Kathryn Hyer



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Kathryn Hyer, Ph.D.
1992, Arizona State University , Tempe , Arizona

Associate Professor
School of Aging Studies
Director, Training Academy on Aging at Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging

Email: khyer@cas.usf.edu
Telephone: 813-974-3232
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
NIH Biosketch (pdf)

Description of Research Interests
Kathryn Hyer’s research is on the organization, staffing, training, policies, and financing of long-term care in varied settings along the continuum of long term care. She is interested in the impact of State and federal regulations on assisted living and nursing home residents’ quality of care and quality of life, especially at the end of life. Her research includes program evaluation with a special emphasis on evaluation of geriatric educational interventions for health professionals and students.

Funded Research History

2006-2008	Co-Principal Investigator, John A. Hartford Foundation, Florida Healthcare Education & Development Foundation Inc. “Hurricane and Disaster Preparedness for Long Term Care Facilities.” $361,557
2006-2007	Co-Principal Investigator, Borchard Foundation “Hurricanes and Long-Term Care Facilities: Creating State Models for Legal and Regulatory Responsibility for Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.” This project reviews the regulatory and statutory requirements of nursing homes in the hurricane impacted Gulf States prior and after the 2005 hurricane season. $20,000
2005-2007	Principal Investigator, Commonwealth Fund Grant “Assessing Florida’s Innovations to Improve Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes.” $222,343
2005-2006	Principal Investigator, Administration on Aging Grant “Florida’s Minority Elders, An Assessment of Physical and Mental Health Service Needs.” $1,371,338
1999-2004	Co-Principal Investigator, John A. Hartford Foundation, Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Program Resource Center. Total grant is $1.4 million USF subcontract
2001-2004	Principal Investigator, Department of Elder Affairs, “Alzheimer’s Disease Training Curriculum and Training Provider Review and Approval program.” $204,000
2001-2005	Evaluator, (10%) Bureau of Health Professions, Interdisciplinary Training for Health Care in Rural Areas $613,000. Candace Burns, PhD., RN Principle Investigator
2001-2005	Principal Investigator, Statewide Dementia Training Initiative, $180,000 subcontract with Stein Gerontological Institute
2001-2002	Principal Investigator, University Community Initiative Grant, University of South Florida “Creating new student markets for humanities courses through distance learning and outreach to place-bound seniors.” $13,603
2001	Health Care Financing Administration, $5,000
2000-2005	Principal Investigator “Developing a Program of Successful Aging in CCRCs: the Masterpiece Living Project.” Westport Industries Senior Living Project, $135,000
2000-2001	Co-Investigator, Task Force on Affordability and Availability of Long Term Care, $300,000
2000-2001	Co-Principal Investigator, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community-State Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care, $10,000
2000-2001	Co-Investigator, Health Care Administration Medicaid Program Development, $165,000
2000	Agency for Health Care Administration Training of State Surveyors on Managing Expectations, $2,000
1999-2000	Principal Investigator, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, $9,000
1999-2000	Co-Investigator, Medicaid Elderly Recipient Performance Based Budgeting Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid Program Development, $165,000
1989-1992	Principal Investigator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, $20,000 Dissertation Support

Publications (representative publications selected from over 50 published)

Brown, L.M., Hyer, K., & Polivka-West, L. (In Press). A Comparative Study of Federal and State Laws, Rules, Codes and Other Influences on Nursing Homes' Disaster Preparedness in the Gulf Coast States. Behavioral Sciences & the Law.

Roscoe, L., & Hyer, K. (In Press). Quality of Life at the End of Life for Nursing Home Residents: Perceptions of Hospice and Nursing Home Staff Members. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Reynolds, S., Haley, W., Hyer, K. (In press). Expanding Gerontology Enrollments:
Successful Results of an Innovative Outreach Program. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.

Andel, R., Hyer, K., Slack, A. (In Press). Risk Factors for Nursing Home Placement in Older Adults Enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. Journal of Aging and Health.

Hyer, K., Brown, L., Berman, A., Polivka-West, L. (2006, August 29). Establishing and refining hurricane response systems for long-term care facilities. Health Affairs, 25, Article 10.1377. Retrieved from http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.25.w407v1

Williams, C., Molinari, V., Bond, J., Smith, M., Hyer, K., & Malphurs, J. (2006). Development of a curriculum for long term care nurses to improve recognition of depression in dementia. Educational Gerontology, 32(8), 647-667.

Kane, R. L., Rockwood, T., Hyer, K., Desjardins, K., Brassard, A., Gessert, C., & Kane, R. (2006). Nursing home staff's perceived ability to influence quality of life. Journal of Nursing Home Quality, 21(3).

Kane, R. L., Rockwood, T., Hyer, K. Desjardins, K., Brassard, A., Gessert, C., & Kane, R. (2005). Rating the importance of nursing home residents’ quality of life. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 53(12), 2076-2082.

Fulmer, T., Hyer, K., & Flaherty, E. (2005). Geriatric interdisciplinary team training: program results. Journal of Aging and Health, 17(4), 443-470.

Gessert, C., Hyer, K., Kane, R. L., Kane, R. A., & Rockwood, T. (2005). Cognitive impairment and quality of life: views of nursing home providers. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 19(2), 85-90.

Reid, W. M., Ruzycki, S., Haney, M. L., Brown, L. M., Baggerly, J., Mescia, N., & Hyer, K. (2005). Disaster mental health training in Florida and the response to the 2004 hurricanes. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 11(Suppl.), 57-62.

Molinari, V., Chiriboga, D., Schonfeld, L., Haley, W., Schinka, J. A., Hyer, K., & Dupree, L. (2005). Geropsychology post-doctoral training in public sector service delivery:The USF/Tampa VA fellowship model. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 25(4), 63-82.

Williams, C. L., Hyer, K., Kelly, A., Leger-Krall, S., & Tappen, R. M. (2005). Development of nurse competencies to improve dementia care. Geriatric Nursing, 26(2), 1-8.

Davidson, P. W., Heller, T., Janicki, M. P., & Hyer, K. (2004). Defining a national health research and practice agenda for older adults with intellectual disabilities .Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 1(1), 2.

Hyer, K., Taylor, H. H., & Nanni, K. (2004). Designing health care risk management on-line: meeting regulators’ concerns for fixed-hour curriculum. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 24(4), 77-94.

Johnson, H. A., McBride, M., & Hyer, K. (2004). Web-based distance education: Applications of cyber-learning technology. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 24(4), 3-11.

Johnson, C., Hedgecock, D. K., Oakley, M. A., Dobalian, A., Salmon, J. R., Hyer, K., & Polivka, L. (2004).Predictors of lawsuit activity against nursing homes in Hillsborough County, Florida. Health Care Management Review, 29, 150-158.

Davidson, P. W., Heller, T., Janicki, M. P., & Hyer, K. (2003). The Tampa scientific conference on intellectual disability, aging, and health. Chicago: Rehabilitation and Research Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dyer, C. B., Hyer, K., Feldt, K. S., Lindemann, D. A., Busby-Whitehead, J., Greenberg, S., Kennedy, R., Flaherty, E., & Fulmer, T. (2003). Frail older patient care by interdisciplinary teams: A primer for generalists. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 24(2), 51-62.

Flaherty, E., Hyer, K., Kane, R., Wilson, N., Whitelaw, N., & Fulmer, T., (2003). Using case studies to evaluate students’ ability to develop a geriatric interdisciplinary care plan. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 24(2), 63-74.

Fulmer, T., Flaherty, E., & Hyer, K., (2003). The geriatric interdisciplinary team training (GITT) program: An introduction. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 24(2), 3-12.

Hyer, K., Skinner, J. H., Kane, R., Howe, J. L., Whitelaw, N., Flaherty, E., Halstead, L., & Fulmer, T. (2003). Using scripted video to assess interdisciplinary team effectiveness training outcome. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 24(2), 75-91.

Polivka, L., Salmon, J., Hyer, K., Johnson, C., & Hedgecock, D. (2003). The nursing home problem in Florida. The Gerontologist, 43(Spec. No. 2), 7-18

Ad Hoc Reviewer

2000-present Journal of American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Gerontology – Social Sciences, Journal of Health and Aging, Educational Gerontology

Membership in Professional Societies

1996-present - Association of Gerontology in Higher Education, Fellow (2002)
1990-present - American Geriatrics Society, Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee, Education Committee
1987-present - Gerontological Society of America

Board Memberships

2002-present - Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Board of Directors, Geriatrics Education, Chair
2000-present - National Advisory Board, Westport Living Fund
1993-1997 - Board of Directors, Women in Healthcare Management, New York City

Federal Appointments

2002-2003 Member, Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation Resident Centered Nursing Home Technical Expert Panel, Department of Health and Human Services

1995-1996 US Department of Health and Human Services Member, Technical Advisory Group Advisor for Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation for Department of Health and Human Services Training Programs for Professionals Caring for Persons with Disabilities.

Local Committees

2000-present Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Member of the Institute Board of Directors
2000-2005 Center for Palliative Care, University of South Florida, Executive Committee member
1998-2002 Institute on Aging, University of South Florida, Executive Committee, Chair, Development Committee

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