Kendra Heatwole Shank, PhD, OTR/L

Select Publications

• Heatwole Shank, K. (2025). Out-of-home participation strategies and reckoning with risk for older adults with cognitive change. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492251377453
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2024). Ch 19 Community Mobility & Driving. In N. Pickens (Ed.,), Functional & Occupational Performance for Older Adults (5th ed., pp. 337-354). F.A. Davis.
• Pugh, H., & Heatwole Shank, K. (2023). Multi-Species occupation involving equines: An action-oriented inquiry to inform occupational therapy practitioners. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. doi:10.1177/15394492231203724
• Pugh, H., & Heatwole Shank, K. (2023). Theoretical and methodological alignment through multi-modal research designs: Advancing the transactional perspective of occupation. Journal of Occupational Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2023.2213697
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2022). “You know, I swipe my card and hope for the best”: Technology and Cognition as Dual Landscapes of Change. Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, 8:23337214221128402. doi:10.1177/23337214221128402.
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2021). Fidelity and Utility of GPS Loggers as a Tool for Understanding Community Participation of Older Adults. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. doi:10.1080/11038128.2021.1921841
• Merryman, M. B., Heatwole Shank, K., & Reitz, S. M. (2020). Theoretical Frameworks for Community-Based Practice. In M. Reitz & M. Scaffa (Eds.), Occupational Therapy in Community-Based and Population Health Practice, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.
• Heatwole Shank, K., Kenley, B., Brown, S., Shipley, J., Baum, M & Beers, C. (2019). “We need more things for us”: Being low-income and under-occupied in older age. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. doi: 10.1177/00084174198383
• Heatwole Shank, K., & Presgraves, E. (2018). Using Geospatial Mapping of Late-life Couplehood: Dimensions of Joint Participation. OTJR: Occupation, Participation, & Health. doi: 10.1177/1539449218808277
• Aldrich, R., & Heatwole Shank, K. (2018). An occupational science perspective on occupation, adaption, and participation. In L.C. Grajo & A. Boisselle, Occupation and Adaptation: Multidimensional Perspectives (pp. 159-174). SLACK, Inc.
• Heatwole Shank, K., & Cutchin, M. P. (2016). Processes of developing ‘community livability’ in older age. Journal of Aging Studies, 39, 66-72. doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2016.11.001
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2016). What makes a community age-friendly? Conceptualizing community livability through mapping. International Journal of Aging and Society, 7(1), 61-76.
• Hart, E., & Heatwole Shank, K. (2016). Participating at the mall: Possibilities and tensions that shape older adults’ occupation. Journal of Occupational Science, 23(1), 67-81 (early online April 2015). doi:10.1080/14427591.2015.1020851
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2012). Mixed methods and pragmatism for research on occupation. In M. P. Cutchin and V.A. Dickie (Eds.), Transactional perspectives on occupation (pp. 183-195). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Heatwole Shank, K., & Cutchin, M.P. (2010). Transactional occupations of older women aging in place: Negotiating change and meaning. Journal of Occupational Science, 17, 4-13.
• Cutchin, M.P., Coppola, S., Talley, V., Svihula, J., Catellier, D., & Heatwole Shank, K. (2009). Feasibility and effects of preventive home visits for at-risk older people: Design of a longitudinal, experimental study. BMC Geriatrics, 9(54). doi:10.1186/1471-2318-9-54

Select Presentations

• Heatwole Shank, K. (2023). Development and Initial Outcomes of an Intervention for Cognition and Community Mobility that Integrates Mapping Technology to Support Aging in Place. AOTA Inspire, Kansas City, MO.
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2022). Aging, Cognition, and Community Experience: Care Continuums and Risk Ratios of daily life with MCI. Gerontological Society of America, Indianapolis IN.
• Guilfoyle, R., & Heatwole Shank, K. (2022). Poster: Understanding & Addressing the Perceived Wellness Needs of Clients with Parkinson’s Disease. American Occupational Therapy Association. San Antonio, TX.
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2022, April). “You know, I swipe my card and hope for the best”: Technology and Cognition as Dual Landscapes of Change. Southern Gerontological Society. Panama City Beach, FL.
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2021, November). Understanding How Cognitively Impaired Individuals Experience Their Communities while Aging in Place. Maryland Occupational Therapy Association. [Virtual paper]
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2021, October). Habit, Embodiment, and Functional Coordination for a Cognitively Changing yet Community-Dwelling Population. SSO:USA. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. [Virtual paper presentation]
• Heatwole Shank, K. (2021, April). Dementia Friendly Baltimore County (DFBC): Aging, Cognition, and Community Experience. Southern Gerontological Society. Baltimore, Maryland [Virtual paper presentation]
• Heatwole Shank, K., & Sethi, C. (2020, October).  Weaving Occupational Science Theory in Entry-Level Occupational Therapy Education: Strategies for Translation and Application. AOTA Education Summit.
• Heatwole Shank, K., & Presgraves, E. (2018). Using mapping to evaluate community mobility and participation while aging in place. AOTA. Salt Lake City, UT.
• Merryman, M.B., & Heatwole Shank, K. (2018, November). Post-professional education and the occupational therapy practitioner. Maryland Occupational Therapy Association. Catonsville, MD.
• Heatwole Shank, K., & Presgraves, E., (2017). Discordant accounts: Co-, collaborative-or transecting occupations? SSO:USA. Seattle, WA.
• Heatwole Shank, K., et al. (2017, November). Poster: Mapping the community-based occupations of low-income older adults. Maryland Occupational Therapy Association. Lutherville-Timonium, MD.