Jason Woytas

Calling all AGNA Members – CGNA 2019 Update and Volunteer Opportunities CGNA 2019: Older persons climbing mountains: Journeys and transitions May 2-4, 2019 Westin Hotel, Calgary Planning is well underway for the CGNA 2019 conference in Calgary.

There is an opportunity to receive some free training on how to deal with various mental health issues faced by seniors. Sessions are held at various locations around the province, and funding for this program goes until March, 2019. For more information, click the following link: Mental Health First Aid Seniors training in Alberta poster

CARNA is requesting feedback from our members on their Pronouncement of Death Guidelines for Regulated Members from AGNA members. Anyone wishing to provide feedback/ participate in a survey on the document can do so here. Jason Woytas

This past year, the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) began developing entry-to-practice competencies for undergraduate education that detail the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide gerontological nursing care.

Call for Applications for a Master’s Studentship Award has been announced. This competition is jointly funded by the Seniors Health SCN and the Emergency SCN and will support a highly qualified Master’s level student conducting research related to older persons’ emergency medicine care or experiences.

Good morning everyone Late yesterday afternoon an offensive tweet had been posted on our website. While we believe it was spam, we are taking this incident seriously. Thanks to the quick response by members, we were able to discover the post and quickly have it removed, and are looking at increasing the security features of

Registration for our annual AGM and education is now open! Please proceed to https://www.agna.ca/36th-annual-education-day-and-agm-2017/ to register. Our Education Day “Home is Where the Heart Is” will occur at the Radisson Hotel in Red Deer on Friday, April 21. The schedule for the day is AGNA Education Day Schedule. AGNA AGM 2017 Registration Poster There is still time

We will be hosting our annual conference and AGM in Red Deer on Friday, April 21 at the Radisson Hotel, with a Presidents’ Welcome the evening before the conference in the lounge of the Radisson Hotel! We are planning to open registration at the beginning of March. We will be posting more information about the

Thank you for visiting our page and checking us out! I welcome you to take a moment or two to view the short video below to learn about some of the benefits of becoming involved with a professional organization such as AGNA! Jason Woytas