Resume

• 1982

  Master of Social Work (MSW)

  Mental Health

  Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

  Ph.D.

  Social Welfare and Aging

• 1969

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

  Psychology and Biology

  Indiana University Bloomington

• Health

  Nonprofits

  Program Evaluation

  Grants

  Staff Development

  Research

  Policy

  Teaching

  Adults

  Non-profits

  Public Policy

  Hospitals

  Program Development

  Higher Education

  Mental Health

  Data Analysis

  Social Services

  Mentoring

  Grant Writing

  Healthcare

  Macmillan

  Kelley

  Macmillan

  Sanford Center for Aging

  School of Social Work at the University of Maryland

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare

  The Unversity of Kansas

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare at The University of Kansas

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare

  The University of Kansas

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare

  The University of Kansas

  Reno

  NV

  Sanford Center for Aging

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare

  The University of Kansas

  Lawrence

  Kansas

  Research Coordinator for the Community Tenure Study. The purpose of the mixed methods study was to: 1) interview older adults (N=60) who applied for nursing facility admission in order to identify the challenges they experienced prior to the nursing facility application and compare older adults who remain in the community to those older adults who were admitted to nursing facilities; 2) track a cohort of older adults (N=599) for 24 months following their application for nursing facility admission; and 3) identify factors that contributed to older adults’ (N=599) ability to remain in the community for 24 months.

  Research Coodinator

  Lawrence

  Kansas

  Research Coordinator for the Expanded Examination of Factors Related to Diversion and Successful Community Tenure for Medicaid Customers: The Effect of Diagnosis and Prescription Drug Use. The purpose of this multi-year study is to: 1) analyze the utilization and costs of Medicaid services for older adults (N=6303); 2) identify prevalent disease categories experienced by low-income older adults; and 3) make recommendations to state policy makers regarding development of disease management interventions for use by case managers. The study is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  the University of Kansas Medical Center and the School of Pharmacy at The University of Kansas.

  Research Coodinator

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare at The University of Kansas

  Lawrence

  Kansas

  Research Coordinator for The Diversion Study. The purpose of the three-year longitudinal mixed methods study was to: 1) identify risk factors for nursing facility admission for older adults who applied for nursing facility admission (N=2882); 2) analyze the factors associated with older adults’ admission to nursing facilities compared to older adults who remained in the community with services; and 3) identify factors that contributed to older adults’ (N=599) ability to remain in the community for 18 months.

  Research Coodinator

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare

  The Unversity of Kansas

  Baltimore

  Maryland

  I teach an Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Policy course

  I co-teach an Interprofessional Education Course focused on care of the critically ill

  and I teach a Philippines Program Course.\nI manage two training grants

  one with the Office of Adult Services

  Maryland Department of Human Resources

  and the second with the Maryland Department of Aging.

  Clinical Associate Professor

  School of Social Work at the University of Maryland

  Baltimore

  Maryland

  + Teach MSW foundation individual practice course

  an advanced aging and social policy course

  and in interprofessional critical care course.\n+ Identify and develop health and aging field placements focused on care transition

  and patient-centered medical home primary care practices.

  Clinical Assistant Professor

  Chair Aging Specialization

  School of Social Work at the Unversity of Maryland

  Evaluate the Options Counseling Pilot for the Maryland Department of Aging. The findings from the pilot will assist the MDOA as they implement Options Counseling through the state-wide Maryland Access Point service

  a one-stop social service information

  referral

  and services program.

  School of Social Work at the University of Maryland

  Assistant Professor

  Taught MSW foundation individual practice course and an advanced aging and social policy course.

  School of Social Work at the University of Maryland

  The Office of Aging and Long Term Care

  School of Social Welfare

  The University of Kansas

  Lawrence

  Kansas

  Initiated a new funded project to examine whether older adults who access the aging service network remain continuously on services or use an array of services adjusting service levels based on changing health and functional disability status. Continue to coordinate two on-going funded projects: \n1) Expanded Examination of Factors Related to Diversion and Successful Community Tenure for Medicaid Customers and \n2) The Community Tenure Study.

  Research Assistant

  + PI on a multi-year contract with the Office of Adult Services

  Maryland Department of Human Resources \n+ Co-developing

  implementing

  and evaluating an innovative policy-practice initiative focused on prioritizing cases

  achieving client goals

  and reducing secondary trauma for professional staff. \n+ Coordinate Pre-Service Training for recently hired Adult Service Staff and In-services for all Adult Service Staff. \n+ Participate on a task force to develop and evaluate a high-risk screening intake instrument.

  School of Social Work at the University of Maryland

  Council on Social Work Education

  American Society on Aging

  This award shared with three colleagues.

  The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW)

  Hartford Doctoral Fellow in Geriatric Social Work

  John A. Hartford Foundation