Miami University
Sociology & Gerontology

Faculty & Staff

 

Jane Karnes Straker

Director of Policy, Ohio Long-Term Care Project
Adjunct Associate Professor of Gerontology

Office:

396 Upham Hall

Phone:

513-529-5949

Fax:

513-529-1476

Email:

strakejk@muohio.edu

Jane Straker

Education

PhD

Human Development and Social Policy

Northwestern University

MGS

Gerontology

Miami University

BA

Art Education

Southern Illinois University


Areas of Specialization

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

 

 


Selected Publications

J.K. Straker and 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, and M. Payne (2008).  Developing Specifications for the Competitive Bidding of Intake, Assessment and 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, Volume 20, Number 2, Spring 2007, pp. 59-62.

 

 

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

 

 


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