Robert A. Applebaum, Ph.D. Director of the Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project, Scripps Gerontology Center; Professor, Department of Sociology & Gerontology applebra@muohio.edu
Robert A. Applebaum	Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin, 1980
M.S.W., Social Work, Ohio State University, 1977
B.A., Sociology, Ohio University, 1975

Research Interests:

Long-term care; quality assurance; program planning and evaluation; health and social welfare policy.

Selected Publications:

S.A. Mehdizadeh, T. Yamashita, R. Applebaum, (2010).  A Review of Ohio's Nursing Home Certificate of Need Program: Implications for Practice and Policy.  Oxford, OH:  Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

S.A. Mehdizadeh, R.A. Applebaum, M. Deacon, & J.K. Straker (2009). Providing Long-Term Services and Supports to an Aging Ohio: Progress and Challenges. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

R.A. Applebaum & J. Leek. (Forthcoming). Bridging the academic/practice gap in gerontology and geriatrics: Mapping a route to mutual success. Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 28.

R.A. Applebaum, M. Payne, & J.K. Straker (2009). Aging and Long-Term Care Issues in Ohio. A Brief Report. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

R.A. Applebaum, V. Wellin, S.A. Mehdizadeh, J.S. Brown, K.B. McGrew, L. Manning, H. Menne, K.B. Wilson, J. Johnson, H. Baker, & K. Chow (2009). An Evaluation of the Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Program.  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.

M. Payne & R. Applebaum (2008). Local Funding of Senior Services: Good Policy or Just Good Politics. Generations, Fall, 2008 vol. 32, no. 3, 81-85.

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.

R. Applebaum, V. Wellin, C. Kart, J.S. Brown, H. Menne, F. Ejaz, K.B. Wilson (2007). Evaluation of Ohio's Assisted Living Waiver Program: Final Summary Report. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

J.S. Brown and R. Applebaum (2007). Evaluation of Ohio’s Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Program: Report on Program Costs. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

R. Applebaum & S. McGeehan (2007). The Evolving Role of Care Management in Integrated Models of Care. Care Management Journals, vol. 8, #2, pp. 64-70.

M. Payne, R. Applebaum, M. Molea, & D. E. Ross (2007). Funding Services From the Bottom Up: An Overview of Senior Services Levy Programs in Ohio. The Gerontologist, vol. 47, no. 4, 555-558.

R. Applebaum, S.R. Kunkel, & K. Wilson (2007). Transforming Data Into Practical Information: Using Consumer Input to Improve Home Care Services. The Gerontologist, vol. 47, #1, February 2007, pp. 116-122.

R. Applebaum, S. Kunkel, S. Davis, K. McGrew, & I.M. Nelson (2006). Assessing the Quality of Caregiver Support Services. 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.

S.R. Kunkel, K.B. McGrew, R.A. Applebaum, & S.L. Davis (2006). Caregivers as Consumers: Perspectives on Quality. In S.R. Kunkel & V. Wellin (Eds.), Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care (pp. 141-151). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

S.A. Mehdizadeh, I. M. Nelson, & R.A. Applebaum (2006) Nursing Home Use in Ohio: Who Stays, Who Pays? Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

D. Brothers-McPhail, R.A. Applebaum, & J.K. Straker (2006). The Ohio Long-Term Care Factbook. 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 & M. Payne (2005). How Supplemental Security Income Works. Generations, vol. 29(1).

R. Applebaum, S. Mehdizadeh, & J. Straker (2005). Long-Term Care Utilization in Ohio 1993-2003 Research Brief. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

S.A. Mehdizadeh, & R.A. Applebaum (2005). An Overview of Ohio's In-Home Service Program for Older People (PASSPORT). Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

S.A. Mehdizadeh & R.A. Applebaum (2005). A Review of Nursing Home Resident Characteristics in Ohio: Tracking Changes From 1994-2004. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.