The Gold Standard: Elevating Delirium & Age-Friendly Health Care

Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, USA

Dr. Boehm's research aims to eliminate delirium, oversedation and immobilization in intensive care, and to maximize the quality of survivorship for patients and family members following critical illness. She has worked extensively on reducing the prevalence of ICU delirium and post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) through implementation of the ABCDEF bundle, ICU recovery clinics and ICU peer support programs. She has advanced training in implementation science and quality improvement. Her current research is evaluating the efficacy of telehealth ICU recovery care services and implementation of digital interventions to enhance family engagement and empowerment in the ICU. Dr. Boehm is an investigator with the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center and faculty with the Vanderbilt Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research.

Professor of Healthy Ageing, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Dr. Traynor holds community positions as a member of the Advisory Council for the Aged Care Safety and Quality Commission and as the co-founding president of the Gerontological Alliance of Nurses Australia. She is an adjunct professor with Edith Cowan University and Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. Dr. Traynor is also the founding director of Aged and Dementia Health Education Research (ADHERe). ADHERe is a center for interdisciplinary researchers generating evidence in gerontological studies. Their research adopts knowledge translation strategies and includes a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Dr. Traynor teaches postgraduate subjects on aged and dementia care and qualitative research methods for PhD integrated degrees. She has extensive experience supervising PhD candidates with a focus on workplace projects that improve the health and well-being of older people.