For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Elizabeth Capezuti Position: Professor, William Randolph Hearst Foundation Chair in Gerontology Campus Affiliation: Hunter College Phone: 212-396-7155 Room Number: Brookdale Campus, W500A ec773@hunter.cuny.edu Website Degrees/Diplomas: PhD, MS, BS Research Interests: Gerontology, geriatric nursing, palliative and hospice care, technological interventions, advanced practice, work enviornment Professional Interests: Research Focus Multidisciplinary (Architecture, Sleep Medicine & Nursing), multi-institutional (Cornell University ,Weill-Cornell Medical School & Hunter College Nursing) research team that is developing and testing an educational and technological model to improve’ sleep regulation among persons receiving hospice or palliative care services. Academic-community partnership in East/Central Harlem (NYC) utilizing a community-based participatory research framework that aims to improve access to palliative care (PC) in underserved communities. Primary Teaching Area: Intergrative/Systematic Reviews Proposal Development Selected Publications: (2011-2016) Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography: Peer Reviewed Books Capezuti, E., Malone, M.L., Gardner, D.S., Khan, A., & Baumann, S.L. (Eds.). (in press for 2017 publication). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (4th edition.). New York: Springer Publishing Company. {3rd Edition - Recipient of the 2015 American Journal of Nursing – Book of the Year Award: Gerontologic Nursing, 2nd Place} Boltz, M., Capezuti, E., Zwicker, D., & Fulmer, T. (Eds.). (2016). Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice (5th edition). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Received 1st Place as the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award for 2016 in the Gerontologic Nursing category. Resnick, B. (Ed.), Boltz, M., Capezuti, E. Deirdre, C.M., Clevenger, C.K., Galik, E., & Kennedy-Malone, L. (Co-Eds.) (2016). Geriatric Nursing Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Advanced Practice Geriatric Nursing (5th edition). New York: American Geriatrics Society. Malone, M.L., Capezuti, E., & Palmer, R.M. (2015). Geriatrics Models of Care – Bringing ‘Best Practice’ to an Aging America. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. Malone, M.L., Capezuti, E., & Palmer, R. (Eds.). (2014). Acute Care for Elders- A Model for Interdisciplinary Care. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. Peer Reviewed Book Chapter: Zhang C., Tian Y., & Capezuti E. (2012). Privacy preserving automatic fall detection for elderly using RGBD cameras. In: K. Miesenberger, A. Karshmer, P. Penaz, & W. Zagler (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs (Volume 7382, pp. 625–633). Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. Bub, L., Capezuti, E., & Boltz, M., (2014). The Geriatric Resource Nurse. In E. Capezuti, M. Malone, P. Katz, & M. Mezey (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (3rd ed., pp. 340-341). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Capezuti, E. (2014). Adult Protective Services. In E. Capezuti, M. Malone, P. Katz, & M. Mezey (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (3rd ed., pp. 16-18). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Capezuti, E., Boltz, M. & Bub, L. (2014). Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE). In E. Capezuti, M. Malone, P. Katz, & M. Mezey (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (3rd ed., pp. 496-497). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Capezuti, E., Boltz, M. & Bub, L. (2014). Interdisciplinary Team. In E. Capezuti, M. Malone, P. Katz, & M. Mezey (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (3rd ed., pp. 420-422). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Capezuti, E., Boltz, M. & Bub, L. (2014). Meals on Wheels. In E. Capezuti, M. Malone, P. Katz, & M. Mezey (Eds.). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (3rd ed., pp. 447-448). New York: Springer Publishing Company. Wald, H., Richard, A., Bandle, B., Fink, R., Boltz, M., Min, S., & Capezuti, E. (2014). Building Capacity in HAI Prevention Research: NICHE and the STOP CAUTI Workgroup. In J.B. Battles, J.I. Cleeman, K.L. Kahn, et al. (Eds.), Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs, pp. 155-168. (AHRQ Pub. No. 14-0003). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article12.html Capezuti, E., & Boltz, M. (2014). An Overview of Hospital Based Models of Care. In M.L. Malone, E. Capezuti & R. Palmer, R. (Eds.). Acute Care for Elders- A Model for Interdisciplinary Care. (pp. 49-68). Cham, Switzerland: Spring International Publishing AG. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: (*indicates data-based) Education: Reid, C., Ghesquiere, A., Kenien, C., Capezuti, E., & Gardner, D. (2017). Expanding palliative care’s reach in the community via the elder service agency network. Annals of Palliative Medicine. doi: 10.21037/ apm.2017.03.1010.3928/00989134-20170405-02 *Bleijlevens, M.H.C., Wagner, L.M., Capezuti, E.A., Hamers, J.P.H. & the International Physical Restraints Workgroup. (2016). Research definition of physical restraints: A delphi consensus study (Brief Report). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64, 2307–2310. *Wahlberg, L., Nirenberg, A., & Capezuti, E. (2016). Distress and coping self-efficacy in inpatient oncology nurses. Oncology Nursing Forum. 43(6), 738-746. *Backhaus, R., van Rossum, E., Verbeek, H., Halfens, R.J.G., Tan, F.E.S., Capezuti, E., & Hamers, J.P.H. (2017). Work environment characteristics associated with quality of care in Dutch nursing homes: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 66, 15-22. * Estévez-Guerra, G.J., Fariña-López, E., Núñez-González, E., Gandoy-Crego, M., Calvo-Francés, F., & Capezuti, E. (2017). The use of physical restraints in long-term care in Spain: a multi-center cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics, 17, 29, *Horton, J.R., Morrison, R.S., Capezuti, E., Hill, J., Lee, E.J. & Kelley, A.S. (2016). Impact of inpatient palliative care consultation on treatment intensity for patients with serious illness. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 19(9), 936-942. Riffin, C., Kenien, C, Ghesquiere, A., Dorime, A., Villanueva, C., Gardner, D., Callahan, J., Capezuti, E., & Reid, M.C. (2016). Community-based participatory research: understanding a promising approach to addressing knowledge gaps in palliative care. Annals of Palliative Medicine, 5(3), 218-24. *Tavares, J.P. de Almeida, Leite, A. da Silva, Sá-Couto, P., Boltz, M. & Capezuti, E. (2015). Portuguese nurses’ knowledge of and attitudes toward hospitalized older adults. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 29, 51-61. *Dillworth, J., Dickson, V.V., Mueller, A., Shuluk, J., Yoon, H.W., & Capezuti, E. (2015). Nurses perspectives: Hospitalized older patients and EOL decision-making. Nursing in Critical Care. Article first published online: 17 April 2015, DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12125. *Wagner, L., Brush, B.L., Castle, N., Eaton, M., & Capezuti, E. (2015). Examining differences in nurses' language, accent, and comprehensibility in nursing home settings based on birth origin and country of education. Geriatric Nursing, 36 (1), 47-51. *Hu, S., Foust, J., Boltz, M., & Capezuti, E. (2014). Subtypes of potentially inappropriate medications in older Chinese Americans during care transitions: Cross sectional retrospective study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 1221-1229. *Gulpers, M.J.M., Bleijlevens, M.H.C., Ambergen, T., Capezuti, E., Van Rossum, E., & Hamers, J.P.H. (2013). Reduction of belt restraint use: Long-term effects of the EXBELT intervention. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61 (1), 107–112. PMID: 23301773. {Recipient of the Anna Reynvaan Award for 2013 Best Publication}. *Boltz, M., Parke, B., Shuluk, J., Capezuti, E., & Galvin, J. (2013). Care of the older adult in the emergency department: Nurses views of the pressing issues. The Gerontologist, 53(3), 441-453. PMID: 23442380 *Wald, H.L., Richards, A., Dickson, V.V., & Capezuti, E. (2012). Chief nursing officers' perspectives on Medicare's hospital-acquired conditions non-payment policy: implications for policy design and implementation. Implementation Science, 7:78. PMID: 22928995. DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-78. *McKenzie, L.J.A., Blandford, A.A., Menec, V.H., Boltz, M., & Capezuti, E. (2011). Hospital nurses’ perceptions of the geriatric care environment in one Canadian health care region. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 43(2), 181-187. PMID: 21605322. Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons, American Geriatrics Society and British Geriatrics Society (2011). Summary of the Updated American Geriatrics Society/British Geriatrics Society clinical practice guideline for prevention of falls in older persons. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 59 (1), 148-157. PMID: 21226685 Education PhD- University of Pennsylvania MS- CUNY, Hunter College BS- CUNY, Lehman College