Miami University

Jane Karnes Straker, Ph.D., Director of Policy, Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Gerontology. strakejk@muohio.edu Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Ph.D., Human Development & Social Policy, Northwestern University;

M.G.S., Gerontology, Miami University;

B.A., Art Education, Southern Illinois University.

Research Interests:

Community-based and institutional long-term care; consumer choice and autonomy; consumer satisfaction measures; functional assessment; evaluation research methods.

Biographical Sketch:

Jane Karnes Straker is the Director of Policy for the Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project at the Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford Ohio.  After receiving her doctorate in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University in 1993, she came to Scripps as Project Director on the evaluation of Ohio's Pre-Admission Review Program.  Since then, she has been involved in a number of research projects for the Ohio Department of Aging, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the Ohio Department of Health, the Administration on Aging, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund.  A large portion of her work has looked at changes in the nursing home industry, changes in utilization in home care and residential settings, and consumer satisfaction with long-term care services at home and in institutional settings.  In 2001, she was a principal investigator on a project for the Ohio Department of Aging to develop nursing home satisfaction tools for residents and families that are used in nursing homes throughout Ohio.  She currently serves as the research representative on the Governor’s Long-term Care Consumer Guide Advisory Council; the group charged with developing Ohio’s website for long-term care consumers, www.ltcohio.org.  She is currently working on survey projects with the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, the Ohio Department of Aging and two local provider organizations.

Selected Publications:

J.K. Straker & J.S. Brown (2008). 2007 Ohio Residential Care Facility Resident Satisfaction Survey: Instrument Refinements. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

J.K. Straker, I.M. Nelson, R.A. Applebaum, & M. Payne (2008). Developing Specifications for the Competitive Bidding of Intake, Assessment & Case Management Services. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

S.A. Mehdizadeh, R.A. Applebaum, I.M. Nelson, J.K. Straker, H. Baker (2007). The Changing Face of Long-Term Care: Ohio's Experience 1993-2005. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

A.J. Bailer, J.K. Straker, R. Noble, M.R. Hughes, K. See (2007). Considering Nursing Home Quality: Is Places Rated or Consumer Reports a Better Model? Chance, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring 2007, pp. 59-62.

J.K. Straker, F.K. Ejaz, C. McCarthy, & J. Jones (Forthcoming -2007) Developing and Testing a Satisfaction Survey for Nursing Home Residents: The Ohio Experience. Journal of Aging and Social Policy.

J.K. Straker, J.A. Leek, K.B. McGrew, F.K. Ejaz, & B. Peters (2007). Development and Testing of a Resident Satisfaction Survey for Ohio's Residential Care Facilities. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

J.K. Straker & F. Ejaz (2007). Implementation of the 2006 Ohio Nursing Home Family Survey. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

Straker, J., Carr, D.C. & Chow, C. (2007). Ohio’s PASSPORT Providers. Brief Report. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

S.R. Kunkel, J.K. Straker, & D.C. Carr (2007). PASSPORT Quality Assurance and Quality Management. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

W.B. Ciferri, S.R. Kunkel, K.B. McGrew, S.A. Mehdizadeh, J.K. Straker, & V. Wellin (2007). Program Evaluation of PASSPORT: Ohio's Home and Community-Based Medicaid Waiver. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

J.K. Straker, D.C. Carr, K. Chow, & E. Lokon (2007). Providing Quality Home and Community-Based Services Through PASSPORT. 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.

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

R.B. Noble, A.J. Bailer, S.R. Kunkel, & J.K. Straker (2006). Sample Size Requirements for Studying Small Populations in Gerontology Research. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology (online).

J.K. Straker, Ian M. Nelson, & D.C. Carr (2005) Educating Caregivers About Caregiving: An Evaluation of the Council on Aging Learning Advantages Program for Informal Caregivers. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

J.K. Straker, P.C. Faust (2005). The HIPPA Privacy Rule and Long-Term Care: A Quick Guide for Researchers. 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, S. Mehdizadeh, & J. Straker (2005). Long-Term Care Utilization in Ohio 1993-2003 Research Brief. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

L.D. Murdoch , S.R. Kunkel, R.A. Applebaum & J.K. Straker (2004). Care Managers as Research Interviewers: A Test of a Strategy for Gathering Consumer Satisfaction Information. The Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol. 23, no. 3, September 2004, 234-246.

R.A. Applebaum, S.A. Mehdizadeh, & J.K. Straker (2004). The Changing World of Long-Term Care: A State Perspective.  Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol. 16(1).