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Gainesville GRECC
Gainesville GRECC
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center
1601 SW Archer Rd.
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone 352-548-6077
GRECC Director
Ronald I. Shorr, MD, MS
Associate Director, Research
Connie Uphold PhD, ARNP, FAAN
Associate Director, Clinical
Laurence Solberg, MD, AGSF
Associate Director, Education and Evaluation
Carmen Fernandez, PsyD
Administrative Officer
Corey Fields, MHA
Corey.Fields@va.gov
Affiliations

- Healthcare Safety and Quality
- Caregiver Health
- High-Value Care

- Fall prevention in hospital and home
- Stroke caregiver support
- Culturally competent caregiver support
- Colorectal cancer screening
- Strategies for addressing unnecessary testing or interventions

- Mobile Geriatric Education Unit
- Quick Reference guide for providers on mental health resources for Veterans
- Resources & Education for Stroke Caregivers' Understanding & Empowerment (RESCUE)
- Dementia Caregiver Web Support

- Incorporating the Age-Friendly Health Systems program into the VA post-acute Community Living Center
- Optimizing nutritional care for hospitalized Veterans
- Development of culturally relevant and age-appropriate caregiver education training in collaboration with VA Caregiver Support System
- Simulation education in dementia for associated health providers

- Evaluation of Tailored Falls Education on Older Adults' Behavior Following Hospitalization Am J GeriatrSoc https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31265139/
- Renal repercussions of medications. Prim Care https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33121637/
- A commentary on methodological issues in stroke caregiver research: lessons learned from three RESCUE intervention studies Top Stroke Rehabil https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31038012/
- Prevalence and correlates of sleep apnea among US Veterans with chronic kidney disease. J Sleep Res https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31912641/
- Sensory Environments for Behavioral Health in Dementia: Diffusion of an Environmental Innovation at the Veterans Health Administration https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519577/