Dr. Allen’s research and clinical interests are: 1) interventions to reduce the stress of individuals, family, and professional caregivers within the context of advanced chronic or terminal illness; 2) the cultural dynamics (race/ethnicity; rural/urban) of healthcare and financial decision making; and 3) clinical training issues, particularly ethics and effective treatment delivery to address health and mental health disparities. She has published on translation of end-of-life/Dignity interventions, diversity in advance care planning, clinical training, behavioral interventions in long-term care, and mental health among aging prisoners.
A professor of clinical geropsychology, Dr. Allen’s research and clinical interests are interventions to reduce the stress of individuals, family, and professional caregivers for older adults with advanced chronic or terminal illness and in the dynamics of healthcare decision making. She has published on diversity in advance care planning, end-of-life issues, behavioral interventions in long-term care, and mental health among aging prisoners.
Research Areas
- cultural dynamics (race/ethnicity; rural/urban) of healthcare decision making
- interventions to reduce the stress of individuals, family, and professional caregivers within the context of advanced chronic or terminal illness
- clinical training
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- cultural dynamics (race/ethnicity; rural/urban) of healthcare decision making; interventions to reduce the stress of individuals, family, and professional caregivers within the context of advanced chronic or terminal illness; clinical training
