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PUBLICATIONS

2023

Implementation of the CAPABLE Program With Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic Selena E. Washington , Emma Edwards, Dana L. Stiles, and Stacy West Bruce (2023)
Personal Home Care: The Meteoric Rise Of Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program Patrick Filbin, Home Health Care News, February 10, 2023

2022

Care Synergy Joins in National Partnership with Johns Hopkins School of Nursing as the National Center for CAPABLE Services, CareSynergy (October 2022)
Public Health Nursing and Older Adults: The CAPABLE Model, American Journal of Public Health, Sarah Szanton and Alice Bonner (June 2022)
Do Interventions Reducing Social Vulnerability Improve Health in Community Dwelling Older Adults? A Systematic Review, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Jasmine Mah, Kenneth Rockwood, Susan Stevens, Janice Keefe, Melissa K Andrew (April 2022)
The Behavioral Factors That Influence Person-Centered Social Care: A Literature Review and Conceptual Framework, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Eugene Tay, Ivo Vlaev, and Sebastiano Massaro (April 2022)
Drivers and restrainers to adoption and spread of evidence-based health service delivery interventions: The case of CAPABLE, Geriatric Nursing, Sarah L. Szanton, Alice Bonner, Deborah Paone, Mark Atalla, Erika Hornstein, Dawn Alley, Bruce Leff, Laura N. Gitlin (April 2022)

2021

Disability Trends Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults and Related Determinants of Disability, Innovation in Aging, Sarah Szanton Qiwei Li. (2021)
Aging Gracefully in Place: An Evaluation of the Capability of the CAPABLE Approach. Journal of Applied Gerontology. Jill Breysse, Sherry Dixon, Jonathan Wilson, Sarah Szanton (2021).
CAPABLE program improves disability in multiple randomized trials. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Sarah L. Szanton, Bruce Leff, Qiwei Li, Jill Breysse, Sandra Spoelstra, Judith Kell, James Purvis, Qian-Li Xue, Jonathan Wilson, Laura N. Gitlin (2021).

2020

Disability prevention program improves life-space and falls efficacy: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Liu, M., Xue, Q., Gitlin, L.N., Wolff, J., Guralnik, J., Leff, B., & Szanton, S.L. (2020).
Slowing Medicare Spending by Optimizing Late-Life Needs. Innovations in Care Delivery. F. Rinaldo, M. Altman, K. Cannon, T. Platchek, N. R. Shah, R. M. Kaplan, A. Milstein (2020)

2019

Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults With Functional Disability. JAMA Internal Medicine. Marlon J. R. Aliberti, Kenneth E. Covinsky (2019)
Addressing the Need for New Models of Care for Older Adults Receiving Long-term Dialysis. Kidney Medicine. C. Barrett Bowling (2019)
Pilot Intervention Addressing Social Support and Functioning of Low Socioeconomic Status Older Adults With ESRD: The Seniors Optimizing Community Integration to Advance Better Living with ESRD (SOCIABLE) Study. Kidney Medicine. Deidra C. Crews, Alice M. Delaney, Janiece L. Walker Taylor, Thomas K.M. Cudjoe, Manka Nkimbeng, Laken Roberts, JessicaSavage, Allyson Evelyn-Gustave, Jill Roth, Dingfen Han, LaPricia Lewis Boyér, Roland J. Thorpe Jr., David L. Roth, Laura N. Gitlin, Sarah L. Szanton (2019)
Effect of a Biobehavioral Environmental Approach on Disability Among Low-Income Older Adults A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine. Sarah L. Szanton, PhD; Qian-Li Xue, PhD; Bruce Leff, MD; et al (2019)
Achieving self-management goals among low income older adults with functional limitations. Geriatric Nursing. Janiece Taylor, Laken Roberts, Melissa Hladek, Minhui Liu, Cynthia M.Boyd, Sarah L.Szanton, (2019)

2018

Integrating Medical and Nonmedical Services: The Promise and Pitfalls of the CHRONIC Care Act. The New England Journal of Medicine. Amber Willink, Ph.D., and Eva H. DuGoff, Ph.D. (2018)
What to do with the patient you worry about after discharge. Case Management Society of America (CMSA) Today. S.L. Havrilla, S., Lepley, D. (2018)

2017

Medicaid Cost Savings of a Preventive Home Visit Program for Disabled Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Szanton, S.L., Alfonso, Y.N., Leff, B., Guralnik, J., Wolff, J.L., Stockwell, I., Gitlin, L.N., Bishai, D. (2017)
Innovative Home Visit Models Associated With Reductions In Costs, Hospitalizations, And Emergency Department Use, Health Affairs, Ruiz S., Snyder L., Rotondo C., Cross-Barnet C., Murphy Colligan E., and Giuriceo K. (2017)
Using Nursing Research to Shape Health Policy. Aging in Place: Innovative Teams. (pp 227-240). Szanton, S.L., P. Grady and A.S. Hinshaw (2017)

2016

Factors Associated with Patient Activation in an Older Adult Population with Functional Limitations. Patient Education and Counseling. Gleason, K., Tanner, E.K., Boyd, C.M., Saczynski, J.S., Szanton, S.L. (2016).
Communication between primary care providers and nurses within the home: an analysis of process data from CAPABLE.Journal of Clinical Nursing. Smith, P.D., Boyd, C., Bellantoni, J., Roth, J., Becker, K., Savage, J., Nkimbeng, M. Szanton, S.L., (2016).
Meeting the demographic and health care financing imperatives through focusing on function: the CAPABLE studies Public Policy and Aging Report. Szanton, S.L., Gitlin, L.N. (2016)
Innovative home-based care model reduces disability and promotes aging in place.Health Affairs. Szanton, S.L., Leff, B.L., Wolff, J.L., Roberts, L. Gitlin, L.N. (2016)

2015

Preliminary data from CAPABLE, a patient directed, team-based intervention to improve physical function and decrease nursing home utilization: the first 100 completers of a CMS Innovations Project. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Szanton, S.L., Wolff, J.W., Roberts, L., Leff, B.L., Thorpe, R.J., Tanner, E.K., Boyd, C., Xue, Q., Guralnik, J., Bishai, D., Gitlin, L.N. (2015).

2014

It’s Complicated – But Doable: The Right Supports Can Enable Elders With Complex Conditions To Successfully Age In Community. Generations. Gitlin, L.N., Szanton, S.L., Hodgson, N. (2014).
CAPABLE trial: a randomized controlled trial of nurse, occupational therapist and handyman to reduce disability among older adults: rationale and design. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Szanton, S.L., Wolff, J.W., Leff, B.L., Thorpe, R.J., Tanner, E.K., Boyd, C., Xue, Q., Guralnik, J., Bishai, D., Gitlin, L.N. (2014).
Improving unsafe environments to support aging independence with limited resources.Szanton, S.L., Klimmek, R., Roth, J., Savage, J., Nkimbeng, M., (2014). Invited manuscript for Nursing Clinics of North America. Issue: Facilitating Aging in Place: Safe, Sound, and Socially Secure. 49(2), 133-145. PMCID: PMC4074077

2013

Home Sweet Home: Interprofessional Team Helps Older Adults Age in Place Safely. OT Practice. Bridges, A., Szanton, S.L., Evelyn-Gustave, A., Smith, F. Gitlin, L. (2013).

2012

Nursing Strategies for Promoting and Maintaining Function among Community-Living Older Adults: The CAPABLE Intervention. Geriatric Nursing. Pho, A. Tanner. E.K., Roth, J., Greeley, M., Dorsey, C., Szanton, S.L. (2012).

AWARDS

2019 Human Condition, Heinz Foundation
2017 Edgerunner award from the American Academy of Nursing
2016 Health Equity Leadership Award, given by Baltimore City
2016 National Influencer in Aging, awarded by Next Avenue
2016 American Public Health Association and Archstone Foundation
2016 Excellence in Program innovation Honorable Mention
2015 Baltimore Business Journal Health Care Innovator Award

IN THE NEWS

2023

Implementation of the CAPABLE Program With Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic Selena E. Washington , Emma Edwards, Dana L. Stiles, and Stacy West Bruce (2023)
Personal Home Care: The Meteoric Rise Of Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program Patrick Filbin, Home Health Care News, February 10, 2023

2022

Home Health Care: Care Synergy To Become National Hub For Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program Patrick Filbin, Home Health Care News, October 6, 2022
Here's how university health centers are 'adopting' households to fight health disparities, USA Today, March 28, 2022
Johns Hopkins program saves money, BollyInside News, February 15, 2022
There’s no Place like Home. That is also true for Healthcare, Managed Healthcare Executive, February 2022
Wellness design can fix California’s most pressing problems. Here’s how it would work, San Diego Union-Tribune, January 26, 2022

2021

CAPABLE: Supporting Older People with Disabilities to Improve Health and Well-Being at Home, The Playbook, December 9, 2021
AARP Promoting Choices through Restorative Services: International Innovations, December 2021
COVID-19 Exposed the Faults in America’s Elder Care System. This Is Our Best Shot to Fix Them, TIME, June 15, 2021
Maryland Philanthropy Network Summit, Program Resources for Beyond the Pandemic - Models for Aging in the Community, June 15, 2021
National program helping seniors live independently at home, SCRIPPS National Broadcast, June 9, 2021
Many Older Adults Lack Even Simple, Helpful Equipment, New York Times, April 23, 2021
Time to Rethink Nursing Homes, JAMA Health Forum February 2021
Pandemic Is a Tragedy, and a Chance to Rethink Long-Term Care, Journal of the Catholic Health Association, Winter 2021

2020

Age Friendly - Aging Well at Home Through the CAPABLE Program, Journal of the Catholic Health Association, Fall 2020
Maintaining mobility and preventing disability are key to living independently as we age, National Institute of Health, November 2020
Joe Biden cites CAPABLE as an innovative caregiving workforce program in speech, blog post, and campaign website. Forbes dives deeper into the CAPABLE cameo and the importance of the occupational therapy component, Fall 2020
Home is Where the Health Is: CAPABLE's Impact on Combating Chronic Conditions, BlueCross BlueShield, May 2020

2019

NPR Story Profiling SCAN Health Plan in California, NPR Morning Edition, November 2019
Keeping Seniors CAPABLE (Best viewed in Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browsers.) NPR Fresh Air, October 2019
Aging-in-Place Program from Johns Hopkins on the Verge of ‘Exponential Growth’, Home Healthcare News, August 2019
3-Minute Case Study: Better Daily Living for Elders, AthenaHealth, July 2019
CAPABLE (Community Aging in Place – Advancing Better Living for Elders), Rural Health Information Hub, July 2019Rural Health Information Hub, July 2019

2018 and Older

Hillman Foundation Announces 2017 Innovation Grants, Hillman Foundation Blog Post, November 2017
Improving Life for Elders—At Home, The American Journal of Nursing, October 2017
Minor Adjustments Keep Seniors at Home Longer, Home Healthcare News, June 2017
Our Patients Teach Us, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing: On the Pulse, June 2017
Faculty from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Offer Expertise in Medicare, Medicaid Initiative, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing News, August 2016
Innovative Model Focused on Function of Older Adults Shows Promise for Improving Lives and Reducing Healthcare Costs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Integrated Healthcare, February 2015
Johns Hopkins Nursing School Faculty Receive Two of Four National Research Awards, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing News, October 2014
CAPABLE program team helps Baltimore's elderly stay in homes, Johns Hopkins Magazine, Summer 2014
Elders Get a CAPABLE Hand in Shoring Up Home Safety, PBS NewsHour, August 2013
Interprofessional Team Helps Older Adults Age in Place Safely, OT Practice, September 2013
Nurses, Handymen Make House Calls for Elderly, Associated Press July 2013
Program helps seniors stay in homes longer, WBAL TV News, October 2013
The Public Health Crisis that Overwhelms Families: One Family's Caregiving Story, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 2011
Fixing Up Seniors' Homes to Help them Age in Place, NBC News, July 2013
RWJF Scholar Pioneers Innovative Program to Help Low-Income Elderly Age at Home, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing On the Pulse April 2013

PODCASTS & WEBINARS

HUMANKIND

Humankind public radio produced a documentary on aging in community, highlighting stories of leaders who are making a difference. Dr. Sarah Szanton was featured to discuss CAPABLE and alternatives to nursing homes. Szanton’s interview begins at 8:28.

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Help Choose Home (November 3, 2021)

Former CAPABLE Director of Strategic Partnerships Dr. Alice Bonner explains the work she does with CAPABLE and how the program impacts the field of home care.

LISTEN HERE

SOAP Notes (October 20, 2021)

In the season premiere of NaviHealth’s SOAP Notes with Dr. Jay LaBine, LaBine sat down with Dr. Alice Bonner, former CAPABLE Director of Strategic Partnerships, to discuss aging in community, the CAPABLE program, and more.

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Hopkins on the Hill Webinar (June 10, 2021)

A discussion featuring Drs. Szanton and Keri Althoff examining how CAPABLE is helping provide support for our aging population around the country in reclaiming their abilities to care for themselves and participate in their communities.

WATCH HERE

See You Now: Owning Your Age (May 27, 2021)

Nurse economist Shawna Butler interviews Dr. Szanton on how CAPABLE is promoting healthy aging and improving safety, independence, and ensuring dignity.

LISTEN HERE

Disability in the Home (April 22, 2021)

Dr Sarah L. Szanton discusses CAPABLE's multi-disciplinary model to help older adults stay at home

LISTEN HERE

Grant Makers in Health (April 12, 2021)

This in-depth conversation explores efforts to create more resilient, equitable, and age-friendly communities, including the evidence-based CAPABLE model. Featured speakers included Dr. Szanton and Andrew Levack, Senior Program Officer at St. David’s Foundation.

WATCH HERE

Tradeoffs (April 8, 2021)

The podcast Tradeoffs, which reports on complex health policy issues, discussed the implications of such an investment in the future of senior care, highlighting the CAPABLE program

LISTEN HERE

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