Cathy Maxwell
Assistant Professor of Nursing | Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN, UNITED STATES
Expert in aging and injury, particularly preventing injury in frail seniors.
Biography
Dr. Maxwell's research is directed at understanding outcome trajectories of older adults after physical injury, and development and implementation of interventions to facilitate patient-centered, post-injury care. Dr. Maxwell's identification of the high prevalence of physical frailty among injured older adults led to a study that determined the influence of pre-injury cognition and functional status on one-year outcomes (functional decline, mortality, and readmissions). Dr. Maxwell is interested in interventions with a nursing focus to help older adults understand what is happening to their bodies as they age, so that they can make informed decisions that improve quality of life.
Areas of Expertise (6)
Acute Illness
Palliative Care
Quality of Life
Senior citizens
Frailty
Older Adult Education
Education (3)
Vanderbilt University: Ph.D., Nursing Science
Troy University: M.S., Nursing
Troy University: B.S., Nursing
Links (1)
Selected Media Appearances (1)
Preventing Frailty and Living Longer
Ivanhoe Broadcast News tv
2020-07-01
Cathy Maxwell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, is an expert in geriatric trauma and believes that being frail has many poor outcomes. “Mortality, functional decline, readmissions to the hospital,” stated Maxwell.