Amy Elliot

Dr. Amy Elliot is a Senior Research Scholar at the Scripps Gerontology Center. Her research focuses on advances that support person-directed, inclusive, and equitable long-term care environments. She was formerly the Director of Research and Evaluation for the Pioneer Network where she was responsible for exploring and elucidating person-directed living at the organizational, state, and federal policy levels. She also consults with leading innovators to evaluate strategies that focus on the determinants and drivers of quality of life including the constructs of choice, autonomy, and relationships.

Selected Publications

Elliot, A. E., Bowman, C., & Schoeneman, K. (2023). The Artifacts of Culture Change 2.0: A Person-Directed Implementation Tool. Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2023.2188770

Abbott, K. M., Elliot, A., & Van Haitsma, K. (2021). Lessons Learned from Ohio’s Statewide Implementation of the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory as a Pay for Performance Initiative to Enhance Person-Centered Care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(10), 2074–2078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.06.011

Elliot, A.E. & Barsness, S. (2016). What’s in Your Bundle? Building a Communication Map of Relational Coordination Practices to Engage Staff in Individualizing Care. Seniors Housing & Care Journal, 24(1), 3-19. Winner PGIM Real Estate Outstanding Research Paper.

Elliot, A.E., Cohen, L.W., Reed, D., Nolet, K. & Zimmerman, S. (2014). A Recipe for Culture Change? Findings from the THRIVE Survey of Culture Change Adopters. The Gerontologist, 54(S1), S17-S24. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt133

Grabowski, D.C., O’Malley, A.J., Afendulis, C.A., Caudry, D.J., Elliot, A.E., & Zimmerman, S. (2014). Culture Change in Nursing Home Quality of Care. The Gerontologist, 54(S1), S35-S45. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt143

Grabowski, D.C., Elliot, A.E., Leitzel, B., Cohen, L.W., & Zimmerman, S. (2014). Who Are the Innovators? Nursing Homes Implementing Culture Change. The Gerontologist, 54(S1), S65-S75. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnt144

Bowers, B., Cohen, L.W., Elliot, A.E., Grabowski, D.C., Fishman, N.W., Sharkey, S.S., Zimmerman, S., Horn, S.D., & Kemper, P. (2014). Creating & Supporting a Mixed Methods Health Services Research Team. Health Services Research, 48(6), 2157-2180.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12118