She is passionate about promoting and maintaining the physical and mental health of older adults. Her clinical experience includes over 20 years of providing care for adults and older adults in acute and outpatient psychiatric care settings. Her research has focused on improving the care of individuals with dementia and on enhancing the successful translation of evidence-based dementia care practices in long term care settings. She teaches undergraduate and graduate nursing courses in the areas of mental health, gerontology, ethics and leadership, and has been on the School of Nursing faculty at OHSU for 10 years.