Katherine M. Abbott, PhD, MGS, FGSA

Executive Director, Scripps Gerontology Center Professor, Department of Sociology & Gerontology
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio, United States

Dr. Abbott is the Executive Director of the Scripps Gerontology Center and a Professor of Gerontology at Miami University in Oxford, OH. She teaches graduate courses in Qualitative Research Methods and Organizations and the Aging Enterprise along with undergraduate courses in Social Network Analysis and Social Policy and Programs in Gerontology. Her research and teaching focuses on preference-based person-centered care and the social networks and health of older adults receiving long-term services and supports. Abbott is the co-founder of Preference Based Living, whose mission is to conduct studies that build understanding of individual preferences and test innovative methods to honor preferences for people receiving long-term services and supports.

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Presentation(s):

• 134 - Impact of an Online Emotion-Focused Communication Training on Staff Knowledge and Self-Efficacy

  Wednesday, November 2, 2022
  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET

• It’s a Cool Little Tool: Provider Perspectives on Implementing PAL Cards During COVID-19

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• 1 - Direct Care Staff Perspectives on the Impact of PAL Cards in Care Delivery

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• Ready, Fire, Aim: Does Integrating Acute and Long-Term Services Work?

  Friday, November 4, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

• 4 - The Black Box of Care Management in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports

  Friday, November 4, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

• Delivering Person-Centered Care in Times of Crisis

  Friday, November 4, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• 2 - The Impact of Implementing the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory (PELI) on Survey Deficiency Outcomes

  Friday, November 4, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• Enriching Our Discovery by Training for Engagement: Methods for Patient/Person Engagement in Research

  Saturday, November 5, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• Presidential Symposium: Building and Leveraging Community Partnerships that Embrace Diversity, Enrich Discovery, and Reimagine Aging

  Saturday, November 5, 2022
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET