Diana White, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate

Office: URBN 470N Phone: 503-725-2725 Fax: 503-725-5100 E-mail: dwhi@pdx.edu

Interests

Person–centered environments for elders and the direct care workers who support them; intergenerational relationships; family bereavement.

Projects

Dr. White works on a variety of education and evaluation projects related to long-term care. These include Enriched Clinical Learning Environments through Partnerships (ECLEPs), funded by the Northwest Health Foundation to attract nursing students into long-term care careers, and Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to evaluate a work-based learning program targeting direct care workers in assisted living facilities.

Selected Publications

White, D., & O´Brien, J. (2010). Gerontological Family Nursing. In Kaakinen, J. R., Gedaly-Duff, V., Coehlo, D.P., & Hanson, S, M. H. (Eds.). Family health care nursing: Theory, practice & research (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis.

Hayslip, B. Jr., & White, D. (2008). The grief of grandparents. In M. S. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, H. Schut, & W. Stroebe (Eds.). Handbook of Bereavement Research (pp 441-460). Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association

White, D. L., Walker, A. J., & Richards, L. N. (2008). Intergenerational family support following infant death. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 67 (3). 187- 208.

White, D. L., Newton-Curtis, L., & Lyons, K. S. (2008). Development and initial testing of a measure of person-directed care. The Gerontologist, 48, Special Issue 1, 114-123.

Crandall, L., White, D. L., Schuldheis, S., & Talerico, K. A. (2007). Initiating person-centered practice in long-term care facilities. The Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33 (11), 47-56.

Walker, A.J., Manoogian-O´Dell, M. McGraw, L. A., & White, D. L. (Eds.). (2001). Families in Later Life: Connections and Transitions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.