Aging Is Inevitable, Decline Is Not: Rethinking How We Age
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Dr Brenda OwusuAdvanced Practice Registered Nurse / Family & Adult Nurse Practitioner
About this webinar
Brenda Owusu, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FPCNA, is an Associate Professor of Clinical and Director of the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. A nationally certified advanced practice nurse, educator, and researcher, Dr Owusu's work focuses on healthy aging, aging in place, cardiometabolic health, health equity, and improving care for older adults.
She is committed to empowering aging adults to maintain independence, optimize health, and thrive within their communities while advancing nursing education and evidence-based approaches that promote equitable, person-centered care across the lifespan.
Learning objectives
- Describe key physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and social factors that influence health and well-being across the aging process.
- Identify modifiable factors that support healthy aging, functional ability, independence, and quality of life in older adults.
- Recognize common threats to healthy aging, including frailty, falls, social isolation, polypharmacy, cognitive decline, and chronic disease.
- Apply person-centered, evidence-based strategies that empower older adults to participate actively in healthcare decisions and self-management.
- Discuss the role of nurses and other healthcare professionals in promoting aging in place, reducing health inequities, and creating age-friendly systems of care.
About the speaker
Brenda Owusu, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FPCNA, is an Associate Professor of Clinical and Director of the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is Co-Director of Education and Educational Policy for the Ghanaian-A nationally certified advanced practice nurse, educator, and researcher.
Dr Owusu's work focuses on healthy aging, aging in place, cardiometabolic health, health equity, and improving care for older adults. She is committed to empowering aging adults to maintain independence, optimize health, and thrive within their communities while advancing nursing education and evidence-based approaches that promote equitable, person-centered care across the lifespan.
Registration details
- Date
- Monday, 16 November 2026
- Time
- 7PM UTC, 8PM WAT, 9PM CAT, 10PM EAT
- Duration
- 60 mins
- CPD points
- 1
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