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Denise Tyler
Research Scientist
Scripps Gerontology Center

Denise Tyler

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Education

PhD, Social Policy, Brandeis University
MA, Social Policy, Brandeis University
MA, Religious Studies, University of Kansas
BA, Anthropology, Eckerd College

Research Interests

Long-term services and supports, post-acute care, nursing home quality, direct care workforce.

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Denise Tyler is a Research Scientist in the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University. She has over 20 years of experience conducting qualitative and mixed-methods research focused on older adults, especially long-term services and supports, nursing homes, and the direct care workforce. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and on the editorial board of Journal of Aging and Social Policy.

Selected Publications

Tyler D.A., Fujita M., Chapman S.A. (2024). Association between self-direction and personal care aide wages. Medical Care Research and Review. doi.org/10.1177/10775587241273413

Tyler, D. A., Feng, Z., Grabowski, D. C., Bercaw, L., Segelman, M., Khatutsky, G., ... & Ingber, M. J. (2022). CMS Initiative to Reduce Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Long‐Stay Nursing Facility Residents: Lessons Learned. The Milbank Quarterly, 100(4), 1243-1278.

Tyler, D. A., Squillace, M. R., Porter, K. A., Hunter, M., & Haltermann, W. (2022). COVID-19 exacerbated long-standing challenges for the home care workforce. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 1-19.

Tyler, D. A., Kordomenos, C., & Ingber, M. J. (2022). Reducing Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents: Policy Environment and Suggestions for the Future in Seven States. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 48(8), 10-16.

Tyler, D. A., Gadbois, E. A., McHugh, J. P., Shield, R. R., & Winblad, U. (2020). Using Multiple Case Studies to Understand Organization and Patient Perspectives on Transitions of Care Between Hospitals and Nursing Homes. SAGE research methods cases.

McHugh, J. P., Zinn, J., Shield, R. R., Tyler, D. A., Gadbois, E. A., Soni, S., & Mor, V. (2020). Strategy and risk sharing in hospital–postacute care integration. Health care management review, 45(1), 73-82.

Tyler, D. A., Shield, R. R., Harrison, J., Mills, W. L., Morgan, K. E., Cutty, M. E., ... & Allen, S. M. (2020). Barriers to a timely discharge from short-term care in VA community living centers. Journal of aging & social policy, 32(2), 141-156.

Sullivan, J. L., Weinburg, D. B., Gidmark, S., Engle, R. L., Parker, V. A., & Tyler, D. A. (2019). Collaborative capacity and patient-centered care in the Veterans’ Health Administration Community Living Centers. International journal of care coordination, 22(2), 90-99.

Shield, R., Winblad, U., McHugh, J., Gadbois, E., & Tyler, D.A. (2019). Choosing the best and scrambling for the rest: Hospital–nursing home relationships and admissions to post-acute care. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 38(4), 479-498.

Gadbois, E. A., Tyler, D. A., Shield, R., McHugh, J., Winblad, U., Teno, J. M., & Mor, V. (2019). Lost in transition: a qualitative study of patients discharged from hospital to skilled nursing facility. Journal of general internal medicine, 34, 102-109.

Miller, S. C., Schwartz, M. L., Lima, J. C., Shield, R. R., Tyler, D. A., Berridge, C. W., ... & Clark, M. A. (2018). The prevalence of culture change practice in US nursing homes: Findings from a 2016/2017 nationwide survey. Medical Care, 56(12), 985-993.

Shield, R., Tyler, D.A., Berridge, C., Clark, M., & Miller, S. C. (2018). Innovative use of cognitive interviewing for nursing home research. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 19(12), 1133-1135.

Tyler, D. A., McHugh, J. P., Shield, R. R., Winblad, U., Gadbois, E. A., & Mor, V. (2018). Challenges and consequences of reduced skilled nursing facility lengths of stay. Health services research, 53(6), 4848-4862.

Rahman, M., Gadbois, E. A., Tyler, D. A., & Mor, V. (2018). Hospital–skilled nursing facility collaboration: a mixed‐methods approach to understanding the effect of linkage strategies. Health services research, 53(6), 4808-4828.

Berridge, C., Tyler, D. A., & Miller, S. C. (2018). Staff empowerment practices and CNA retention: Findings from a nationally representative nursing home culture change survey. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 37(4), 419-434.

Gadbois, E. A., Tyler, D. A., & Mor, V. (2017). Selecting a skilled nursing facility for postacute care: individual and family perspectives. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(11), 2459-2465.

McHugh, J. P., Foster, A., Mor, V., Shield, R. R., Trivedi, A. N., Wetle, T., ... & Tyler, D. A. (2017). Reducing hospital readmissions through preferred networks of skilled nursing facilities. Health Affairs, 36(9), 1591-1598.

Tyler, D. A., Gadbois, E. A., McHugh, J. P., Shield, R. R., Winblad, U., & Mor, V. (2017). Patients are not given quality-of-care data about skilled nursing facilities when discharged from hospitals. Health Affairs, 36(8), 1385-1391.