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Cathy Lysack, Ph.D., O.T.(C), is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Gerontology and the Department of Health Care Sciences (Occupational Therapy) in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University. Dr. Lysack earned a B.A. in philosophy and a B.M.R. in occupational therapy from the University of Manitoba in 1984 and 1988, respectively. She earned her M.Sc. in rehabilitation from Queen's University in 1992, after completion of research in Indonesia focused on rehabilitation services for disabled children. Dr. Lysack earned her Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba in 1997. Her dissertation research examined the disability movement and its influence on non-governmental organizations' efforts to provide community-based rehabilitation services in developing countries.

Research Focus

Dr. Lysack joined Wayne State University in 1997 and continues to teach and conduct research on a range of topics related to disability, rehabilitation and aging. She has received funding from the National Institute on Aging to study the personal meanings of aging and well-being to older white and African-American women. She has also studied occupational therapy home visits and therapist recommendations meant to increase safety and independence, and identified key factors that can be measured during in-patient rehabilitation to help predict which older patients will be most "at risk" at home alone without additional supports. Dr. Lysack is also interested in the social and material determinants of health that contribute to positive outcomes for persons with disabilities (e.g., adequate medical insurance, accessible transportation, safe neighborhoods, opportunities to work and contribute to others, etc.). At present, she holds two multi-year federal grants (NIDRR and NIH) to extend basic knowledge of longer term spinal cord injury outcomes by studying the ways persons with spinal cord injury envision their sense of community and identify modes of community engagement over time as they move from the acute post-injury phase to long-term adjustment.


Current Research Grants

Community Participation after Spinal Cord Injury: Idioms of Beliefs and Behaviors

Community Living after Spinal Cord Injury: Models and Outcomes

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Education

• Ph.D. (1993-1997). University of Manitoba. Community Health Sciences.
• M.Sc. (1990-1992). Queen's University. Rehabilitation.
• B.M.R.(O.T.) (1985-1988). University of Manitoba. Occupational Therapy.
• B.A. (1981-1984). University of Manitoba. Philosophy.

Publications

On-line Curriculum

• Lysack, C. (2005, November). Case studies: "Promoting Integrity in the Next Generation of Researchers: A Curriculum for Responsible Conduct of Research in Occupational Therapy (Web-based curriculum)." American Occupational Therapy Foundation and AOTA. http://www.aotf.org/html/rcrgraduateeducation.shtml
  

Invited Book Chapters

• Pellerito, J., & Lysack, C. (2005). The role of the automobile in American culture, Ch. 3. In: J. Pellerito (Ed.), Driver Rehabilitation and Community Mobility: Principles and Practice, Elsevier Mosby.
• Luborsky, M. & Lysack, C. (2006). Overview of qualitative research, Ch. 19. In: G. Kielhofner (Ed.), Scholarship in Occupational Therapy: Methods of Inquiry for Enhancing Practice. F.A. Davis, in press.
• Lysack, C., Luborsky, M., & Dillaway, H. (2006). Gathering qualitative data, Ch. 20. In: G. Kielhofner (Ed.), Scholarship in Occupational Therapy: Methods of Inquiry for Enhancing Practice. F.A. Davis, in press.
• Dillaway, H., Lysack, C., & Luborsky, M. (2006). Qualitative approaches to interpreting and reporting data, Ch. 22. In: G. Kielhofner (Ed.), Scholarship in Occupational Therapy: Methods of Inquiry for Enhancing Practice. F.A. Davis, in press.

Peer-reviewed Articles

• Neufeld, S. & Lysack, C. Investigating differences among older adults' access to specialized rehabilitation services, Journal of Aging and Health, to appear.
• Helfrich, C., Finlayson, M. & Lysack, C. (2005). Using a mentoring community to build programs of research: Lessons learned and recommendations from the CORE experience, Journal of Allied Health. On-line at: June 2005 Supplementary Data.
  
• Lysack, C., Dama, M., Neufeld, S., & Andreassi, E. (2005). Compliance and satisfaction with home exercise: A comparison of computer-assisted video instruction and routine rehabilitation practice. Journal of Allied Health, 34(2), 76-82.
• Neufeld, S., & Lysack, C., MacNeill, S., & Lichtenberg, P. (2004). Living arrangement decisions at hospital discharge and later: Differences in criteria and outcomes. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 23(4), 29-47.
• Neufeld, S., & Lysack, C. (2004). Allocation of rehabilitation resources: Who gets a home evaluation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(6), 630-638.
• Siporin, S. & Lysack, C. (2004). Quality of life and supported employment: A case study of three women with developmental disabilities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(4), 455-465.
• Lichtenberg, P.A., MacNeill, S.E., Lysack, C.L., Bank, A.L., & Neufeld, S.W. (2003). Predicting discharge and long term outcome patterns for frail elders. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(1), 37-43.
• Lysack, C., Neufeld, S., Mast, B., MacNeill, S., & Lichtenberg, P. (2003). After rehabilitation: An 18-month follow-up of elderly inner-city women. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(3), 298-306.
• Lysack, C. & Neufeld, S. (2003). Occupational therapist home evaluations: Inequalities, but doing the best we can? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(4), 369-379.
• Lysack, C., & Seipke, H. (2002). Communicating the occupational self: A qualitative study of oldest-old American women. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 9, 130-139.
• Lysack, C., Neufeld, S., Lichtenberg, P., & MacNeill, S. (2002). At risk in old age: Elderly men who live alone. Clinical Gerontologist, 24(3/4), 77-92.
• Lysack, C., MacNeill, S., Neufeld, S., & Lichtenberg, P. (2002). The functional recovery of elderly urban inner city women. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 22(2), 59-69.
• Duggan, C., Lysack, C., Dijkers, M., & Jeji, T. (2002). Daily life in a nursing home: Impact on perceived quality of life after a recent spinal cord injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation, 7(3), 112-131.
• Lysack, C., Zafonte, C., Neufeld, S., & Dijkers, M. (2001). Self-care independence after spinal cord injury: Patient and therapist expectations and real life performance. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 24(4), 257-265.
• Lysack, C., Lichtenberg, P., & MacNeil, S. (2001). The functional performance of elderly urban African American women who return home to live alone after medical rehabilitation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55(4), 433-440.
• Lysack, C., Kaufert, J. (1999). Disabled consumers' perspectives on provision of community rehabilitation services. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 12(3), 157-166.
• Lysack, C. Community: A refuge from global culture (Guest editorial). (1998). Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 9(2), 68-73.
• Zakus, D., & Lysack, C. (1998). Revisiting community participation. Health Policy & Planning, 13,1-12.
• Lysack, C. (1998). The use of community language and imagery in the North American disability rights movement: Implications for the South. Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal, 9(2), 68-73.
• Lysack, C. (1997). Modernism, postmodernism and disability in developing countries. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 20, 121-128.
• Lysack, C. (1995). Community participation and community-based rehabilitation: An Indonesian case study. Occupational Therapy International, 2, 149-165.
• Lysack, C., Stadnyk, R., Krefting, L., Paterson , M., & McLeod, K. (1995). Professional expertise of occupational therapists in community practice: Results of an Ontario survey. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62, 138-147.