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Eileen Chichin, PhD/RN

Eileen R. Chichin is a registered nurse with a doctorate in gerontological social work. Her research and clinical interests are in the areas palliative and end-of-life care in the long-term care setting. She has studied and developed educational programs in ethics and palliative care for certified nursing assistants in nursing homes as well as their community-based counterparts, home health aides and home attendants.

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Jewish Home Lifecare
Research Institute on Aging
120 West 106th Street
New York, NY 10025
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Education

1989  Ph.D. – Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service – New York, NY

1983  M.S. -  College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

1982  B.S. – St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY

1966  Diploma - Holy Name Hospital School of Nursing, Teaneck, NJ

Research Interests

  • Palliative and end-of-life care
  • Paraprofessional workers in nursing home and community-based long-term care

Recent Grants

“Enhancing Life Quality for Residents with End-Stage Dementia and their Families“;  Funded by the Alzheimer’s Association; Co-investigator; 9/2008 to 8/2011.

“A New Role for Certified Nursing Assistants in Palliative Care”; Funded by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Co-Principal Investigator; 6/2002 to 5/2004.

“New York Community Trust Palliative Care Certificate Program”; Funded by the New York Community Trust; Co-Principal Investigator; 2003.

“Curriculum Development and Training for Professional and Paraprofessional Staff in Legal and Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Decision-making“;  Funded by the David  Berg Foundation; Co-Principal Investigator; 2002-2003.

“Development of a Certification Examination in Palliative Care for Nursing Assistants“; Awarded to the National Board of Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Co-Principal Investigator;  6/2000 to 5/2002.

“Voiceless and Vulnerable: Advance Care Planning in the Nursing Home”; Awarded to The Jewish Home and Hospital and Mount Sinai Medical Center by the Greenwall Foundation; Co-Investigator; 7/2000 – 6/2002.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:

Chichin, E.R., Downes, D., Philpott, A., Resnick, T., Sauer, O. (2006). The hospice-nursing home collaboration:  two models that work. Journal of Palliative Care 22:3, 217.

Morrison, R.S., Chichin, E.R., Carter, J., Burack, O., Lantz, M., Meier, D.E. (2005). The effect of a social work intervention to enhance advance are planning documentation in the nursing home. JAGS 53., 290-294.

Chichin E.R. (2004). Everything you need to know about ethics in the nursing home.  (Book Review). JAGS 52., 1766-1767.

Greenberg, L., Lantz. M.S., Likourezos, A., Burack, O.R., Chichin, E.R., & Carter, J. (2004).  Screening for depression in nursing home palliative care patients. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 17 (4), 212-218.

Chichin E.R. (2003).  Teaching  palliative care in the nursing home.  (Book Review). JAGS 52:157-158

Burack, O.R, & Chichin, E.R. (2001).  A support group for nursing assistants: caring for nursing home residents at the end of life.  Geriatric Nursing 22(6), 299-305

Olson, E., Chichin, E.R., Meyers, H., Schulman, E. & Brennan, F.C. (1994).  Early experiences of an ethics consult team.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 42(4), pp. 437-441.

Olson, E., Chichin, E.R. Libow, L.S., Martico-Greenfield, T., Neufeld, R.R. & Mulvihill, M. (1993).  A center on ethics in long-term care.  The Gerontologist 33(2), 269-274.

Chichin, E.R. & Cantor, M.H. (1992).  The home care industry:  Strategies for survival in an era of dwindling resources.  Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 4(1/2), 89-105.

Chichin, E.R. (1992)  Home care is where the heart is:  The role of interpersonal relationships in paraprofessional home care.  Home Health Care Quarterly, 13(1/2), 161-177.

Chichin, E.R. (1991).  Formal counterparts of informal caregivers:  Paraprofessional home care workers who live with their clients.  PRIDE Institute Journal of Long-term Home Health Care 10(2), 28-33.

Gutheil, I.A. & Chichin, E.R. (1991).  AIDS, older people, and social work.  Health and Social Work 16(4), 237-244.

Chichin, E.R. (1990).  The treatment of paraprofessional workers in the home.  PRIDE Institute Journal of Long-term Home Health Care 9(2), 26-35.

Book chapters and other publications:

Chichin, E.R., Palmer, J.W. (in press). Ethical isues: hospice and nursing home care. In K.J. Doka, (ed). Ethics and End of Life Care: A Case Approach, Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America.

Chichin, E.R. (2004). Ethics and the elderly.  In L.M. Tepper & T.M. Cassidy (Eds). Multidisciplinary perspectives on Aging. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 229-244.

Chichin, E.R. (2004) Study Guide for the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant. (contributing author). B.A. Head (Ed.) Dubuque IA: Kendall Hunt.

Carter J.M. & Chichin E.R. (2003). Palliative care in the nursing home.  In RS Morrison & DE Meier (eds).  Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Palliative Care.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 357-375.

Chichin, E.R. & Mezey, M.D. (2002). Professional attitudes toward end-of-life decision-making.  In M.D. Mezey, C.K.Cassel, M.M. Bottrell, K. Hyer, J.L.Howe & T.T. Fulmer (eds)., Ethical patient care:  A casebook for geriatric health care teams. Baltimore, MD:  Johns Hopkins University Press, 67-82.

Chichin, E.R., Burack, O.R. & Carter, J.M. ( 2001).Paraprofessional workers in long-term care:  Dealing with loss and bereavement.  In K. Doka, (ed).  Caregiving and Loss:  Family Needs, Professional Responses.  Washington, DC:  Hospice Foundation of America.

Chichin, E.R., Burack, O.R., Olson, E. & Likourezos, A. (2000).  End-of-life Ethics and the Nursing Assistant.  New York:  Springer.

Chichin, E.R., Schulman, E., Harrington, M., Norwood, J. & Olson, E.  (1995).  End-of-life treatment decisions in the nursing home:  Ethics and the nursing assistant.  Quality care in geriatric settings.  New York:  Springer.

Chichin, E.R. (1995).  Treatment termination in long-term care:  Implications for health care providers.  In Olson, E., Chichin, .R. & Libow, L.S. (eds).  Controversies in ethics in long-term care.  New York:  Springer.

Olson, E., Chichin, E.R. & Libow, L.S. (eds) (1995).  Controversies in ethics in long-term care. New York:  Springer.

Chichin, E.R. & Leeser, I. (1994). Interdisciplinary teams in geriatrics.  In I. Gutheil (ed.)  Work with older people:  Challenges and opportunities.

New York:  Fordham University Press, pp. 139-161.

Chichin, E.R. Ferster, L. & Gordon, N. (1994).  Planning for the end of life with the home care client.  Journal of Gerontological Social Work 22(1/2), 147-159.

Chichin, E.R. & Leeser, I. (1994). Interdisciplinary teams in geriatrics.  In I. Gutheil (ed.)  Work with older people:  Challenges and opportunities.  New York:  Fordham University Press, pp. 139-161.

Cantor, M.H. & Chichin, E.R. (1990).  Stress and strain among homecare  workers of the frail elderly. (Final Report).  New York:  Brookdale Research Institute on Aging, Third Age Center, Fordham University.

Chichin, E.R. (1989).  Community care for the frail elderly:  The case of nonprofessional home care workers.  In L. Grau and I. Susser (eds).  Women in the later years:  social and cultural perspectives.  Women and Health14(3/4), 93-104.  Reprinted in Women in the later years:  Health, social and cultural perspectives.   New York:  Haworth Press, 93-104.