Leslie A Grant, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Human Development and Aging, University of California-San Francisco, 1986

M.S., Health and Medical Sciences, University of California-Berkeley, 1981

M.A., Architecture, University of California-Berkeley, 1978

B.A., Architecture, University of California-Berkeley, 1975

Courses

Health Policy and Ethics, PubH 6543; Long-Term Care Industry, PubH 6550; Organizational Management in Long Term Care, PubH 7580; Gerontology and Services for Long Term Care Residents, PubH 7581; Practicum in Long-Term Care Administration, PubH 7582; Health Care and Medical Needs, PubH 7584; Regulatory Management in Long-Term Care, PubH 7587; Clerkship in Health Care Administration, PubH 7596

Fall 2009
7584: Health Care and Medical Needs

Fall 2009
7580: Organizational Management in Long Term Care

Spring 2010
6553: Health Care Management Ethics

Spring 2010
7581: Gerontology and Services for Long Term Care Residents

Research Interests:

Environmental design for seniors, financing, organization and delivery of long-term care, and environment assessment and program evaluation; long term care, effectiveness of organizational models for Alzheimer's care, and the environment, aging and adaptation

Recent Publications:

Cutler L, Kane RA, Degenholtz HB, Miller MJ, Grant L. Assessing and comparing physical environments for nursing home residents: using new tools for greater research specificity. Gerontologist 2006; 46:42-51.

Family Caregiver Satisfaction with the Nursing Home After Placement of a Relative with Dementia, with J. Tornatore, The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 42, 2004

Organizational Predictors of Family Satisfaction in Nursing Facilities, Seniors Housing and Care Journal, 12(1), 2004

Burden Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease in Nursing Homes, with J. Tornatore, The Gerontologist, 42(4), 2003

Creative Long-Term Care Administration, with G. Gordon and R. Stryker (eds.), 4th ed., Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illinois, 2003

The Nursing Home in American Society, with C. Johnson, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985

Contact

Mailing Address:
Health Services Research, Policy and Administration
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone (Work): (612) 624-8844

Email: grant004@umn.edu