care for Older Adults" published by Working@Duke!

Cary said that he often encounters students who have a negative view of aging and gerontological nursing, seeing it as a career track that isn’t particularly enriching compared to other specialties such as medical-surgical or critical care. But with more than ten years of nursing experience in long-term care, rehabilitation and community health settings, Cary aims to show his students how rewarding it can be.

He does that by taking students in his “Nursing Care for Older Adults and their Families” course, part of the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, out of the classroom to get first-hand experience seeing innovative models of care for older adults, such as programs that bring high-level health care in the home and community to older adults who would otherwise live in nursing homes.

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