Melissa BatchelorMelissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN is an Associate Professor at George Washington University School of Nursing and Director of the Center for Aging, Health and Humanities. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and served the United Sttes Senate Special Committee on Aging as a Health and Aging Policy Fellow. Her research focuses on improving mealtimes for those living with Alzheimer's disease by teaching caregivers to use three supportive handfeeding techniques. Dr. Batchelor is a nationally recognized innovator in using digital technology and social media. A family caregiving video series she co-developed with the AARP's Home Alone Alliance was a selected as a finalist for the 2020 Sharecare Awards-an award established by Sharecare and National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Chapter (renowned for the Emmy Awards). She has been invited to share her journey with social media through presentations for the National Academy of Medicine, Science, and Engineering and the American Academy of Nursing, among others. She was selected for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's 2019 Digital Innovation Bootcamp and completed requirements to be an Apple Teacher. Her website MelissaBPhD.com houses her handfeeding demonstration videos and a television series produced by Fairfax County Public Access Television. In 2020 she started a weekly podcast called This is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World. The podcasts are disseminated through YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn and can also be found on iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, and Stitcher. In the first year, the podcasts have 13,000 Subscribers on YouTube, more than 1 million viewing hours, 9 million impressions, and more than 8000 downloads from the podcast platforms. Read More Read Less