Rachel McPherson, PhD, MA

• Assistant Professor
  Organizational Systems and Adult Health

Location:

Room 390B, School of Nursing Building

Phone:

410-706-3689

Email:

• PhD, Gerontology, University of Maryland Baltimore
• MA, Applied Sociology, University of Maryland Baltimore County
• BS, Psychology, University of Central Florida

• quality of care; long-term care; Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; staff-resident interactions

• McPherson, R., Resnick, B. M., Galik, E., Gruber-Baldini, A. L., Holmes, S. & Kusmaul, N. (2025, February 26). Considerations for Use of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia Among Assisted Living Residents: Factor Analysis Results.. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 7334648251318783. doi:10.1177/07334648251318783
• McPherson, R., Resnick, B. M., Holmes, S., Galik, E., Paudel, A. & Levy, S. (2024, September 9). Reliability and Validity Testing of the Modified Quality of Interaction Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement. doi:10.1891/JNM-2024-0058
• McPherson, R., Resnick, B. M., Galik, E., Gruber-Baldini, A. L., Holmes, S. & Kusmaul, N. (2024, October (4th Quarter/Autumn)). Racial differences in the quality of care interactions among nursing home residents with dementia. Ethnicity & Health, 1-12. doi:10.1080/13557858.2024.2417392
• McPherson, R. (2023, June). Differences in Staff-Resident Care Interactions by Nursing Home Racial Composition: a Preliminary Analysis. . Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
• McPherson, R. (2023, September). Model testing of the factors that are associated with care interactions among nursing home residents with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 24 (9), 1389-1395. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.06.014
• McPherson, R., Resnick, B. M., Galik, E., Gruber-Baldini, A. L., Holmes, S. & Kusmaul, N. (2023, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 1). The Association Between Engagement in Activities of Daily Living and Care Interactions for Residents Living With Dementia.. Journal of nursing care quality, 38 (2), E18-E24. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000675

• Name:

  Derek Gill Memorial Fund Award

  Sponsoring organization:

  University of Maryland Baltimore County Applied Sociology Program

  Date:

  2022

Professional

• Date:

  2023 - Current

  Organization:

  BMC Nursing

  Role:

  Editorial Review Board Member