- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News award-winning biweekly column, “The World According to Dr. El”
- Ageing Concerns and Global Responses, Springer (forthcoming), co-author with Margaret P. Norris, one chapter on Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness in the United States
- Bullying Among Older Adults: How to Recognize and Address an Unseen Epidemic, Health Professions Press, 2016, Bonifas, Robin (Ed.), one chapter
- The Younger Adult in the Long-Term Care Setting, AMDA’s LTC Information Series, 2013, contributing author
- The Savvy Residents Guide: Everything You Wanted to Know About Your Nursing Home Stay But Were Afraid to Ask, Psychology Insights Press, 2012, author
- 5 Steps to Becoming a Part of the Nursing Home Team, CareConversations.org, author
- Transitioning to Long-Term Care: What Your Loved One Wishes They Could Tell You, CareConversations.org, author
Excerpt from my novel (in progress)
Mentioned in the Press
- Washington Post, October 13, 2020, With video calls and an army of volunteers, this 15-year-old is battling pandemic loneliness in nursing homes, Chiu, Allyson
- Chicago Tribune, September 21, 2020, Nursing home staffers face stress and their own COVID-19 worries, Bowen, Alison
- CNN, Kaiser Health News, May 25, 2020, Distress in seniors surges amid coronavirus pandemic, Graham, Judith
- AARP, March 30, 2020, Navigating New Rules for Visiting Nursing Home Residents Near Death, Horowitz, Bruce
- Next Avenue, June 11, 2019, What Some Nursing Homes Do to Retain Quality Staff, Quilter, Deborah
- USA Today, April 11, 2019, ‘A desperate place in the end’: Seniors in long-term care turning to suicide, Bailey, Melissa and Aleccia, JoNel
- Kaiser Health News, April 9, 2019, Lethal Plans: When Seniors Turn To Suicide In Long-Term Care. Bailey, Melissa and Aleccia, JoNel
- American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology, November 2018, Re-Envisioning Long-Term Care, DeAngelis, Tori
- iAdvanceSeniorCare.com, November 2012, How to help new residents adapt to nursing home life, November 2012, Sheehan, Patricia
- McKnights’s Long-Term Care News, October 2012, A savvy caregiver’s resource, Berklan, James
- Caring for the Ages, October 2010, Long-Term Care May Call For Substance Abuse Care, Kaldy, Joanne