Kimberly D. Acquaviva, PhD, MSW is Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing Education at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. As a tenure-track faculty member, Dr. Kimberly Acquaviva works in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of faculty to develop innovative research and teaching initiatives. Dr. Acquaviva is Director of The National Collaborative on Aging, an interdisciplinary collaboration between clinicians, educators, and researchers at The George Washington University Medical Center and community-based professionals in the National Capital Region that works to facilitate the development of aging-related research and educational innovations of national significance. Dr. Acquaviva also serves as Chair of the Friends of the National Institute on Aging (FoNIA), a coalition of more than 40 national organizations that promotes scientific discoveries made possible through NIA-funded research. Dr. Acquaviva can be contacted at acqua@gwu.edu.
Diversity and Aging
State Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships and Preparations for End of Life Among Lesbian and Gay Boomers (with Brian deVries, Anne Mason, and Jean Quam), Sexuality Research & Social Policy (2009)
The authors compared 793 nonheterosexual baby boomers on their relationship status (single or in a...
Redefining Health Care Disparities for LGBT Older Adults (and for all Seniors), Diversity and Aging in the 21st Century: Let the Dialogue Begin (2009)
Working with LGBT Clients: Strategies for Geriatric Care Managers, Geriatric Care Management Journal (2007)
Family Caregiving
Benefits of Training Family Caregivers (with Jung Kwak, Jennifer Salmon, Katherine Brandt, and Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2007)
during the last years of life that focuses on the emotional, spiritual, and practical aspects...
Validation of the Caregiving at Life’s End questionnaire (with Jennifer R. Salmon, Jung Kwak, Kathleen A. Egan, and Katherine E. Brandt), American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2005)
The researchers in this study developed and validated a questionnaire to measure the needs of...
Transformative Aspects of Caregiving at Life's End (with Jennifer Salmon, Jung Kwak, Katherine Brandt, and Kathleen Egan), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2005)
We do not know to what extent the needs of caregivers involved with patients at...
Healthcare Quality
The Quality Improvement Landscape (with Jean E. Johnson and Ellen M. Dawson), The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy, and Tools (Second Edition) (2008)
Hospice, Palliative Care, and End-of-Life Care
Benefits of Training Family Caregivers (with Jung Kwak, Jennifer Salmon, Katherine Brandt, and Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2007)
during the last years of life that focuses on the emotional, spiritual, and practical aspects...
Validation of the Caregiving at Life’s End questionnaire (with Jennifer R. Salmon, Jung Kwak, Kathleen A. Egan, and Katherine E. Brandt), American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2005)
The researchers in this study developed and validated a questionnaire to measure the needs of...
Transformative Aspects of Caregiving at Life's End (with Jennifer Salmon, Jung Kwak, Katherine Brandt, and Kathleen Egan), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2005)
We do not know to what extent the needs of caregivers involved with patients at...
Renal Disease and Social Support
Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Depression in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (with Scott D. Cohen, Lorenzo Norris, Rolf A. Peterson, and Paul L. Kimmel), Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2007)
Depression is common in patients with end-stage renal disease and has been linked to increased...