Scientific Committee

Biography

Dr. Barbara De Groot graduated in 1992 with her associate degree in nursing and holds a  Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Her nursing experience spans multidisciplinary staff and patient education; acute, hospice, and home health nursing; hospital discharge planning and education; supervisor, manager, and directorship positions; and teaching in ADN and BSN programs. Her areas of nursing research focus on medication adherence in older adults and reducing falls in adults aged 65 and older by improving fall risk assessment. She is an internationally recognized speaker on falls, fall-risk assessment, patient safety, and the author of a recently published article on fall-risk assessment. Her current research examines the fall risk assessment practices in licensed assisted living communities in New Mexico.