Sarah H Gueldner, RN, Faan

Sarah H. Gueldner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, FGSA, FAGHE, is the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Professor in Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, and was formerly head of the nursing programs at the Pennsylvania state University and Binghamton University. Her research interests include identifying simple ways to improve the health and quality of life for elders, incorporating qualitative studies to determine what makes them feel healthy. She was...See more

Sarah H. Gueldner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, FGSA, FAGHE, is the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Professor in Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, and was formerly head of the nursing programs at the Pennsylvania state University and Binghamton University. Her research interests include identifying simple ways to improve the health and quality of life for elders, incorporating qualitative studies to determine what makes them feel healthy. She was principal investigator of a federally funded randomized clinical trial to measure the effect of outdoor walking on life satisfaction and mood in nursing home residents. She also developed the ten-item Well-Being Picture Scale (WPS) and has tested its ability to measure sense of well-being in elders who for any reason may not be able to read print, or who are too frail to complete more lengthy measurement instruments. The WPS has been used in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Egypt, Brazil, and Africa. Dr. Gueldner has published her research findings widely, and is co-editor of four books on gerontological topics, including osteoporosis, successful aging and adaptation to chronic diseases in older adults, and a commemorative dialogue celebrating the International Year of Older Persons in 1999. She recently received Sigma Theta Tau International's Award for Excellence in Creativity, and her work was spotlighted in the October 2009 issue of the Journal of Gerontological Nursing. See less