Linda Hovanec, RN, MEd
- Director of Nursing Buckingham’s Choice Retirement Community
- hovanecl@emaseniorcare.org
Biography
Mrs. Hovanec, has been involved with EMA (the parent corporation of The Copper Ridge Institute) for 20 years. She has served in many capacities including Director of Nursing at Fairhaven and Copper Ridge and Director of Quality Improvement. Mrs. Hovanec is a lecturer in Psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Education
- Western Maryland College MEd
- Pennsylvania State University BSN
- Uniontown Hospital School of Nursing Nursing Diploma
Selected Publications
- Health Problems and Correlates of Pain in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia, Black, Betty, Finucane, Thomas: et al Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, Volume 20, Number 4, October-December 2006.
- Tele-Medicine and the Reduction of Psychiatric Admissions for Dementia Patients, Roques, C, Hovanec, L, Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care 2002
- Quality of Life in Dementia Patients in Long-Term Care, Gonzalez, T, Lyketsos, C,
Baker, A, Hovanec, L, et al., International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15 (2000) - Telemedicine: The Next Generation in Healthcare, Roques, C, Hovanec, L, D&O Forum Spring 2000.
- Alternative Scheduling in a Dementia Facility, Hovanec, L Nursing Spectrum, November 17, 1997.