Ellen K. Mahoney
Associate Professor
Ellen K. Mahoney
Ph.D., RN, FGSA
Contact
Maloney Hall 346
Telephone: 617-552-4262
Email: ellen.mahoney@bc.edu
Education
- B.S.N. Georgetown University
- M.S.N. University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco
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
SELECTED APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS
- 2016-2018: “Evaluation of Veteran-Directed Home and Community Based Services.” Individual Provider Agreement with Providence VA Medical Center under Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D, James Rudolph PI
- 2014–2019: “Understanding experiences, trends & needs in self-directed programs.” Co-PI, subcontract with University of Illinois, Chicago Family Support Research & Training Center, USDHHS/ACL/NIDILRR 90RT503200100; Sandy Magana PI.
- 2006–2008: “The nursing ambulatory to hospital transitions program [NAHT]” Consultant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI), Barbara Roberge PI
- 2004: Outstanding Alumna Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
- 2002–2006: "Reminiscence during bathing persons with AD at home" (RO1 NR07893-01A1), Principal Investigator, NIH/NINR
- 2002: Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
- 2001–2003: "Dynamic assessment for nursing homes". Subcontract between metalinker.com and Boston College under NIH Grant No. R44AG15937-02, Principal Investigator Claire Gutkin.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Milliken, A., Mahoney, E. K., & Mahoney, K. J. (2016). "It just took the pressure off": The voices of Veterans' family caregivers in a participant-directed program. Home Health Care Services Quarterly.
- Jablonski-Jaudon, R. A., Winstead, V., Jones, J.-T., Corteza, Azuero, A., Mahoney, E. K., & Lolanowski, A. M. (2016). Revising the Resistiveness to Care Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement., E72–E82.
- Harry, M., MacDonald, L., McLuckie, A., Battista, C., Mahoney, E. K., & Mahoney, K. (2016). Long-term experiences in participant-directed home and community-based services for young adults with intellectual disabilities: Familial programme representative descriptions. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (published online ahead of print). doi: 10.1111/jar.12251.
- Harry, M., Kong, J., MacDonald, L., McLuckie, A., Battista, C., Mahoney, E. K., & Mahoney, K. (2016). The long-term effects of participant direction of supports and services for people with disabilities. Care Management Journals, 17(1), 2-12. doi: 10.1891/1521-0987.17.1.2.
- Jablonski, R., Lolanowski, A. M., Azuero, A., Winstead, V., Jones, T., Corteza, & Mahoney, E. K. (2015). Revising the Resistiveness to Care Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement.
- Volicer, L., Hurley, A., & Mahoney, E. K. (2015). Rejection of Care in Dementia. In Assessment Scales for Advanced Dementia (pp. 185 – 214). Baltimore, MD, USA: Health Professions Press.
- Mahoney, K., McGaffigan, E., Sciegaj, M., Zgoda, K., & Mahoney, E. K. (2015). Approaches to Empowering Individuals and Communities. Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging, p. 85.
- Trudeau, S., Gately, M. E., & Mahoney, E. K. (2015). Expressions of love: Translating bathing into an opportunity for intimacy for couples confronting dementia. Gerontology Special Interest Section Quarterly, 38(4), 1 – 4.
- Mahoney, K., Sciegaj, M., & Mahoney, E. K. (2014). The future of participant direction in aging services. Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, 38(2) 85-93. Retrieved from http://asaging.org/blog/content-source/15
- Hurley, A. C., Volicer, L., Mahoney, E. K. (2012). "Mental Status Measurement: Mini-mental state exam," In J. Fitzpatrick & M. Wallace Lazer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Nursing Research, 288-290. NY: Springer.
- Jablonski, R. A., Kolanowski, A., Therrien, B., Mahoney, E. K., Kassab, C., Leslie, D. L. (2011). Reducing care-resistant behaviors during oral hygiene in persons with dementia. BMC Oral Health, 11(30), 10.
- Jablonski, R.A., Therrien, B., Mahoney, E.K., Kolanowski, A., Gabelo, M., & Brock, A. (2011). An Intervention to Reduce Care-Resistant Behavior in Person with Dementia During Oral Hygiene: A Pilot Study. Special Care in Dentistry, 31(3), 77-87.
- Coakley, A.B. & Mahoney, E.K. (2009). Creating a Therapeutic and Healing Environment with a Pet Therapy Program. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 15(3), 141-146.
- Barron, A.M., Coakley, A.B., Fitzgerald, E.M., & Mahoney, E.K. (2008). Promoting the integration of therapeutic touch in nursing practice on an inpatient oncology and bone marrow transplant unit. International Journal for Human Caring, 12(2), 81-89.
- Shen, C., Smyer, M.A., Mahoney, K.J., Loughlin, D.M., Simon-Rusinowitz, L., & Mahoney, E.K. (2008). Does mental illness affect consumer direction of community-based care? Lessons from the Arkansas Cash and Counseling Program. The Gerontologist. 48(1), 93-104.
- Shen, C., Smyer, M.A., Mahoney, K.J., Loughlin, D.M., Simon-Rusinowitz, L., & Mahoney, E.K. (2008). Does mental illness affect consumer direction of community-based care? Lessons from the Arkansas Cash and Counseling Program. The Gerontologist. 48(1), 93-104.
- 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.