Kenneth Hepburn
Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Dr. Hepburn is a Professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory
University, co-Director of the Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiver Mastery, and
Research Director for the Center for Health in Aging in Emory’s Academic Health Center. His
research has focused on the development, testing, and dissemination of programs that improve
the lives of persons with dementing illnesses by enhancing the self-efficacy of their family
caregivers. He and his colleagues have developed and demonstrated the efficacy of the Savvy
Caregiver Program and the Tele-Savvy program designed to provide dementia family caregivers
with the knowledge, skills, and outlook needed to care effectively for persons living with
dementia and to do so in a manner that retards or reduces the burden usually associated with
dementia caregiving.
University, co-Director of the Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiver Mastery, and
Research Director for the Center for Health in Aging in Emory’s Academic Health Center. His
research has focused on the development, testing, and dissemination of programs that improve
the lives of persons with dementing illnesses by enhancing the self-efficacy of their family
caregivers. He and his colleagues have developed and demonstrated the efficacy of the Savvy
Caregiver Program and the Tele-Savvy program designed to provide dementia family caregivers
with the knowledge, skills, and outlook needed to care effectively for persons living with
dementia and to do so in a manner that retards or reduces the burden usually associated with
dementia caregiving.