Academic Title:  Professor of Medicine   
                            Physicians Health Services Endowed Chair 
                            in Geriatrics and Gerontology

Education:   Ph.D. Sociology, Brown University  

Research Interests:

• Dementia Care by Primary Care Physicians and Families
• Disability Throughout Adulthood
• Fall Prevention
• Functional Status Measurement
• Hip Fracture Recovery
• Home Health Care Use and Patient Outcomes
• Long-term Care Needs 

Selected Publications: 

Fortinsky RH.  Health care triads and dementia care: Integrative framework and future directions. Aging & Mental Health 2001;5 (suppl 1):S35-S48. 

Fortinsky RH, Burant CJ, Kercher K.  Measurement and correlates of family caregiver self efficacy for managing dementia. Aging & Mental Health 2002;6:153-160.  

Fortinsky RH, Unson C, Garcia RI.  Helping family caregivers by linking primary care physicians with community-based dementia care services:  The Alzheimer’s service coordination program. Dementia:  The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 2002;1:227-240. 

Fortinsky RH, Bohannon RW, Litt MD, Tennen H, Maljanian R, Fifield J, Garcia RI, Kenyon L.  Rehabilitation therapy self-efficacy and functional recovery after hip fracture.  Int J Rehabil Res 2002; 25:241-246. 

Fortinsky RH, Garcia RI, Sheehan TJ, Madigan EA, Tullai-McGuinness S.  Measuring disability in Medicare home care patients:  Application of Rasch modeling to the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS).  Med Care 2003;41:601-615.  

Madigan EA, Tullai-McGuinness S, Fortinsky RH.  Accuracy in the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS): Results of a video simulation.  Research in Nursing and Health; 2003;26:273-283. 

Fortinsky RH, Iannuzzi-Sucich M, Baker DI, Gottschalk M, King MB, Brown CJ, Tinetti ME.  Fall risk assessment and management in clinical practice:  Views from health care providers.  J Am Geriatr Soc (in press).  

Fortinsky RH, Fenster JR, Judge JO.  Medicare and Medicaid home health and Medicaid waiver services for dually eligible older adults:  Risk factors for use and correlates of expenditures.  Gerontologist (in press). 

Contact Information: 
Phone:   860-679-8069
Fax:       860-679-1307
E-mail: Fortinsky@nso1.uchc.edu