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Rosalie Kane, DSW, is a professor in the Division of Health Services Research and Policy at the School of Public Health and a Faculty Associate at the Center for Bioethics. A researcher and policy analyst concentrating on long-term care, since 1988 she has directed the National Long-Term Care Resource Center (LTCRC) which examines, as part of its mandate, ethical issues related to long-term care programs and policies.
Current projects with ethics implications include: a focus group study of consumer perspectives on privacy in assisted living (funded by the American Association of Retired Persons); an exploration of the tradeoffs between safety and freedom in long-term care (funded by The Retirement Research Foundation); and an examination of appropriate roles for family members in long-term care (an outgrowth of a study funded by the National Institute on Aging). In the past 5 years, the LTCRC has studied Nurse Practice Acts, looked at positive and negative relationships between long-term care regulations and personal autonomy of long-term care clientele, and examined the legal and moral implications of professionals giving or refraining from giving direct recommendations and advice about long-term care providers. With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Dr. Kane is presently conducting a far-reaching evaluation of assisted living programs in the state of Oregon where, by design, the service incorporates privacy and risk-taking for frail elderly long-term care clients.