Ann C. Hurley, RN, DNSc. FAAN, CNA, is Associate Director of Education and Program Evaluation for the GRECC at the Edith Nourse Rogers Veterans Administration Hospital. She also serves as Adjunct Professor of Nursing at Northeastern University, as a research associate at the Boston University School of Public Health, and as Education Core Leader at the Boston University Alzheimer Disease Center. Dr. Hurley also is a Colonel in the United States Army Reserve.