UConn AgingNet Faculty

Richard Fortinsky, Ph.D.

Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Physicians Health Services Endowed Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology

Education
Ph.D. Sociology, Brown University

Research Interests
Dementia Care by Primary Care Physicians and Families
Disability Throughout Adulthood
Fall Prevention
Functional Status Measurement
Hip Fracture Recovery
Home Health Care Use and Patient Outcomes
Long-term Care Needs

Selected Publications
Fortinsky, RH, Madigan EA, Sheehan TJ, Tullai-McGuinness S, Fenster JR.  Risk factors for hospitalization among Medicare home care patients.  West J Nurs Res 2006;28:902-917.

Chou WC, Tinetti ME, King MB, Irwin K, Fortinsky RH.  Perceptions of physicians on the barriers and facilitators to integrating fall risk evaluation and management into practice.  J Gen Intern Med  2006;21:117-122.

Kenny AM, Waynik IY, Smith J, Fortinsky RH, Kleppinger A, McGee D.  The association between level of frailty and bone mineral density in Community-dwelling men.  J Clin Densitom 2006;9:309-314.

Fortinsky RH.  Physicians’ views on dementia care and prospects for improved clinical practice.  Editorial.  Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research; 2007;19:341-343.

Tremont G, Davis JD, Bishop DS, Fortinsky RH.  Telephone-delivered psychosocial intervention   reduces burden in dementia caregivers.  Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice (in press).

Bellantonio S, Kenny AM, Fortinsky RH, Kleppinger A, Robison J, Gruman C, Kulldorff M, Trella PM.  Efficacy of a geriatrics team intervention for residents in dementia-specific assisted living facilities:  Impact on unanticipated transitions.  J Am Geriatr Soc (in press).

Fortinsky RH, Baker, DI, Gottschalk M, King M, Trella PM, Tinetti, ME.  Extent of implementation of evidence-based fall prevention practices for older patients in home health care.  J Am Geriatr Soc (in press).

Fortinsky RH, Tennen H, Frank N, Affleck G.  Health and psychological consequences of caregiving.  In:  Aldwin C, Park C, Spiro R. (Eds). Handbook of Health Psychology and Aging.  New York:  Guilford Publications, Inc, 2007, pp. 227-249.

Fortinsky RH, Fenster JR, Judge JO.  Medicare and Medicaid home health and Medicaid waiver services for dually eligible older adults: risk factors for use and correlates of expenditures.  Gerontologist. 2004 Dec;44(6):739-49.
PMID: 15611210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Educational Contribution
Fellows (MD)
Residents (MD)

Contact Information
Phone: 860-679-8069
Fax: 860-679-1307
E-mail: Fortinsky@uchc.edu