Ellen K. Mahoney, DNSc, RNCS

Office

Cushing Hall 336 C
617-552-4262
mahoneeb@bc.edu

educational history

• DNS University of California, San Francisco
• MSN University of Pennsylvania
• BSN Georgetown University

selected publications

• Barron, A.M., Coakley, A.B., Fitzgerald, E.M., & Mahoney, E.K.( submitted, in review). Integrating therapeutic touch on an inpatient oncology and bone marrow transplant unit. International Journal for Human Caring
  
• Shen, C., Smyer, M.A., Mahoney, K.J., Loughlin, D.M., Simon-Rusinowitz, L., & Mahoney, E.K. (in press). Does mental illness affect consumer direction of community-based care? Lessons from the Arkansas Cash and Counseling Program. The Gerontologist.
  
• Mahoney, E.K., Trudeau S.A., Penyack, S., & MacCleod, C. (2006). Challenges to intervention implementation: Lessons learned in the Bathing Persons with AD at Home Study. Nursing Research. 55 (2S), S10-S16.
• Hurley, A.C., Volicer, L., & Mahoney, E.K. (2006). The nervous system. In Tabloski, P. Gerontological Nursing. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, p.711-753.
  

research interests

Human responses in chronic illness/disability; patterns of behavior in persons with dementia; nursing interventions to promote functional ability in the elderly; recovery from stroke

appointments & awards

• 2006-2008  “The nursing ambulatory to hospital transitions program [NAHT]” Consultant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI), Barbara Roberge PI
• 2002-2006  "Reminiscence during bathing persons with AD at home" (RO1 NR07893-01A1), Principal  Investigator, NIH/NINR, 9/02 - 6/06.
• 2001-2003  "Dynamic assessment for nursing homes". Subcontract between metalinker.com and Boston College under NIH Grant No. R44AG15937-02, Principal Investigator Claire Gutkin, 2/01 - 2/03.
• 2004  Outstanding Alumna Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
• 2002  Fellow, Gerontological Society of America