Cynthia D. Steele, RN, MPH
- Millicent Radlick Nurse Scholar, the Copper Ridge Institute
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the Johns Hopkins University
- steelec@emaseniorcare.org
Biography
Cindy Steele received her BSN from Towson University, followed by a Masters Degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Millicent Radlick Nurse Scholar at the Copper Ridge Institute.
For over 25 years she has specialized in the nursing care of persons with cognitive disorders and their families. She has lectured internationally and published prolifically on management of behavior problems in persons with dementia and currently consults to long term care communities on program planning and behavior management. In addition to over 50 articles in peer reviewed journals, she has co-authored Practical Dementia Care editions 1 and 2. She most recently published Nurse-to-Nurse Dementia Care, A Pocket guide for Excellence in Care.
Mrs. Steele has received numerous awards for her clinical work including Clinician of the Year by the Maryland Gerontological Association, Health Care Hero of Maryland, and Excellence in Dementia Care from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Education
- Towson University, BSN
- The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, MPH
Model Care + Generous Donors = Quality Life for Residents
Climbing into a shower to model how to care for a resident with dementia is all in a day’s work for Cindy Steele, RN, MPH. This kind of hands-on training on caring for residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is an integral part of Copper Ridge’s educational program.