Biography

Dr. Donna M. Kaba is a board-certified adult-gerontology nurse practitioner with more than 30 years of experience across the healthcare continuum, with particular expertise in post-acute and long-term care for older adults. Her clinical and scholarly work focuses on improving the quality, safety, and continuity of care through evidence-based practice and systems-level improvement, with an emphasis on care transitions and age-friendly health systems.

Dr. Kaba is deeply committed to advancing person-centered care for older adults and preparing nurses to practice with confidence, compassion, and accountability. She maintains an active clinical practice in geriatric and palliative care and has held advanced practice roles in PACE, post-acute, and long-term care settings. She is a contributing author to a national consensus statement on best practices for micro-transitions in care, published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. In addition, Dr. Kaba is actively engaged in national initiatives through PALTmed, including service on the Transitions of Care Committee, the Choosing Wisely initiative, and facilitation of a national workshop on optimizing care transitions for individuals with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.