Compassionate and detail oriented clinician who supports patients and caregivers with therapeutic interventions, crisis intervention, individual consultation and support groups.
Supported dementia caregivers with support groups, individual consultation and support, developed educational materials and presented educational webinars and workshops regarding healthcare topics.
Administered caregiver research protocol, conducted follow up and recruitment as well as data collection and data anaylsis.
Facilitated support groups
Provided crisis intervention
provided individual consultation and support
provided educational materials
conducted caregiver research study
coordinated data analysis
proficient with NVIVO analysis software
Conducted qualitative and quantitative data analysis
Recruitment of research participants
Promoted attention to health equity concerns in research
Coordinated insurance authorization for psychiatric care
Coordinated consent and discharge planning for patients
Coordinated and scheduled transportation for patients from the Emergency Department
Provided various administrative duties and collaboration with departments
Provided case management for Emergency Dept. patients
Provided psychiatric Assessment and recommendations
Obtained inpatient psychiatric insurance authorizations
Conducted level of care evaluations for psychiatric patients
Provided crisis intervention for patients in crisis in ER
Conducted intensive case management assessment
Provided insurance authorizations and utilization review
Covered crisis intervention hotline afterhours
Provided afterhours Emergency Department support
Managed afterhours placements on call
Care Plan Development
Assessment
Evaluation
Psychiatric Evaluation and Assessment
Insurance Authorization
Public Speaking
Webinar development
Negotiation
Therapeutic interventions
Conversational Spanish
Deescalation Skills
Crisis intervention
Writing / workshop development
Newsletter writing
Publications:
Brandt, K., Quimby, M., Wong, B., Quintiliani, L. M., Marchesano, A., Howe, I., ... & Dickerson, B. C. (2022). Courage in Care Planning: Advance Care Planning Readiness in the Context of COVID19 for Caregivers of Individuals Living with Dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18, e067200.
Brandt, K., Quimby, M., Wong, B., Quintiliani, L. M., Marchesano, A., Howe, I., ... & Volandes, A. (2021). Courage in care planning: Advanced care planning readiness in caregivers of individuals living with dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17, e056098.