Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN
- Associate Professor Organizational Systems and Adult Health
- Phone:
- 410-706-2585
- Email:
I am currently accepting new PhD students.
Education
- BSN, Nursing, Pennsylvania State University
- MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, Medical College of Georgia
- PhD, Nursing Science, University of Utah
- Graduate Certificate, Nursing Education, University of Utah
- Postgraduate Research Fellowship, Nursing Science, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs/University of Pennsylvania
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
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- Date:
- 2020 - 2025
- Title:
- Nursing Faculty Fellowship; Nurse Support Program II
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Maryland Higher Education Commission
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2020 - 2025
- Title:
- Preferences Elicited and Respected for Seriously-Ill Veterans through Enhanced Decision-Making
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Veterans’ Health Administration, HSRD QUERI Program
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
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- Date:
- 2019 - 2023
- Title:
- Palliative Care Consultations for Persons in the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Setting
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NIH/NINR
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2020 - 2023
- Title:
- Palliative Care Consultations for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and related Dementia in the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Setting.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NIH/NINR
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2020 - 2022
- Title:
- Understanding and Improving Uptake of Tele-Palliative Care for Persons with Dementia in Long-term Care Facilities During Covid-19.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NIH/NIA Penn Roybal Center on Palliative Care in Dementia Pilot Program
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
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- Date:
- 2021 - 2023
- Title:
- Implementation Outcomes of a Telehealth Palliative Care Model for Persons with Dementia in Post-acute Care
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NIH/NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research IMPACT Collaboratory
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2021 - 2022
- Title:
- Nursing home staff risk perceptions and experiences associated with restricted social activities during SARS-CoV-2.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- University of Maryland School of Nursing,Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Research Facilitation Award
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2022 - 2025
- Title:
- Improving Access to Dementia Palliative Care in Nursing Homes
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2022 - 2024
- Title:
- Patient & Caregiver Relevant Outcomes Core Executive Committee
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NIH/NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research IMPACT Collaboratory
- Role:
- Other
Research Interests
- Educated and trained as an advance practice nurse and scientist, I have over twenty years of experience working with people with serious and complex illness. I collaborate with nursing homes and interdisciplinary health professionals to implement evidence-based practices and test complex interventions that support high quality palliative care.
Research Activity
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- Duration:
- 2015 - Current
- Title:
- Health Scientist, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC)
- Status:
- On-Going
Publications
- Walton, L., Courtright, K., Demiris, G., Gorman, E. F., Jackson, A. & Carpenter, J. (2023, March 1). Telehealth Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 24 (3), 356-367.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2023.01.004
- Cole, C. S., Roydhouse, J., Fink, R. M., Ozkaynak, M., Carpenter, J., Plys, E., et al (2023, May 1). Identifying Nursing Home Residents with Unmet Palliative Care Needs: A Systematic Review of Screening Tool Measurement Properties.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 24 (5), 619-628.e3. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2023.02.112
- Carpenter, J., Scott, W. J., Kononowech, J., Foglia, M. B., Haverhals, L. M., Hogikyan, R., et al (2022, March 8). Evaluating implementation strategies to support documentation of veterans' care preferences.. Health services research. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13958
- Ersek, M., Unroe, K. T., Carpenter, J., Cagle, J. G., Stephens, C. E. & Stevenson, D. G. (2021, December 23). High-Quality Nursing Home and Palliative Care-One and the Same.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.11.027
- Carpenter, J. & Ersek, M. (2021, February 15). Developing and implementing a novel program to prepare nursing home-based geriatric nurse practitioners in primary palliative care.. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. doi:10.1097/JXX.0000000000000565
- Carpenter, J. (2020, March 29). Forced to Choose: When Medicare Policy Disrupts End-of-Life Care.. Journal of aging & social policy, 1-8. doi:10.1080/08959420.2020.1745737
- Carpenter, J., Ulrich, C., Hodgson, N., Hanson, L. C. & Ersek, M. (2020, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 28). Alternative Consent Models in pragmatic palliative care clinical trials.. Journal of pain and symptom management. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.044
- Carpenter, J., Lam, K., Ritter, A. Z. & Ersek, M. (2020, May 1). A Systematic Review of Nursing Home Palliative Care Interventions: Characteristics and Outcomes.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21 (5), 583-596.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.11.015
- Carpenter, J., Miller, S. C., Kolanowski, A. M., Karel, M. J., Periyakoil, V. S., Lowery, J., et al (2019, March 1). Partnership to Enhance Resident Outcomes for Community Living Center Residents With Dementia: Description of the Protocol and Preliminary Findings.. Journal of gerontological nursing, 45 (3), 21-30. doi:10.3928/00989134-20190211-03
- Carpenter, J., McDarby, M., Smith, D., Johnson, M., Thorpe, J. & Ersek, M. (2017, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1). Associations between Timing of Palliative Care Consults and Family Evaluation of Care for Veterans Who Die in a Hospice/Palliative Care Unit.. Journal of palliative medicine, 20 (7), 745-751. doi:10.1089/jpm.2016.0477
Presentations
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- Year:
- 2023
- Title:
- Long-Term Care Staff and Resident Risk Perceptions During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing College of Geriatric Nursing Excellence Seminar Series
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Penn State
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- Year:
- 2023
- Title:
- Implementation of a Nursing Home Telehealth Palliative Care Model for People Living with Dementia
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- NIA IMPACT Collaboratory (U54) Scientific Conference
- Sponsoring Organization:
- NIH
- Location:
- Bethesda MD
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- Year:
- 2021
- Title:
- Partnering Staff and Families to Enhance Advance Care Planning for VA Community Living Center Residents with Dementia
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- Focus on Aging: Federal Partners’ Webinar Series, End-of-Life Care
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Institute on Aging
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- Year:
- 2020
- Title:
- Honoring Preferences: The Consistency Between End-of-Life Care and a Veteran’s Goal for Comfort Care.
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- Gerontological Society of America 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting
- Sponsoring Organization:
- GSA
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- Year:
- 2019
- Title:
- Informed Consent in Clinical Trials for Persons with Dementia
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- Gerontological Society of America 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting
- Sponsoring Organization:
- GSA
- Location:
- Austin TX
Areas of Specialization
- Gerontology; Palliative Care; Post-acute and Long-term Care in Nursing Homes
Media Appearances and Interviews
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- Title:
- Palliative Care in Post Acute and Long Term Care
- Name:
- AMDA (The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine) On-The-Go podcast
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- January 2020
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- Title:
- Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia
- Name:
- GeriPal
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- March 2022
Honors/Awards
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- Name:
- New Investigator Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Date:
- 2020
-
- Name:
- Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing
- Sponsoring organization:
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Date:
- 2018
-
- Name:
- ACHPN® of the Year Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center
- Date:
- 2016
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- Name:
- Research Scholar
- Sponsoring organization:
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Date:
- 2016
-
- Name:
- Research Scholar
- Sponsoring organization:
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Date:
- 2015
-
- Name:
- Outstanding Poster Abstract, Predoctoral Scholar
- Sponsoring organization:
- NINR Symposium, Advancing Science Improving Lives
- Date:
- 2015
Academic and Professional Activities
Professional
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- Date:
- 2023 - 2023
- Organization:
- Planning Committee Member, 2023 Gerontological Society of America, Health Science Section
- Role:
- Program Organizer
-
- Date:
- 2023 - 2024
- Organization:
- State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care Program Committee
- Role:
- Program Organizer
-
- Date:
- 2022 - 2022
- Organization:
- Rutgers University Careers in Aging Week
- Role:
- Panel Participant
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- Date:
- 2019 - 2023
- Organization:
- Gerontological Advance Practice Nurses Association Leadership Institute Steering Committee
- Role:
- Program Organizer
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- Date:
- 2018 - 2019
- Organization:
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Research Agenda Task Force
- Role:
- Committee Chair
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- Date:
- 2017 - 2020
- Organization:
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Research Advisory Council
- Role:
- Committee Member
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- Date:
- 2015 - 2016
- Organization:
- Gerontological Advance Practice Nurses Association Nominating Committee
- Role:
- Committee Chair
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- Date:
- 2011 - 2012
- Organization:
- National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses Nursing Assistant Exam Development Committee
- Role:
- Committee Chair
Public
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- Date:
- 2012 - Current
- Organization:
- TidalHealth Palliative Advisory Committee
- Role:
- Committee Member
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- Date:
- 2021 - Current
- Organization:
- Coastal Hospice and Palliative Care Caregiver Academy
- Role:
- Guest Speaker