Cynthia A. Hovland

Cynthia A. Hovland
Cleveland State University · School of Social Work

Doctor of Philosophy

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Publications (25)
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Skilled nursing home quality and staffing are positively correlated. Staffing shortages have been a long-standing problem however, COVID-19 exacerbated the issue. Currently, more than one in four US nursing homes report staff shortages, especially those in direct care to residents, nurse aides and nurses. To encourage workforce growth, a 12-module...
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Skilled nursing home quality and staffing are positively correlated. Staffing shortages have been a long-standing problem however, COVID-19 exacerbated the issue. Currently, more than one in four US nursing homes report staff shortages, especially those in direct care to residents, nurse aides and nurses. To encourage workforce growth, a 12-module...
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Achieving effective Age-Friendly Health Systems requires teaching the future healthcare workforce how to consistently use the 4Ms framework in the care of older adults: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility. Effective interprofessional teamwork is key to operationalizing this model. We describe here a virtual interprofessional student s...
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This exploratory study looked at the experiences of social work, occupational therapy, and nursing students who participated in an interprofessional simulation that was offered virtually due to the impact of COVID-19. The simulation was a one-day event that introduced advanced care planning to the students through an IPE team approach and incorpora...
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Background: Among healthcare professionals, hospice and palliative nurses have a high risk of experiencing work stress. However, little attention has been paid to protective factors that could mitigate the impact of daily stressors on hospice and palliative nurses. Aim: This study aimed to determine whether resourcefulness and positive thinking hav...
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At a time when the older adult population is increasing exponentially and health care agencies are fraught with crisis-level short-handedness and burnout, addressing the Quadruple Aim of enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, and improving the work life of health care providers is more crucial than ever. A multi-...
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This exploratory study focused on students’ perspectives of an interprofessional TeamSTEPPS simulation related to grief and loss on the development of empathy. This study used a nonrandom, purposeful sample of 45 first-year occupational therapy students from one Midwestern university during a single semester. Results identified three primary themes...
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The focus of this pilot study was to ascertain how bereaved African American caregivers prepared for the death of an older family member who died from a dementia-related diagnosis and the role of hospice care; an area with little research to date. Because African American older adults in the United States are at greater risk than Caucasian older ad...
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We modified an in-person simulation-enhanced interprofessional education model as necessitated by COVID-19 restrictions to a fully virtual education experience. Online prework remained unchanged but adjustments were made related to previously in-person activities. Diverging from the in-person training we held live virtual poster sessions with learn...
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Background and aims Family members who care for older adults with dementia encounter significant difficulties across many domains. There is limited research in this area; thus, the aim here is to share the actual experiences of 30 family caregivers to other family caregivers and to show how these experiences can provide help and recommendations. M...
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This exploratory study sought to understand the experiences of baccalaureate nursing students participating in an interprofessional simulation focused on empathy development and how it could inform their future practice. This study used a nonrandom, purposive sample of 31 undergraduate nursing students from one United States university who attended...
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Family caregivers of older adults with dementia have significant challenges across many domains. While this role has been found to be burdensome on the caregiver, increasingly, though, there are also significant positive aspects reported by caregivers (known as the positive aspects of caregiving—PAC). This participatory qualitative study of 30 Unit...
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Bisexual individuals often face binegativity in relationships with intimate partners and the health disparities associated with discrimination. The present study sought to explore the little known aspect of identity-based partner acceptance of bisexual individuals. Through the eyes of the bisexual person identified by a snow-ball sampling method of...
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Family caregivers of older persons with dementia have significant challenges across many domains. These reported problems encountered over their caregiving time are for many reasons, but what makes the caretaking difficult is complicated by both the unknown nature of the dementia disease and the dying trajectory. While there are studies, primarily...
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The literature is lacking in theoretically grounded techniques to design interprofessional educational experiences that prepare students to function effectively in interprofessional teams dedicated to the management of complex geriatric patients. We describe the use of the Constructivist/Active Learning theoretical framework to develop an interprof...
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The purpose of this study is to determine family caregivers’ recommendations for professional health care professionals on how to help prepare them for the death of an elder with dementia. Purposive criterion sampling was employed to identify 30 bereaved caregivers of family members aged 65 and older who died with a dementia-related diagnosis. In-d...
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Less is known about how caregivers prepare (or not) for the death of a family member with dementia. This study’s purpose was to explore how caregivers handle these dementia deaths, including identification of barriers and facilitators to preparing caregivers for the death of an elder family member dying with dementia. This qualitative, descriptive...
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This exploratory study aids understanding of the experiences of baccalaureate social work students participating in an interprofessional (IP) simulation and how the simulation would inform their future practice. This study used a nonrandom purposive sample of 32 undergraduate social work students from one midwestern university who attended one of t...
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The death of an older adult with dementia often has an uncertain dying trajectory and has been referred to as “the long goodbye.” Researchers have found both positive and negative outcomes of pre-death grief for caregivers of individuals with chronic illnesses. This qualitative study explored the end-of-life experiences for 36 bereaved family careg...
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Background One in three people over the age of 65 fall every year, with 1/3 sustaining at least moderate injury. Falls risk reduction requires an interprofessional health team approach. The literature is lacking in effective models to teach students how to work collaboratively in interprofessional teams for geriatric falls prevention. The purpose o...
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Undergraduate and graduate programs for healthcare professions are inconsistent in curricular offerings and incorporation of spiritual training. This study reviewed perceptions and opinions about spiritual care held by students at an American university. Data were collected using the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and one open-ended q...
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The central research questions of this study sought to understand the experiences of nursing students participating in an interprofessional simulation experience. This study used a nonrandom, purposive sample of 75 nursing students from one Midwestern university. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze the data. Five primary themes emerge...
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For caregivers the dying process and the death of individuals with dementia is particularly difficult due to the uncertainty surrounding the process of dying and the timing of death. Due to the ambiguous nature and uncertain dying trajectory of dementia, it is likely that caregivers find themselves unprepared for the death, putting them at risk for...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to ascertain how bereaved caregivers of a family member who died from a dementia-related diagnosis (a) define preparedness and (b) perceive its value. Design and Methods: Purposive criterion sampling was employed to identify 30 bereaved caregivers of family members aged 65 and older who died with a dementia-re...

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