JOAN BEZON, RN, MSN, RN,MS Received her BSN at SUNY Brockport, New
York and her M.S., University of Rochester in both Clinical Nurses
Specialist, Gerontological Nursing and Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
Ms. Bezon is presently a Doctoral Candidate in Applied Medical
Anthropology. Ms. Bezon's major interests include holistic care of the
elderly health needs, guardianship as it applies to the elderly,
functional assessment of the elderly, medications by the elderly and how
diabetes affects the elderly. She is past chairperson of the Florida
Nurses Association, Gerontological Nursing Council. She also serves as
advisor to the HRS District Six Aging and Adult Protective Services Task
Force Team and the Senior Companion Program. She is Co-Project Director
of Elder Health, a nurse-managed clinic that provides primary health
care to underserved community elderly.
DEBORAH UNSWORTH, M.S. ARNP Received her bachelor of Science Degree
from the University of South Florida and her Master of Science Degree
from State University of New York. She has worked as a nurse since 1973
in the areas of med-surg, obstetrics and ER. She has been a nurse
practitioner and women’s health educator since 1990 and is currently the
Director of Education at National Educational Video, Inc.
NEVCO (National Educational Video Inc)