James R. Reinardy
Director, School of Social Work
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Office: 105D Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 624-3673
E-mail: jreinard@umn.edu
Mailing address: 105 Peters Hall
Degrees & Institutions
Ph.D., Social Work, University of Minnesota, 1990
M.S.W., University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1978
M.A., Teaching, University of St. Thomas, 1968
Interest Areas
Enhancing Autonomy and Decision Making of Older Persons; Alternative
Models of Long-term Care (Foster Care, Assisted Living);
Multidisciplinary Geriatric Team Training; Long-term Care Policy; Social
Welfare Policy and Community Organizing
Current Research
- Investigating attitudes and social work practice of social workers in nursing homes towards engendering decision making and autonomy among long-term care residents.
- Studying the impact over time of control over the decision to enter a nursing home and its relationship to measures of well being, including health, mental health, social activities.
- Investigating the influence of professionals upon older persons' decisions to move to assisted living, circumstances surrounding the decision, its relationship to perception of control over one's environment.
- Comparing qualitative and quantitative measures of caregiver burden regarding strengths and weaknesses.
Recent Publications
Reinardy, J.R. (2003). Social services in long-term care. In G. Gordan,
L.
Grant & R. Stryker (Eds.), Creative long-term care
management (pp
224-231). Springfield: Charles Thomas.
Priester, J. & Reinardy, J.R. (2003). Recruiting immigrants and
foreign
workers for long-term care nursing positions. Journal of
Aging and
Social Policy, 15 (4), 1-20.
Reinardy, J.R. & Kane, R.A. (2003). Autonomy of a choice: Deciding on
assisted living or nursing home care in Oregon. Journal of
Applied
Gerontology, 22 (1), 152-174.
Reinardy, J.R. & Kane, R.A. (2000). Choosing an adult foster home or
an
nursing home: Residents' perceptions about decision making
and
control. In S. Keigher, A. Fortune, & S. Witkin (Eds.),
Aging and
Social Work: The changing landscapes. Washington, DC:
NASW
Press, 355-372.
Reinardy, J.R. & Morrissey, M. (1999). Group decision making process:
Nominal group technique. In K. Strom-Gottfried (Ed.)
Social work
practice: An applied learning guide. Thousand Oaks CA:
Pine Forge
Press.
Morrissey, M. & Reinardy, J.R. (1999). Choosing a strategy with RSM
properties. In K. Strom-Gottfried (Ed.), Social work
practice: An
applied learning guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge
Press.
Reinardy, J. (1999). Autonomy, choice, and decision making: How
nursing home social workers view their role. Social Work
in Health
Care, Vol. 29 (3), 59-77.
Reinardy, J., & Kane, R.A. (1999). Choosing an Adult Foster Home
Versus a Nursing Home: Elders' Perceptions about decision
Making
and Control. Social Work, 44 (6), 571-585.
Reinardy, J., Kane, R.A., Huck, S.M., Call, K., & Shen, C. (1999).
Beyond
Burden Two Ways of Looking at Caregiver Burden. Research
on Aging,
21 (92).
Kane, R.A., Reinardy, J.R., Penrod, J.D., & Huck, S. (1999). After
the
hospitalization is over: A different perspective on family
care of older
persons. Journal of Gernotological Social Work, 31
(1/2), 119-143.
Reinardy, J.R. (1998). The use of multidimensional assessment
instruments in community-based care. Home Health Care
Services
Quarterly, 16 (4), 15-34.
Reinardy, J.R. (1995). Reactions to a new environment: Decisional
control and the move to a Nursing home. Health and Social
Work, 20
(1), 31-38.
Reinardy, J.R., & Halter, A. (1994). Social work in academia: A case
study of survival. Journal of Social Work Education,
30 (3), 300-309.