· Recognizes specialization and enhances professionalism
· Can translate into job security due to enormous demand
· Provides high quality care to older adults
· Serves as a credible resource for colleagues as well as to the community
· Serves as a leader at the facility
· Provides potential for increased earning opportunities
· Offers a wide variety of work settings > home health care > visiting nurse > hospitals > memory care units > retirement communities > residential care facilities > research > education/academia
· Offers a wide variety of responsibilities > administrative > policy-setting > supervisory > direct hands-on care
· Offers additional opportunities > personally-owned businesses focusing on needs of the elderly > opportunities to partner with other business that provide services and support to the elderly
· Understands the multi-disciplinary aspects of caring for the elderly > healing > caregiver > education > advocator > innovator
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