A5040274366- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Family Support in Illness
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Social Media in Health Education
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Case Western Reserve University
2016-2021
Cornell University
2016
Psychiatric inpatient unit nurses implemented a quality improvement project to explore strategies enhance the effectiveness of change shift communication between and patients obtain goals care information. Three championed 6-month implement more efficient, patient-centered communication; influence patient outcomes; assess nurses' perceptions about satisfaction. A survey established level nurse satisfaction regarding length time spent at obtaining Following literature review, used...
A recent increase in children living with grandparents places more at increased risk for emotional, psychological, or behavioral problems. This study used the Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation to examine how children’s situation, parental monitoring, child’s resourcefulness, perceived support affect depressive symptoms family functioning. Of participants, 36% ( n = 56) lived their parents only, 44% 69) a grandmother as primary caregiver, 20% 31) multigenerational...
This study examined the six critical parameters for evaluating interventions, including necessity, acceptability, feasibility, safety, fidelity, and effectiveness, of a heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training intervention in sample 20 grandmothers who were primary caregivers their grandchildren. After completed HRV training, they answered open-ended questions to provide data on during face-to-face interviews. The findings provided evidence effectiveness reducing stress experienced...
Persons with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have a life expectancy 6–7 years less than those without the disease, but disability increases disease duration and often limits ability to work. Access personal insurance, including health (HI), short- long-term income (STD, LTD), care (LTC), insurance (LI), is largely employer-based or purchased out of pocket from earnings. Maintaining losing employment can cause concern regarding cost coverage especially for over 50 age, whom keeping may be challenging...
Little research using resilience models or measures has been conducted with older adults, and specifically grandparents, although there on focused children families. Current theoretical empirical work examining focuses the interplay between broad social determinants of health, family neighborhood factors, individual factors (physiologic, psychologic, genetic neurochemical influences brain-behavior connections) that affect resilience. This presentation describes major conceptualizations...
Facebook recruiting can be a challenge for many researchers. Should you pay advertising? How do reach real, eligible participants? This presentation describes the application of Social Network Theory to convenience sampling strategies develop recruitment strategy sample grandmother caregivers. After identifying relevant characteristics using Theory, informal support groups were identified and contacted study user profile. Support intentionally that likely interact with targeted sample,...
Many individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) depart the workforce prematurely. In United States, access to insurance, including health, disability income, long-term care, and life is largely employment-based or purchased from earnings. we see in clinic experience financial hardship because of a lack even if working. We sought determine proportion workers who are financially protected through insurance coverage sources this large sample.We developed an online survey opened it aged 18 65...