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Caroline Stephens, PhD, GNP, FAAN

Title(s)Associate Professor, Community Health Systems
SchoolSchool of Nursing
Phone415-502-6340
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    University of California, San FranciscoPh.D.2010Gerontological Nursing & Health Policy
    University of PennsylvaniaPost-Master's Certificate, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner2001School of Nursing
    University of PennsylvaniaMSN, Geropsychiatric Advanced Practice Nursing (CNS)2000School of Nursing
    University of PennsylvaniaBSN1999School of Nursing
    University of California, DavisBS, Biological Psychology with Minor in Human Development & Aging1995College of Letters & Sciences
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    UCSF2013  - 2018Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) KL2 Scholar
    San Francisco VA Medical Center2010  - 2012National Veteran's Administration Quality Scholar (VAQS)
    UCSF2010  - 2012John A. Hartford Foundation/Atlantic Philanthropies Claire M. Fagin Fellow
    Alpha Eta Chapter - UCSF2010Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honors Society Research Award
    UCSF20089th Annual UCSF Outstanding Health Policy Paper Award
    UCSF2007  - 2009John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholar
    UCSF2006  - 2007Cota Robles Fellow
    University of Pennsylvania 2002University of Pennsylvania Dean's Award
    University of Pennsylvania 1999University of Pennsylvania Nightingale Award
    Xi & Alpha Eta Chapters1999Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honors Society

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    My program of research focuses on vulnerable populations at high risk for poor care transitions, particularly in the long term care setting. Using national CMS claims and resident assessment data, I recently completed a series of studies examining key factors associated with Emergency Department (ED) use by high risk nursing home residents, such as those with cognitive impairment, a history of falls and feeding tubes. While much of my work to date has involved large data set analyses, I am currently looking at innovative ways we can use emerging health technologies to promote greater interdisciplinary collaborative work processes across care settings and more actively engage nursing home residents, families, nursing home staff and EDs to reduce unnecessary acute care transfers and promote better care coordination.

    Clinically, I am a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner and Geropsychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse, and I have cared for frail older adults across the care continuum, including the provision of geropsychiatric consultations in over 100 nursing homes in 3 states. I still maintain a geropsychiatric faculty practice in the nursing home setting.

    From a teaching perspective, I am passionate about, and locally and nationally involved in, figuring out innovative ways to infuse more gerontological and geropsychiatric content into the generalist APN curriculum and across disciplines.

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    Improving Palliative Care Access through Technology (ImPAcTT): A Multi-Component Pilot Study
    NIH/NIA K76AG054862Aug 15, 2017 - Jun 30, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    State of the Future in Global Aging, Dementia & Mental Health: Bridging Leadership, Science, Practice and Policy
    NIH/NIA R13AG056140Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Halifax E, Bui NM, Hunt LJ, Stephens CE. Transitioning to Life in a Nursing Home: The Potential Role of Palliative Care. J Palliat Care. 2020 Feb 27; 825859720904802. PMID: 32106767.
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    2. Hunt LJ, Stephens CE, Smith AK. Palliative Care in the Nursing Home-Shifting Paradigms. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Nov 11; 1-2. PMID: 31710331.
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    3. Stephens CE, Halifax E, David D, Bui N, Lee SJ, Shim J, Ritchie CS. "They Don't Trust Us": The Influence of Perceptions of Inadequate Nursing Home Care on Emergency Department Transfers and the Potential Role for Telehealth. Clin Nurs Res. 2020 Mar; 29(3):157-168. PMID: 31007055.
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    4. D David, V Wertz, P Barrientos, T Allison, L A Flint, S J Lee, C Ritchie, C Stephens. USING THE CONSOLIDATED FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH (CFIR) TO GUIDE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPACTT. Innovation in Aging. 2018 Nov 1; 2(suppl_1):776-776.
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    5. C Stephens, D David, L Hunt. LESSONS LEARNED IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE ACCESS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (IMPACTT) IN NURSING HOMES. Innovation in Aging. 2018 Nov 1; 2(suppl_1):775-776.
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    6. C Stephens, D David, V Wertz, T Allison, L A Flint, P Barrientos, S J Lee, C Ritchie. IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE ACCESS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (IMPACTT): PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A PILOT STUDY. Innovation in Aging. 2018 Nov 1; 2(suppl_1):776-776.
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    7. N Bui, E Halifax, E Uy, L Hunt, D David, S J Lee, C Ritchie, C Stephens. UNDERSTANDING NURSING HOME STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS DEATH AND DYING. Innovation in Aging. 2018 Nov 1; 2(suppl_1):776-777.
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    8. V Wertz, N Bui, E Uy, P Barrientos, D David, S J Lee, C Ritchie, C Stephens. ASSESSING TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF PROVIDING TELEHEALTH PALLIATIVE CARE IN NURSING HOMES. Innovation in Aging. 2018 Nov 1; 2(suppl_1):777-777.
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    9. L Hunt, C Ritchie, K Patel, C Stephens, J Cataldo, A Smith. PAIN AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE IN THE LAST MONTH OF LIFE BY OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA. Innovation in Aging. 2018 Nov 1; 2(suppl_1):635-635.
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    10. Hunt LJ, Ritchie CS, Cataldo JK, Patel K, Stephens CE, Smith AK. Pain and Emergency Department Use in the Last Month of Life Among Older Adults With Dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 12; 56(6):871-877.e7. PMID: 30223013.
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    11. Lorinda Adaire Coombs, Caroline Stephens, Tatjana Kolevska, Wendy Max. Nurse practitioner and physician assistant oncology workforce for older adults. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2018 May 20; 36(15_suppl):e18514-e18514.
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    12. Stephens CE, Evans LK, Bradway C, Buckwalter K. Challenges in Aging, Dementia, and Mental Health: New Knowledge and Energy to Inform Solutions. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 04; 66 Suppl 1:S1-S3. PMID: 29659007.
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    13. Hunt LJ, Coombs LA, Stephens CE. Emergency Department Use by Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia in the United States: An Integrative Review. J Gerontol Nurs. 2018 Mar 01; 44(3):23-30. PMID: 29355877.
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    14. Stephens CE, Hunt LJ, Bui N, Halifax E, Ritchie CS, Lee SJ. Palliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 01 01; 178(1):141-142. PMID: 29159368.
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    15. Stephens CE, Harris M, Buron B. The Current State of U.S. Geropsychiatric Graduate Nursing Education: Results of the National Geropsychiatric Graduate Nursing Education Survey. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2015 Nov-Dec; 21(6):385-94. PMID: 26597905.
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    16. Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Stephens CE, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Aug; 63(8):1503-11. PMID: 26200445.
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    17. Newman, J., Sudore, R., Stephens, C., Miller, BJ, Ritchie, C.Advance Care Planning: A Community-Based Initiative in San Francisco. SFMS Journal: San Francisco Medicine. 2015.
    18. Hunt, L.J., Covinsky, K.E., Yaffe, K., Stephens, C., Miao, Y., Boscardin, J., Smith, A.K.Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. J Amer Geriatr Soc, in press. 2015.
    19. Stephens CE, Newcomer R, Blegen M, Miller B, Harrington C. The effects of cognitive impairment on nursing home residents' emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Nov; 10(6):835-43. PMID: 25028060.
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    20. Stephens, C. Confusion in the Elderly: Common Clinical Questions.In C.S. Landefeld, A. Chang, & B. Williams (Eds.), Current Geriatrics Diagnosis & Treatment. 2014.
    21. Stephens CE, Sackett N, Govindarajan P, Lee SJ. Emergency department visits and hospitalizations by tube-fed nursing home residents with varying degrees of cognitive impairment: a national study. BMC Geriatr. 2014 Mar 20; 14:35. PMID: 24650076.
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    22. Harrington, C., Stephens, C., Wagner, L.M.Long Term Services and Supports Policy Issues. In D.J. Mason, J.K. Leavitt, M.W. Chaffee (Eds.), Policy & Politics in Nursing and Healthcare (7th ed.). Elsevier. In press. 2014.
    23. Stephens CE, Newcomer R, Blegen M, Miller B, Harrington C. Emergency department use by nursing home residents: effect of severity of cognitive impairment. Gerontologist. 2012 Jun; 52(3):383-93. PMID: 22056961.
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    24. Stephens, C.Evolving Case Studies as a Learning Resource - Evaluating Acute Confusion: A CNS Perspective. In "Transitioning to the New Model for Regulation of APRNs: Ensuring the APRN Workforce is Prepared to Care for Older Adults". 2011.
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    25. Harrington, C., O'Meara, J., Collier, E., Kang, T., Stephens, C., Chang, J.Impact of California's Medi-cal Long Term Care Reimbursement Act on Access, Quality & Costs. Report Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation. San Francisco, CA: University of California. 2008.
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    26. Naylor MD, Hirschman KB, Bowles KH, Bixby MB, Konick-McMahan J, Stephens C. Care coordination for cognitively impaired older adults and their caregivers. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2007; 26(4):57-78. PMID: 18032200.
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    27. Naylor MD, Stephens C, Bowles KH, Bixby MB. Cognitively impaired older adults: from hospital to home. Am J Nurs. 2005 Feb; 105(2):52-61; quiz 61-2. PMID: 15674058.
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