Miami University

Robert A. Applebaum, Director of the Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project, Scripps Gerontology Center; Professor, Department of Sociology & Gerontology. applebra@muohio.edu Curriculum Vitae

Education:
Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin, 1980
M.S.W., Social Work, Ohio State University, 1977
B.A., Sociology, Ohio University, 1975

Research Interests:
Long-term care; quality assurance; program planning and evaluation; health and social welfare policy.


Selected Publications:

R. Applebaum, S. Kunkel, Shawn Davis, K. McGrew, & I.M. Nelson (2006). Assessing the Quality of Caregiver Support Services. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

R. Applebaum, G.C. Uman, & J.K. Straker (2006). Capturing the Voices of Consumers in Long-Term Care: If You Ask Them They Will Tell. In S.R. Kunkel and V. Wellin (Eds.), Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care (pp. 127-140). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

S.R. Kunkel, K.B. McGrew, R.A. Applebaum, & S.L. Davis (2006). Caregivers as Consumers: Perspectives on Quality. In S.R. Kunkel & V. Wellin (Eds.), Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care (pp. 141-151). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

S.A. Mehdizadeh, I. M. Nelson, & R.A. Applebaum (2006) Nursing Home Use in Ohio: Who Stays, Who Pays? Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

D. Brothers-McPhail, R.A. Applebaum, & J.K. Straker (2006). The Ohio Long-Term Care Factbook. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

R.A. Applebaum & J. Straker (2005, Fall). Long-Term Care Challenges for an Aging America: Improving Technology and Changing the System's Culture as Critical Parts of the Solution. Public Policy & Aging Report, vol. 15, no. 4,

1-7.

R.Applebaum & M. Payne (2005). How Supplemental Security Income Works.

Generations, vol. 29(1).

R. Applebaum, S. Mehdizadeh, & J. Straker (2005). Long-Term Care Utilization in Ohio 1993-2003 Research Brief. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

S.A. Mehdizadeh, & R.A. Applebaum (2005). An Overview of Ohio's

In-Home Service Program for Older People (PASSPORT). Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

S.A. Mehdizadeh & R.A. Applebaum (2005). A Review of Nursing Home Resident Characteristics in Ohio: Tracking Changes From 1994-2004.

Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.