title: The Dynamic Mix of Art and Science in Interdisciplinary Team Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia.
authors.affiliation: Nancy Oliva, PhD, MS, MHA, MPA, RN, holds a faculty appointment in the Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco. She is a health services researcher in chronic disease management, self-care, and older adult systems of care and codirects a rural heart failure disease management program in the Veterans Administration health care system. She has extensive clinical/organizational leadership experience in not-for-profit, for-profit, county, local, district, and federal government health care organizations. Her research interests include health policy; delivery system science; population health; interdisciplinary team applications of chronic care models; and family caregiver support and community-based dementia care. Betty Wexler, MS, CNS, ACHPN, RN, earned her graduate degree in Gerontological Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco, and undergraduate degrees in Nursing and Human Services. She has expertise and experience in gerontology, geriatrics, dementia care, palliative care, and chronic disease management, as well as more than 30 years of experience in direct care and management in acute care, home care, hospice, and clinic settings. She currently serves as an advisor for a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Tier II grant on successful aging. Betty's interests include the functioning and outcomes of interdisciplinary teams in the complex care of chronically ill older adults.
authors.forename: Nancy
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authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: Betty
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authors.lastname: Wexler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States