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dementia, caregiving, animal-assisted interventions, health services research, occupational therapy, geriatrics
United States

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Employment (3)

University of Wisconsin Madison: Madison, WI, US

2019-08-19 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Kinesiology, Occupational Therapy Program)
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Beth Fields

US Department of Veterans Affairs: Pittsburgh, PA, US

2018-07-09 to present | Co-Investigator (Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion)
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Beth Fields

University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA, US

2017-07 to 2019-06-30 | Postdoctoral Associate (Occupational Therapy)
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Education and qualifications (4)

American Occupational Therapy Association: Bethesda, Maryland, US

2019 to present | Board Certified in Gerontology
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Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO, US

2014-08 to 2017-08 | PhD (Occupational Therapy)
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Beth Fields

Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO, US

2012-08 to 2014-08 | MS (Occupational Therapy)
Education
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University of Wisconsin Madison: Madison, WI, US

2008-08 to 2012-05 | BS
Education
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Professional activities (4)

Gerontological Society of America: DC, DC, US

2017 to present
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Academy Health: Washington, DC, US

2017 to present
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American Hippotherapy Association: Fort Collins, Coloardo, US

2015 to present
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American Occupational Therapy Association: Bethesda, Maryland, US

2012 to present
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Funding (4)

Development and Validation of the Caregiver Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT)

2020-06-01 to 2022-02-28 | Grant
National Institute on Aging (Baltimore, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R03AG062848
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Center for Research, Training, and Dissemination of Family Support for People with Disabilities Across the Life Course.

2019-09-30 to 2024-09-29 | Grant
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Washington D.C., US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 90RTGE0002
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Promoting Caregiver Inclusion

2018-07 to 2020-06 | Award
Division of Loan Repayment (DC, DC, US)
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The Caregiver Project

2017-07 to 2018-07 | Grant
Pittsburgh Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA, US)
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Works (43)

How do researchers identify and recruit dementia caregivers? A scoping review

The Gerontologist
2024-12-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Bhavani Kashyap; Bethany Crouse; Beth Fields; Alyssa Aguirre; Talha Ali; Rachel Hays; Xiaojuan Li; Lily N Shapiro; Meng-Hua Tao; Ivana A Vaughn et al.
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Exploring confidence in financial planning topics among care partners of persons living with dementia

Dementia
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Anna Jolliff; Beth Fields; Justin Boutilier; Alex Dudek; Christian Elliott; Matthew Zuraw; Nicole E Werner
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Integrating family caregivers in older adults’ hospital stays: a needed cultural shift

Hospital Practice
2024-10-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Chloe Muntefering; Amanda Kastrinos; Natalie S. McAndrew; Madelyn Ahrens; Allison J. Applebaum; Lauren Bangerter; Beth Fields
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The Usability of the Augmented Reality Home Assessment Tool (ARHAT): A Survey Study

Journal of Aging and Environment
2024-08-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Benazir Meera; Zach Skrove; Lauryn Kinney; Jenny Lee; Rachael Shields; Bryce Sprecher; Ross Tredinnick; Kevin Ponto; Jung-hye Shin; Beth Fields
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Care Partner Confidence and Experiences in Legal Planning for People Living With Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Study

The Gerontologist
2024-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Anna Jolliff; Beth Fields; Justin Boutilier; Alex Dudek; Christian Elliott; Matthew Zuraw; Nicole E Werner; Joseph E Gaugler
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Supporting Mealtime Participation Among People Living With Dementia at Home: Challenges and Strategies for Caregivers

The Gerontologist
2024-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Lisa A Juckett; Mequeil L Howard; Beth E Fields; Shannon E Jarrott; Lorraine C Mion; Kali S Thomas; Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi
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The Intersection of Successful Aging and Family Caregiving

The Gerontologist
2024-05-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Lauren R Bangerter; Yijung Kim; Beth Fields; Michael Reese Wittke; Kate Perepezko
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Quality and Accessibility of Home Assessment mHealth Apps for Community Living: Systematic Review

JMIR mHealth and uHealth
2024-03-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Jung-hye Shin; Rachael Shields; Jenny Lee; Zachary Skrove; Ross Tredinnick; Kevin Ponto; Beth Fields
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Goal Setting for Aging Adults and Care Partners: A Scoping Review

Innovation in Aging
2024-01-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Kate Perepezko; Pamela Toto; Mary Hitchcock; Beth Fields; Amanda N Leggett
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Effects of Caregiver Sleep Disturbances on Relationship Quality With Their Care Recipient

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
2024-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kate Perepezko; Kelly Shaffer; Scott Beach; Natalie Rolle; Beth Fields; Jessica Kelley
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Utilizing AR as a Tool for Assessing Accessibility in the Home

2023-10-09 | Conference paper
Contributors: Kevin Ponto; Ross Tredinnick; Rachael Shields; Beth Fields; Jung-hye Shin
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Evaluating the Acceptability and Appropriateness of the Augmented Reality Home Assessment Tool (ARHAT): Qualitative Descriptive Study

JMIR Aging
2023-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; McKenzie Fitzpatrick; Lauryn Kinney; Jenny Lee; Bryce Sprecher; Ross Tredinnick; Kevin Ponto; Jung-hye Shin
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Quality and Accessibility of Home Assessment mHealth Apps for Community Living: Systematic Review (Preprint)

2023-09-21 | Preprint
Contributors: Jung-hye Shin; Rachael Shields; Jenny Lee; Zachary Skrove; Ross Tredinnick; Kevin Ponto; Beth Fields
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Adapting and Testing the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool for Use in Dementia Care: Protocol for a 2 Sequential Phase Study

JMIR Research Protocols
2023-06-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Nicole Werner; Manish N Shah; Scott Hetzel; Blair P Golden; Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi; Dorothy Farrar Edwards
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Care Partner Inclusion of People Hospitalized With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Systems Engineering Approach to Designing a Health Care System Toolkit

JMIR Research Protocols
2023-05-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Catherine Still; Austin Medlin; Andrea Strayer; Alicia I Arbaje; Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi; Nicole Werner
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Implementing CAPABLE With Care Partners Through an Area Agency on Aging: Identifying Barriers and Facilitators Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

The Gerontologist
2023-03-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Pamela E Toto; Tucker Alchin; Caylee Yanes; Seeun Park; Beth E Fields; Julie Bobitt
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Evaluation of Face Validity and Acceptability of the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool

Innovation in Aging
2023-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Madelyn Carbery; Richard Schulz; Juleen Rodakowski; Lauren Terhorst; Catherine Still; Alison Phinney
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Adapting and Testing the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool for Use in Dementia Care: Protocol for a 2 Sequential Phase Study (Preprint)

2023-02-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Beth Fields; Nicole Werner; Manish N Shah; Scott Hetzel; Blair P Golden; Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi; Dorothy Farrar Edwards
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A Descriptive Qualitative Study of Foreign Caregivers of Older Adult Stroke Survivors

The Gerontologist
2023-01-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Yosika Septi Mauludina; Christina Yeni Kustanti; Beth E Fields; Feng-Hang Chang; Suzanne Meeks
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Care Partner Inclusion of People Hospitalized With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Systems Engineering Approach to Designing a Health Care System Toolkit (Preprint)

2022-12-22 | Preprint
Contributors: Beth Fields; Catherine Still; Austin Medlin; Andrea Strayer; Alicia I Arbaje; Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi; Nicole Werner
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The Positive and Negatives of Caregiving for Older Adults During Coronavirus Disease 2019: Identifying Opportunities for Advancing Social, Health, and Economic Policies

Public Policy & Aging Report
2022-10-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Tara Klinedinst; Julie Silver Seidle; Catherine Li; Nicole E Werner; Kristin Litzelman; Brian Kaskie
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Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program: Understanding the potential involvement of care partners

Health & Social Care in the Community
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Caylee Yanes; Molly Ennis; Pamela Toto
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Relationship between health care interactions and care partner burden.

Families, Systems, & Health
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Anne Mueller; Scott R. Beach; Barbara J. Bowers; Beth Fields
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Associations Between Implementation of the Caregiver Advise Record Enable (CARE) Act and Health Service Utilization for Older Adults with Diabetes: Retrospective Observational Study

JMIR Aging
2022-06-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Yaguang Zheng; Bonnie Anton; Juleen Rodakowski; Stefanie C Altieri Dunn; Beth Fields; Jacob C Hodges; Heidi Donovan; Connie Feiler; Grant Martsolf; Andrew Bilderback et al.
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A Systematic Review of the Needs of Dementia Caregivers Across Care Settings

Home Health Care Management & Practice
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Anne Mueller; Lesley Thao; Olivia Condon; Daniel Liebzeit; Beth Fields
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Caregiver role development in chronic disease: A qualitative study of informal caregiving for veterans with diabetes

Chronic Illness
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Lena Makaroun; Keri L Rodriguez; Claire Robinson; Jane Forman; Ann-Marie Rosland
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Education and skills training for care partners of hospitalised older adults: A scoping review

Health Education Journal
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Madeline Carbery; Samantha Schwartz; Nicole Werner; Beth Fields
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Evaluating the Appropriateness and Feasibility of the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-12-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Madeline Carbery; Richard Schulz; Juleen Rodakowski; Lauren Terhorst; Beth Fields
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Associations Between Implementation of the Caregiver Advise Record Enable (CARE) Act and Health Service Utilization for Older Adults with Diabetes: Retrospective Observational Study (Preprint)

2021-08-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Yaguang Zheng; Bonnie Anton; Juleen Rodakowski; Stefanie C Altieri Dunn; Beth Fields; Jacob C Hodges; Heidi Donovan; Connie Feiler; Grant Martsolf; Andrew Bilderback et al.
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The Development and Content Validation of the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool

Nursing Reports
2021-07-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Richard Schulz; Lauren Terhorst; Madeline Carbery; Juleen Rodakowski
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Relationship between adult and family supporter health literacy levels and supporter roles in diabetes management.

Families, Systems, & Health
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Aaron Lee; John D. Piette; Ranak Trivedi; Maria K. Mor; D. Scott Obrosky; Michele Heisler; Ann-Marie Rosland
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Hippotherapy Practice and Safety Patterns in the United States: A Descriptive Survey Study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85089206774

Part of ISBN:

15577708 10755535

Contributors: Peters, B.C.; Fields, B.E.; Erdman, E.A.
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Assessments for Caregivers of Hospitalized Older Adults

Clinical Nursing Research
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Rose L. Turner; Maharsi Naidu; Richard Schulz; Everette James; Juleen Rodakowski
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Hippotherapy: a systematic mapping review of peer-reviewed research, 1980 to 2018

Disability and Rehabilitation
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85072041114

Part of ISBN:

14645165 09638288

Contributors: Wood, W.H.; Fields, B.E.
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Beth Fields via Scopus - Elsevier

Impact of a dementia-specific program of equine-assisted activities: providers’ perspectives

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
2019-05-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Wendy Wood; Rebecca Lassell
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A Scoping Review of Nonpharmacological Interventions to Reduce Disability in Older Adults

The Gerontologist
2019-04-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-9013
Part of ISSN: 1758-5341
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Including and Training Family Caregivers of Older Adults in Hospital Care

Journal of Nursing Care Quality
2019-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1057-3631
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A Multisite Case Study of Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable Act Implementation

The Gerontologist
2019-02-06 | Journal article
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Part of ISSN: 1758-5341
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Caregiver health literacy predicting healthcare communication and system navigation difficulty.

Families, Systems, & Health
2018-12-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Juleen Rodakowski; A. Everette James; Scott Beach
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Influence of an Equine-Assisted Activities Program on Dementia-Specific Quality of Life

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®
2018-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Beth Fields; Jason Bruemmer; Gene Gloeckner; Wendy Wood
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Animal-Assisted therapies and dementia: A systematic mapping review using the lived environment life quality (LELQ) model

American Journal of Occupational Therapy
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85025831142

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02729490

Contributors: Wood, W.; Fields, B.; Rose, M.; McLure, M.
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Beth Fields via Scopus - Elsevier

The Lived Environment Life Quality Model for institutionalized people with dementia

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85014472306

Contributors: Wood, W.; Lampe, J.L.; Logan, C.A.; Metcalfe, A.R.; Hoesly, B.E.
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Beth Fields via Scopus - Elsevier

Animal-assisted Therapies and Dementia: A Systematic Mapping Review using the Lived Enviornment Life Quailty (LELQ) Model

American Journal of Occupational Therapy
2017-07 | Journal article
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Beth Fields

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for International journal of environmental research and public health (1)
Review activity for Systemic practice and action research. (1)