Christy M. Nishita, Ph.D.

Christy M. Nishita, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral research associate at the California Fall Prevention Center of Excellence. Her area of expertise is on the impact of home and community environments on the health and functioning of frail older adults. At the Falls Center, her interest is in employing home modifications as part of a multifactorial fall intervention. Her current projects involve using California hospital discharge data to examine trends in fall rates, re-hospitalizations after a fall injury, and co-morbidities with fall injuries to better target future intervention efforts. Nishita received her Ph.D. in Gerontology from the University of Southern California.

 Selected Publications:

Pynoos, J. & Matsuoka, C. (2001). Housing and the continuum of care. In C. Evashwick (Ed.), The long-term continuum of care (2nd ed, pp. 115-131). Albany, NY: Delmar-Thompson Learning.

Pynoos, J. & Matsuoka, C., & Liebig, P. (2001) Housing for older Californians. A policy report prepared for the California Policy Research Center for the Strategic Planning on Aging Series in compliance with SB 910.

Pynoos, J., Sabata, D., Abernathy, G., Alley, D., Overton, J., and Nishita, C. (2003, February). Prevention of falls at home: Best practices in home modification. A white paper for the California Blueprint for Falls Prevention Conference.

Pynoos, J., Nishita, C., & Perelman, L. (2003). Advancements in the home modification field: A tribute to M. Powell Lawton. Journal of Housing for the Elderly,17(1/2), 105-116.

Pynoos, J., Schachter, M., Nishita, C., & Smith, C.H. (2003, April). Senior-related housing issues. A background paper prepared for Planning an Aging California: An Invitational Forum.

Pynoos, J. & Nishita, C.M. (2003). The cost and financing of home modifications in the United States. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 14(2), 68-73.

Pynoos, J. & Nishita, C.M. (2004). Home modification financing. In L.A. Vitt (Ed.), TheEncyclopedia of Retirement and Finance (Vol. 1, pp.376-381). Westport: Greenwood.

Nishita, C.M. & Pynoos, J. (2004). Review of the book Aging independently: Living arrangements and mobility. Contemporary Gerontology, 10(3), 126-128.

Pynoos, J. & Nishita, C.M. (2005). Housing and the continuum of care. In C. Evashwick (Ed.), The long-term continuum of care (3rd ed, pp. 143-162). Albany, NY: Delmar-Thompson Learning.

Pynoos, J., Liebig, P., Alley, D., & Nishita, C.M. ( 2005). Linking housing and services for older adults. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 18(3/4), 5-49.