Michelle Kimzey

Assistant Professor Texas Christian University

  • Fort Worth TX

Michelle Kimzey is an expert in gerontology, dementia care education, palliative care, and older adults with dementia.

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Biography

Michelle Kimzey is an Assistant Professor of nursing, and is an expert in gerontology, dementia and palliative care.

Areas of Expertise

Older Adults with Dimentia
Dementia Care Education
Gerontology
Palliative Care

Accomplishments

Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Research Summer Scholar

NYU

Education

Baylor University

B.S.

University of Texas - Tyler

Ph.D.

Nursing

2014

Texas Woman's University

M.Sn.

Nursing Education

2010

Affiliations

  • National League for Nursing
  • National Gerontological Nursing Association
  • Gerontological Society of America
  • Sigma Theta Tau

Media Appearances

What Does Dementia Feel Like?

TCU Magazine  online

2020-12-21

Imagine wearing ungainly mittens, heavy headphones, blurry eyeglasses and shoes with lumpy insoles. Someone is speaking, but you can barely hear them above the white noise. You know you’re supposed to do something, but you don’t know what. You make clumsy motions and start to wander. In all respects, you look like someone with dementia.

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Articles

Impact of dementia simulation on nursing students: When empathy breeds awareness

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

2022
The numbers of people living with dementia are overwhelming and underestimated. Care for people with dementia requires a better understanding of the reality of dementia. Dementia education must empower nursing students to understand, appreciate, provide care, and support the needs of people with dementia.

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Effects of Dementia-Specific Education for Nursing Students

Nurse Educator

2019
The numbers of people living with dementia are overwhelming. Dementia education is important to prepare nursing students to care for this population. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a virtual dementia experience on nursing students' attitudes and empathy for people with dementia, dementia knowledge, and self-confidence for dementia care.

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Dementia care boot camp: interprofessional education for healthcare students

Journal of Interprofessional Care

2019-11-19

Dementia prevalence is increasing exponentially and has a profound effect on individuals diagnosed as well as their family caregivers. Dementia care should be patient focused, not task or medically oriented. Patient-centered dementia care requires more staff time, is complex, and, as a result, financially threatens the healthcare system.

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