THIS IS AN EXTERNAL EVENT HOSTED BY SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. This presentation by Sarah Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Patricia M. Davidson Health Equity and Social Justice Endowed Professor, will explore the CAPABLE program (Community Aging in Place: Advancing Better Living for Elders).
You may recognize Sarah Szanton’s name from a recent article in the Washington Post. See her featured
here in Health and Science section on March 4.
Prior to becoming Dean, Dr. Szanton co-developed the CAPABLE program for older adults to age in community. This program, which involves a nurse, an occupational therapist and a handyworker, started in Baltimore and has now spread to 23 States. The idea began in 2009 when she was making house calls as a visiting nurse in West Baltimore and observed that people’s home environments could be just as disabling as their medical conditions. Dr. Szanton maintains research on CAPABLE as well as on the impact of financial strain on health, and the measurement of structural racism and resilience across the life course.
Dr. Szanton co-developed and led research and scale of the CAPABLE program for older adults and now is working to develop Neighborhood Nursing, a potentially transformative model of care. In 2022, Szanton launched the impactful Policy Honors Program to help students develop skills to influence policies that improve health. She also created the Institute for Policy Solutions, which is a hub for health policy leadership and research capacity development for global nurse leaders and scientists. Szanton has testified on Capitol Hill regarding the nursing workforce and faculty shortages. She is the thought leader behind a new model of universal preventive care called Neighborhood Nursing.