Kimberly S VanHaitsma, PHD

“Humans as Self-Constructing Living Systems” synthesizes an enormous body of work into a comprehensive developmental framework to better understand human behavior on an individual, person-centered level. As a research gerontologist and clinical geropsychologist, I found this work to be profoundly influential in conceptualizing, designing approaches, and measuring and evaluating both processes and outcomes related to optimizing care to older adults, especially those living with dementia.