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About Your Instructor |
 Professor Sue Ward About Your InstructorMy interest in Gerontology started when I was just five or six years old. I always felt more comfortable as a child hanging out with all the older ladies on my block. I worked my way through a continuum of interest first as a Critical Care Nurse then to Public Health where I administered a grant from the Older Americans Act that provided home visit to people who were both isolated and elderly.
In the process of administering and creating new programs for older
adults I discovered that there were not enough qualified people to work
with the elderly. I wanted to correct that problem and began teaching.
My passion has been to credential gerontologists and establish legal
requirements for working in the field. I have been fortunate enough to
help craft legislation, testify before Senate Committees with esteemed
colleagues, serve on the board of directors of many senior organizations
(including the National Association for Professional Gerontologists
(NAPG)
http://www.napgerontologists.orgNAPG
which established the first credentialing requirements for
gerontologists), and have presented my research entitled "The Need For
Gerontology Education" at Oxford University Roundtables.
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