Lee Ellington
@leeellington
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Professor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Research Interests: Family Caregiving of Older Adults, Hospice & Palliative Care, Interpersonal Health Communication
U of Utah College of Nursing
Joined November 2011
1/3 Meet the first fellow joining our Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) Palliative Care fellowship, Shari Quinton🙌 Late last year, the University of Utah College of Nursing was awarded a $250K @cambiahealth grant to develop a new fellowship program.
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Huge congratulations to @merijanetran on defending her dissertation! Her research helps us understand health insurance literacy across informal caregivers and HCPs. What an honor to be on her committee alongside @anabirk1 @NanAllenUT @EliIacob1 & Richard Nelson. @uofunursing
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Like caregiving itself, caregiving research is imbedded in so many contexts, but often isn't front and center. So fun to have an entire conference dedicated to caregiving research and to hear from the great minds working on different aspects of this issue #BBPGH22
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Pay. Paid. Caregivers. A. Living. Wage. Value this invaluable work. Honor the goals of disabled people to meet their independent living goals and their family caregivers. 🙏 so, so much for sharing, Carol & Heather Tomko #BBPGH22
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The @uofunursing alumni caregiving group at #BBPGH22. Stellar science and fantastic fun! @leeellington @drdrnurseheb @DoctorNurseCat Mar Vega @Utzrl @kgcloyes @MeagWhisenant
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So proud of my colleague and friend @saragbybee for defending her dissertation and doing this important work in oncology!
Congratulations to @saragbybee for successfully defending her dissertation, Posttraumatic Growth Among Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) and Non-SGM Couples Coping With #Cancer: A Convergent Mixed Methods Design. Great work to Sara and her dissertation committee!🥳 @huntsmancancer
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The College of Nursing has open faculty positions! Conduct meaningful work at a nationally-recognized institution within a top-ranked academic health sciences center, then head to one of Utah's many beautiful landscapes for the wknd. @UUtah @UofUHealth Current open positions ⬇️
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Looking for a practical way to screen for #SDOH? Thanks to amazing colleagues @jiawenUtah @BrendaLutherUT Bob Wong and our partners @211Utah, we have demonstrated sound psychometrics on the 10-item, English version of SINCERE. https://t.co/toeo50s0ST
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Screener for Intensifying Community Referrals for Health (SINCERE), a 10-item, low literacy screening tool developed to elicit social needs...
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Published today! Read now to learn about non-family sources of support for family caregivers of home hospice cancer patients. @jiawenUtah @monthofmaija @DjinLL @leeellington @AnnaBeckMD @kgcloyes @uofunursing @UofUResearch @huntsmancancer
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Family caregivers of home hospice cancer patients often experience burden and distress, which can be mitigated by perceived social support. However, less attent...
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Join us this Thursday, May 27th at 12:00 p.m. EDT to hear @KathieSupiano and @SPAPalliPhD describe their exciting project to Support Frontline Community Health Workers! Free for #SWHPN members and 1 CE offered. Register here: https://t.co/yvzaJOrWcq
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Are you caring for parent/relative/friend with a serious illness or injury? Someone that really needs you in some way (your hands, your time, your organizing, your ear)? Please share your experiences & feelings - why you do it & what it means to you to care. Comments/DMs welcome.
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Save the date! @UofU_UGEC and the Family Caregiving Collaborative present "Expressions of Caregiving" Virtual Caregiving Conference and UGEC Retreat featuring artist and keynote speaker Tony Luciani. 📅 May 19 ⏰ 5:30pm-8:30pm MDT Register here: https://t.co/3M4pkLQxqV
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Strong work examining care partner support following a DSMES intervention @kmansfieldrn @VColicchioRN @AdonicaKauwe @elee73_lee. Proud of this work! #wincon21
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We need to go back and integrate nurse staffing data into our study of team communication, pt and caregiver discharge quality, and readmissions. Thanks @WINursing @JackNeedleman for reminding me that we need to consider the largest workforce contributing to inpatient quality!
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New paper led by @DrAmyOtto (w/ @PhDanaK @leeellington, Susan Vadaparampil & Rick Heyman) showing how #cancer patient and #caregiver communication is associated with burden and preparedness. #healthcomm @MoffittResearch
https://t.co/AYwz71Yz1Q
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Cancer impacts spouse caregivers, especially when couples engage in dyadic coping around the cancer. Communication is a key factor in this process. Our goals were to describe cancer-related communi...
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Fantastic talk by @SMeghani_PhD #DrDeborahEjem and #DrKimJohnson on ways to move the field of palliative care forward and increase #HealthEquity in the context of serious illnesses. #hapc @AlexSmithMD @MBakitas @KBulloc2 @leeellington @drdrnurseheb @KateDoyon
Amazing and thought-provoking webinar examining current #hapc health disparities research. ❤️ the call to action for us all to include health equity inquiry in our ongoing programs of research. Followed up by this truth 💥- disparities don’t start at EOL.
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@kgcloyes work focuses on sexual and gender minority research, end-of-life care, and LGBTQ+ advanced cancer care and caregiving.
It's #UofUPrideWeek! To celebrate, we are highlighting @kgcloyes, CON #nurseresearcher and associate professor whose work focuses on the health equity of #LGBTQ+ communities: https://t.co/zJvEs5Tt0T
@uofuhei @uofuedi
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The CON stands in solidarity with with our Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community members. The continuance and rise in anti-Asian harassment, hate, discrimination, and violence is abhorrent:
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Please help us spread word about our Taking Care of Us study offering two supportive programs to couples living with #heartfailure anywhere in U.S. Feel free to DM for more details. @geronsociety @IFNAorg @CaregiverAlly @FriendsofNIA @NIH @HFSA @AARPresearch @BC_CSON @csleern
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