Paper calls for nurses to help lead geroscience research and policy
This paper argues that nurses, so far largely absent from geroscience, should help shape its education, research, practice and policy agenda. [1]
Automatic summary · not editorially reviewed
The key findings
Most geroscience work so far has been done by basic scientists and geriatricians rather than nurses. [1]
The paper calls on nurses to advocate a holistic perspective across education, research, practice and policy. [1]
The authors conclude that nursing must lead the geroscience movement and prepare the next generation. [1]
The source at a glance
- Study type / format
- Commentary or position paper (abstract only)
- Population / context
- The nursing profession and the geroscience field, as discussed by the paper's authors
- Summary based on
- Study abstract
- Original publication
- September 22, 2026
Nurses largely absent from geroscience so far
The paper states that most work in the emerging field of geroscience has so far been done by basic scientists and geriatricians rather than nurses. It adds that many fundamental mechanisms targeted by geroscience are influenced by factors relevant to nursing. With a few exceptions, the nursing profession has not yet fully engaged, although the authors consider nursing's voice especially critical now.
Supporting source [1]
Proposed actions across education, research, practice, policy
The paper is a call to action, not a study. It asks nurses to take part actively and to advocate a holistic, complementary perspective that broadens the interdisciplinary geroscience movement across nursing education, research, practice and policy. It also proposes that nurses advocate for state and federal policies supporting a shift toward viewing aging as a lifelong biological process, with a life-course perspective, science communication, prevention and person-centered care.
Supporting source [1]
Leadership role framed by profession's size and trust
The authors describe nursing as the largest and most trusted healthcare profession in the U.S. and globally and see nurses as well positioned to advocate for such policy changes. Their conclusion is that nursing must lead in the geroscience movement and prepare the next generation to be at its forefront. These are the authors' proposals and arguments, not results of a study.
Supporting source [1]
How to interpret this
This is an abstract only; the full text was not reviewed. The paper is a call for engagement and proposed actions, not a study with data, and it reports no outcomes.
Based on the study abstract; the full paper, tables and supplementary data were not reviewed.
Source & supporting passages
Maxwell CA, Fick DM, Greenberg S, Liu W, Prevost S, Xu H, Wallhagen M. · europepmc.org · September 22, 2026