Catherine McCarty MA

MA in Thanatology from Hood College, MD, 2002
BA in Sociology from Frostburg State University, MD, 1980  

Entered Ph.D. Program 2005
E-Mail: cmccarty@cas.usf.edu
Telephone: 813-974-0698
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Research Interest

• Hospice Utilization for persons with Alzheimer’s disease; palliation and quality of life for Alzheimer’s disease
• Financial Burden & Caregiver Perception as Predictors of Depression in Alzheimer’s Caregivers
• International Dementia Care

Research Experience

Co-Investigator & Project Manager:  with Dr. Ladislav Volicer, MD, PhD, Hospice Utilization for Individuals with Dementia:  Palliation and Quality of Life for Alzheimer’s disease, funded by Alzheimer’s Association, National Capital Area, 2006

Primary Investigator:  Financial Burden & Caregiver Perception as Predictors of Depression in Alzheimer’s Caregivers, secondary analysis from Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health data (REACH), 2005

Primary Investigator:  Predictors of Placement from REACH, secondary analysis, 2006

Teaching Experience

Poster Presentations

Financial Burden & Caregiver Perception as Predictors of Depression in Alzheimer’s Caregivers, Student Mentoring Conference, Kentucky, Southern Gerontological Society of America, 2006

Financial Burden & Caregiver Perception as Predictors of Depression in Alzheimer’s Caregivers, Texas, Gerontological Society of America, 2006

Feathering Your Nest, Creating a Psychosocial Advance Care Plan, Tampa, FL, Association of Death Educators & Grief Counselors, 2006

Hospice Utilization of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, Co Investigator:  L. Volicer, Student Mentoring Conference, Atlanta, GA, Southern Gerontological Society, 2007

Hospice Utilization of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, Co Investigator:  L. Volicer, MD, PhD, Center for Hospice, Palliative Care, & End-of-Life Studies Annual Scientific Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2006

Paper Presentations

Hospice Utilization of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, Co Investigator:  L. Volicer, MD, PhD, Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, 2007

Hospice Utilization of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, Co Investigator:  L. Volicer, MD, PhD, Center for Hospice, Palliative Care, & End-of-Life Studies Meeting, USF, Tampa, FL, 2007

Hospice Utilization of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, Co Investigator:  L. Volicer, MD, PhD, Policy Meeting, USF, Tampa, FL, 2007

Advance Directive Usage in Assisted Living, Primary Investigator, Cate McCarty, Hood College, Frederick, MD, 2003

Workshop Presentations

Recreation Therapy in Dementia Special Care, Geriatric Case Management Class, USF, Spring, 2008

Feathering Your Nest, Multi-sensory Psychosocial Advance Directive for Alzheimer’s Caregivers, Psychology of Aging Class, USF, 2008
Sociocultural Aspects of Aging Class, USF, Spring & Fall, 2007

Publications

McCarty, C., & Volicer, L., Hospice access for individuals with dementia, Manuscript in preparation.

McCarty, C., & Jang, Y., Financial burden and caregiver perception as predictors of depression, Manuscript in preparation.

McCarty, C., Maslow and Erikson:  Quality of life in Dementia Special Care, Manuscript in preparation.

McCarty, C., & Molinari, V.  Dementia Special Care:  Past to Present, Manuscript in preparation.

McCarty, C.  Dementia Psychosocial Quality of Life Assessment Advances, Manuscript in preparation.

McCarty, C.  International Dementia Care Research, 2000-2006, Manuscript in preparation. 

Technical Reports

McCarty, C.  (2008).  Shirley Orloff Memory Unit Recreation Plan.  Submitted to Weinberg Village, Tampa, Florida. 

Awards and Grants

Fellowship
School of Aging Studies
University of South Florida
 2005-2006

Travel Grant
Graduate and Professional Student Council
University of South Florida
2006, 2007, 2008

Research Grant
Project Manager
Alzheimer’s Association
National Capital Area
2007

Professional Affiliations & Service

• Recreation Consultant, Orloff Memory Unit, Weinberg Village, 2008
• Certified Activity Director with National Certification Committee for Activities Professionals, 2000-Present
• Speaker for Speaker’s Bureau of National Capital Area Alzheimer’s Association, 203-2004
• Volunteer for Hospice Caring, Inc., a non-profit, non-medical hospice.  Serve as in-service presenter, public speaker and co-director of Camp Caring, a bereavement camp for grieving children and early adolescents, 2004
• Designed and executed comprehensive psychosocial recreation program for Dementia Special Care Units & Memory Care Facilities, 1996-2005

Memberships

• School of Aging Studies Student Association, 2005-Present
• Association Death Educators and Grief Counselors, 2000-Present
• Gerontological Society of America, 2005-Present

Licenses

• National Certification of Activities Professional, Certified