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Orah Burack, MA

Orah Burack has been a member of the JHL research team for 14 years. Her primary focus is culture change, resident quality of life, and staff satisfaction. She works with JHL colleagues from different departments to develop research initiatives and evaluation projects, including the Geriatric Career Development Program and the Home Care Palliative Care Intervention project. If you would like more information about these topics please contact Orah Burack at oburack@jewishhome.org.

Senior Research Associate

Orah Burack

Jewish Home Lifecare
Research Institute on Aging
120 West 106th Street
New York, NY 10025
Tel: 212-870-5764
Fax: 212-870-4905
Email: oburack@jewishhome.org

Education

06/1993 M.A. in Psychology, Brandeis University, USA

06/1990 B.Sc. in Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada

Research Interests

  • Resident quality of life in the nursing home
  • Staff satisfaction
  • Culture change initiatives in long-term-care settings
  • Intergenerational programs
  • Palliative care

Publications

Burack, O., Weiner, A., Reinhardt, J.P., Barsade, S.G, & Annunziato, R. (in press). What Matters Most to Nursing Home Elders: Quality of Life in the Nursing Home. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.

Shah, F., Burack, O., & Boockvar, K.S. (2010). Perceived barriers to communication between hospital and nursing home at time of patient transfer. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 11(4), 239-245.

Weiner, A., Reinhardt, J., Barsade, S., & Burack, O. (2009). Culture Change in the nursing home: The impact on elder, staff, and family. Research in the Culture Change Spotlight -Jewish Home Lifecare of New York.

Ramarajan, L., Barsade, S. G., & Burack, O. R. (2008). The Influence of organizational respect on emotional exhaustion in the human services. The Journal of Positive Psychology.

Boockvar, K.S., Burack, O.B. (2007). Organizational relationships between nursing homes and hospitals and quality of care during hospital-nursing home transfers. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 55(7) 1078-84.

Lubetkin, M., Annunziato, R. A., Downes, D., & Burack, O. R. (2005). Satisfaction of social workers in long-term care. Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care, 3(3/4), 147-174.

Morrison, R. S., Chichin, E., Carter, J., Burack, O. R., Lantz, M., & Meier, D. E., (2005). Voiceless and vulnerable: Advance care planning in the nursing home.  The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53,295-298

Greenberg, L., Lantz, M. S., Likourezos, A., Burack, O. R., Chichin, E., Carter, J. (2004). Screening for Depression in Nursing Home Palliative Care Patients. Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 17(4), 212-218

Burack, O. R., Libow, L. S., & Jefferson, P. (2002). Individualized music: A route to improving the quality of life for long-term care residents.  Activities, Adaptation, and Aging, 27(1), 63-76.

Chichin, E. R., Burack, O. R., Bogin, S. (2001/2002). Certified nursing assistants’ knowledge and attitudes about end-of-life ethics: Implications for social workers.  The Social Work Forum, 35, 87-102.

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.

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.

Burack, O. R., Chichin, E. R., & Olson, E. (2000).  Workbook for Training CNA’s in Ethics.   Springer Publishing Company.  New York: New York.

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

Silver, M. S. & Burack, O. R. (2000). Challenges to effective incident review management: Administrative and clinical factors.  Journal for Healthcare Quality, 22(5), 6-12.

McBee, L., Burack, O.R., Carter, J.M. & Chichin, E.R. (2000).  Discussing DNR/CPR preferences in the nursing home: A key component of advance care planning.  ABCD Exchange, 3(11).

Burack, O. R. & Lachman, M.E. (1996). The effects of list-making on recall in young and older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 51, P226-P233.

Lachman, M. E. & Burack O. R. (1993).  Planning and control process across the lifespan: An Overview.  International Journal of Behavioral Development, 16, 131-143.