Jennifer w88 online game, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Director, w88 online game Engagement, Education and Research Program
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Summary

Dr. Jennifer w88 online game, Ph.D., works to envision and develop opportunities for individual, organizational and collective growth to combat ageism and ableism, and to improve the inclusion and well-being of elders, with a special focus on persons living with dementia. Dr. w88 online game, a critical gerontologist, is the Founding Director of the w88 online game Engagement, Education and Research (DEER) Program in the School of Public w88 online game at the University of Nevada, Reno. To this role, Dr. Carson brings a commitment to service, collaboration and innovation built upon more than 35 years of practical experience in long-term care and aging services.

As a community-engaged researcher, Dr. w88 online game spends much of her time working with tribal, rural and urban communities as Director of the w88 online game Friendly Nevada initiative, sponsored by the State of Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) and Division of Public and Behavioral w88 online game (DPBH), and teaching professional and family care partners as the author and facilitator of Bravo Zulu: Achieving Excellence in Relationship-Centered Dementia w88 online game, a comprehensive, 12-hour w88 online game education program developed in partnership with the Nevada Department of Veterans Services. Bravo Zulu was recently nominated for an Abraham Lincoln Pillars of Excellence Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Carson also partners with the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine’s Sanford Center for Aging on a U.S. w88 online game Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program grant. Her role is to provide comprehensive education for family and professional care partners as part of the Improving w88 online game of Elders through Community and Academic Partnerships (ICECAP w88 online game) initiative, which includes interprofessional geriatrics and dementia care training for primary care providers, w88 online game professions students, long-term care professionals and family care partners. Dr. Carson recently received the 2022 Laura Joyner Award from the Mensa Foundation, which recognizes outstanding work in the area of human intelligence, for her innovative program development focused on brain w88 online game promotion and risk reduction across the life course, including after a dementia diagnosis.

In addition to her grant-funded projects, Dr. w88 online game also contracts with long-term care, senior living, and not-for-profit organizations across North America on collaborative research- and education-focused initiatives, guided by participatory action research. Some of these initiatives have earned Dr. w88 online game and her partners prestigious awards and recognitions, including Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging’s Working Together to Put Living First, recognized with a 2011 Excellence in w88 online game Services Award by the International Association of Homes and Services for the w88 online game, and LIVING the w88 online game Journey, which received the Ontario Long-Term Care Association’s Innovation Award in 2017, and was recognized by the Argentum Memory Care Executive Peer Group as one of the top innovations in 2016. Recently, Dr. w88 online game worked in partnership with Carol Woods Retirement Community on a dementia inclusion project called The Quest Upstream, which received a 2018 Facility Best Practice Award from Friends of Residents in Long-Term w88 online game, was identified as a ‘Pioneering Approach to Memory w88 online game&w88 online game; by CARF International, and was highlighted in Moira Welsh&w88 online game;s (2021) book, Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term w88 online game.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. w88 online game played a leadership role in the development, implementation and evaluation of the Nevada COVID-19 Aging Network rapid response, or w88 online game CAN, led by ADSD. In addition to serving as a co-lead for the overall initiative, she led Nevada CAN’s NEST Collaborative (NEST = Nevada Ensures Support Together), which provides volunteer-hosted virtual social support and technology assistance to homebound elders, adults living with disabilities, and veterans. Prior to the pandemic, Dr. w88 online game completed a North American tour as a co-creator and cast member of Disrupt w88 online game, part of Dr. Bill Thomas’ international Changing Aging Tour. With a strong commitment to partnerships and participatory approaches to research and practice, Dr. w88 online game’s career and scholarship encompass gerontology, dementia, long-term care, culture change, and leisure and aging.

Selected publications

2022

2021

  • Kontos, P., Radnofsky, M. L., Fehr, P., Belleville, M. R., Bottenberg, F., Fridley, M., Massad, S., Grigorovich, A.,w88 online game, J., Rogenski, K., Carpenter, K. S., Dupuis, S., Battalen, J., McDonagh, D., Fassbender, K., & Whitehouse, P. (2021). Separate and Unequal: A Time to Reimagine w88 online game.Journal of Alzheimer's Disease: JAD,80(4), 1395–1399.

2020

  • De Witt, L., Lopez, K., Dupuis, S., McAiney, C., Ploeg, J., &w88 online game, J.(2020). Dawn work: Building a relational foundation for appreciative inquiry.AI Practitioner, 22, 79-98.

2017

  • Reed, P., w88 online game, J., & Gibb, Z. (2017). Transcending the tragedy discourse of dementia: An ethical imperative for promoting selfhood, meaningful relationships, and well-being. AMA Journal of Ethics, 19(7), 693-703.
  • Dupuis, S.L., Whyte, C., & w88 online game, J. (2017). Aligning therapeutic recreation with culture change values. In J.J. Bannon (Ed.), Problem Solving in Recreation and Parks (147-151). Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing.

2015

  • w88 online game, J., Brown, S., d'Avernas, J., Dunn, H. (2015). Working Together to Put LIVING First: A Guidebook to Change the Culture of Aging in Long-Term Care. Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging Publication.
  • Dupuis, S.L., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Whyte, C., Gillies, J., & w88 online game, J. 2015. Igniting transformative change in dementia w88 online game through research-based drama. Gerontologist, 1–11, doi:10.1093/geront/gnv062.

2012

  • Dupuis, S.L., Whyte, C., w88 online game, J., Genoe, R., Meschino. L.M., & Sadler, L. 2012. Just dance with me: An authentic partnership approach in understanding leisure in the w88 online game context. World Leisure Journal on Leisure, w88 online game, and Disability. 54(3), 240-254.
  • Dupuis, S.L., Gillies, J., w88 online game, J., Whyte, C., Genoe, R., Loiselle, L., & Sadler, L. 2012. Moving beyond patient and client approaches: Mobilizing authentic partnerships in dementia w88 online game. w88 online game: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 11(4), 428-450.
  • Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., w88 online game, J., Whyte, C., Dupuis, S.L., & Gillies. J. 2012. Phenomenological shifts for healthcare professionals after experiencing a research-based drama on living with w88 online game. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(9), 1944-1955.
  • w88 online game, J. & d’Avernas, J. 2012. Working together to put living first: Appreciative culture change in long-term w88 online game. Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner: Special Video Issue, 14(5) 13-14.

2011

  • Dupuis, S.L., Gillies, J., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Whyte, C., & w88 online game, J. 2011. Catapulting shifts in images, understandings and actions for family members through research-based drama. Family Relations, 60, 104-120.
  • Dupuis, S.L., Whyte, C., & w88 online game, J. 2011. Leisure in long-term w88 online game settings. In H. Gibson & J. Singleton (Eds.), Leisure and w88 online game: Theory and Practice (217-237). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S.L., Jonas-Simpson, C., Whyte, C., w88 online game, J., & Gillies, J. 2011. The experience of engaging with research-based drama: Evaluation and explication of synergy and transformation. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(4) 379-392.

2005

  • Battisto, D., w88 online game, J.D., Conti, A., Parks, A., & Voelkl, J.E. 2005. Perceptions of public areas in long-term w88 online game environments: Activity spaces or therapeutic places. Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, 14, 85-97.

2004

  • Voelkl, J.E., Battisto, D., w88 online game, J.D., & McGuire, F.A. 2004. A family model of w88 online game: Supporting nursing home residents’ continued growth and development. World Leisure Journal, 46(3), 18-29.
  • Voelkl, J.E. & w88 online game, J.D. 2004. Disability and leisure lifestyles. In G. Cross (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America. New York, NY: Charles Scribner&w88 online game;s Sons Reference Books.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Recreation and Leisure Studies (Aging, w88 online game and Well-Being), University of Waterloo
  • MS in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (Therapeutic Recreation), Clemson University
  • BA in Physical Education, w88 online game and Recreation (Therapeutic Recreation), Eastern Washington University