Overview
Strategies to encourage a healthy lifestyle
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health
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2005 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Recent Publications
An advanced course in long term care for geriatric medicine fellows.
Journal Article J Am Med Dir Assoc · July 2013 Long term care deserves focused attention within a geriatric medicine fellowship curriculum to ensure that graduates are prepared not only for clinical care but also for the leadership, administrative, educational, quality improvement, and health policy as ... Full text Link to item CiteAnalysis of the North Carolina long-term care polypharmacy initiative: a multiple-cohort approach using propensity-score matching for both evaluation and targeting.
Journal Article Clin Ther · September 2009 BACKGROUND: The high cost and undesirable consequences of polypharmacy are well-recognized problems among elderly long-term care (LTC) residents. Despite the implementation of the 1987 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which requires pharmacist review of ... Full text Link to item CiteFluid intake and hydration: critical indicators of nursing home quality.
Journal Article N C Med J · 2005 Hydration issues are important considerations for the elderly and infirm. What was previously taken for granted often becomes the focus of daily attention. Nursing homes must take a proactive stance in designing systems and training staff to deal with hydr ... Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1997Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 1997View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Cornell University ·
1966
M.D.