Robin Jewett, DMSc, PA-C
Robin Jewett is a board-certified physician associate with a Doctor of Medical Science in Psychiatry and 20 years of experience in primary care, geriatrics, and behavioral health. Since founding Joyful Moments Geriatric Psychiatry in 2022, she has provided in-person psychiatric care to older adults in skilled nursing, memory care, assisted living, and residential care communities across the Willamette Valley. She practices in collaboration with psychiatrist S. Chandragiri, MD.
Her focus is dementia-related behavior. She has cared for several hundred residents whose agitation or distress put their placement at risk, and she teaches facility staff what drives the behaviors they see. That work has reduced emergency transfers and helped residents come off medications they did not need.
Teaching has run through Robin’s whole career. She has served on the faculty of Indiana Wesleyan University, Trevecca Nazarene University (where she directed the PA program), Gardner-Webb University, Emory & Henry College, and Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, and as ECHO faculty for Oregon Health & Science University’s Dementia in Long-Term Care series. Her doctoral work focused on agitation in dementia and the biological mechanisms of spirituality in resilience.
Alongside her doctorate, she has completed advanced certification training in dementia care, geriatric care, and psychopharmacology. She serves on the board of the Oregon Geriatric Society, the Oregon Dementia and Healthy Brain Initiative Workgroup, and a post-acute and long-term care clinical practice committee, and she helped write caregiver tools for Oregon’s State Plan for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias.
Robin lives in Salem, Oregon with her family. She enjoys Nashville Predators hockey, learning about almost anything, and planning epic family vacations.
Robin is an independent contractor with Ascent Healthcare, CRH Northwest, and Rogue Psych Consultants. For consultation inquiries, contact robin@robinjewettdmsc.com.
