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Access the Experts: Christopher Kelly

In this installment, Kelly answers: “What should family members do to keep connected to their loved ones when long-term care facilities are restricted to visitors?”

  • published: 2020/10/28
Christopher Kelly

Access the Experts is an innovative partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and News Channel Nebraska (NCN), where viewers submit their questions to be answered by UNO faculty members.

In This Installment of Access the Experts

Christopher Kelly, Ph.D., professor, Director of the UNO Department of Gerontology, UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service, answers the question: “What should family members do to keep connected to their loved ones when long-term care facilities are restricted to visitors?”

About Kelly

Kelly's research explores indicators of nursing-home quality as well as innovative long-term-care alternatives at the state and local levels. The latter efforts include working with public and private stakeholders to develop home and community-based services. Along with colleagues in the UNO Department of Geronotlogy and the UNO Center for Public Affairs Research, is a member of the UNO's Elder Care Workforce Research Triangle. With his colleagues at UNO and at Georgia State University, he continues to explore efforts to improve long-term-care quality, particularly through the recruitment and retention of direct-care workers.

Access the Experts

Access the Experts is an innovative partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and News Channel Nebraska (NCN), where viewers submit their questions to be answered by UNO faculty members.

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