A5024211839- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Family Support in Illness
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Data Analysis and Archiving
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Diabetes Management and Research
Case Western Reserve University
2022-2025
University of Southern California
2017-2023
Archstone Foundation
2023
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2019-2022
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2020-2022
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
2021-2022
The University of Texas at San Antonio
2021
The University of Texas at Austin
2021
Introduction: Loneliness and low social support can be detrimental to the health of individuals living with Alzheimer's related dementias (ADRD) family care partners. Restrictions on gatherings prevent spread COVID-19 create an even greater risk for isolation. Memory Cafés are a highly replicated program that provide ADRD partners opportunity socialize in inclusive supportive environment without fear judgment, pressure, or stigma. Following restrictions in-person gatherings, virtual offer...
For novice qualitative researchers, each encounter in the field yields a ream of questions and uncertainties. While fieldwork has inherent ambiguities for all researchers have less experience on which to draw assess their interactions with participants. Adding this uncertainty, gerontological is frequently imbued by age-and cohort-related nuances, characteristics new often do not share It also uncommon work primarily alone projects, such as dissertations theses. Mentors academic advisors can...
### Summary box In many areas of the world, phrases such as ‘Wuhan virus’, ‘China virus’ and ‘Chinese have been frequently used by laypeople, influential politicians mass media to refer virus SARS-CoV-2 that caused COVID-19 pandemic.1 Naming a after geographic location or group people is not unheard-of, for example, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) Legionnaires’ disease.2 However, having precedence de facto justification using these alternatives, mentioned above, SARS-CoV-2....
We aied to examine the psychometric properties of several wellbeing scales among Latinos in US, most which have never been validated a US-Latino population. leveraged secondary baseline data from one-arm mHealth trial on dementia caregiver support. included 100 responses for caregiver-focused and 88 care recipient-focused scales. Scales Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire Severity Distress scales, Six-item Zarit Burden Inventory, Ten-item Center Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale,...
Elder mistreatment occurs in as many one-half of the 11 million family care partnerships with persons living Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (AD/ADRD) United States. Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Enhanced Relationships is an 8-week psychoeducational intervention prevent psychological among caregivers dementia by building healthy caregiving relationships. The investigators conducted a single-arm pre- posttest study assess KINDER's feasibility. A total 45 enrolled,...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Elder mistreatment (EM) occurs in many as one-half of dementia care partners. Psychological EM is the most common form by family caregivers. The Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Enhanced Relationships (KINDER) intervention was developed prevent psychological EM, one types. Caregivers found initial web-based version (KINDER 1.0) be acceptable, appreciated program’s authenticity. However, caregivers also reported difficulty using intervention’s...
We aim to investigate the associations between 2-year fall status among community-dwelling older people with dementia and care partners' emotional, physical, financial difficulties, living arrangements (co-residence vs. separate residence) as a moderator. used 2015-2017 National Health Aging Trends Study linked survey 2017 of Caregiving (935 partners for 567 dementia). employed multilevel generalized linear regression models examine 2015 caregiving difficulties in co-residing non-co-residing...
In coming decades, healthcare providers will treat a greater number of individuals living with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias than ever. Simulation-based learning provides experiential opportunities to enhance clinical training, but little is known about how dementia simulation training improves understanding or it changes in participants' ability deliver high-quality dementia. this study, we examine program may prepare trainees We conducted eight in-depth, one-on-one interviews...
Abstract Background Elder mistreatment (EM) harms individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole. Yet research on interventions is lagging, no rigorous studies demonstrating effective prevention have been published. This pilot study examines whether first‐of‐its‐kind coaching intervention reduced the experience of EM among older adults with chronic health conditions, including dementia. Methods We used double‐blind, randomized controlled trial to test strengths‐based...
The purpose of this study was to partner with stakeholders identify gaps in care for persons living dementia and their family caregivers from list, priorities research.Using a community-engaged research approach, Stakeholder Advisory Council (SAC) consisting diverse membership including convened. Through our work the SAC, along input wider network through symposium, webinars, an online learning community, list topics generated. This reduced 46 sent (persons dementia, caregivers,...
Abstract Background and Objectives The financial burden of caregiving has received less research attention than physical emotional costs. This is especially true for underserved ethnic minorities. Financial strain affects mental health unequally distributed across caregivers different races ethnicities. Although overall spend, on average, one quarter their income caregiving, Latino caregivers, the focus this study, spend nearly half. Research Design Methods To better understand disparity, we...
Family caregivers to persons living with a chronic or disabling condition often report disruption their employment. Employment can cause long-term financial difficulty and psychological distress for caregivers, high costs employers, exacerbates social inequities. In this commentary, we describe community initiative better support employees who are conducted nonprofit employers in San Antonio, located the central Texas region of United States. This aimed raise awareness among local about...
Objectives Caregiving within a spousal partnership marks novel relationship stage for couples. introduces new stressors and affects couples' ability to cope, potentially alters perceptions of emotional support. Prior research on older married couples illustrates how perceived support not only an individual's mental health, but also that their partner. To date, the dyadic between health is largely unexamined among caregiving partners, where expectations may differ.Method Actor partner...
Family caregivers are the cornerstone of long-term supports and services infrastructure in United States, yet they often contend with many challenges related to this role. Public policy has been slow change, leaving vulnerable health economic consequences. Using models making, we identify barriers advancing policies that support family overcome drift. We draw on discussions from California Task Force Caregiving as it prepares state recommendations. Identified strategies include...
This study aims to examine how caregiving for a spouse affects caregivers' likelihood of overnight hospitalization. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we odds spousal caregivers experiencing an hospitalization in previous two years according status, intensity, change intensity. Caregivers were no more likely experience than noncaregivers (OR = .92; CI [.84, 1.00]). Effects varied by intensity care. Compared noncaregivers, who reported providing assistance with activities daily...
Managing medications for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is challenging caregivers. Information about caregivers' strategies to manage these challenges needed inform intervention development.
This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05292248).
Cities across England will see a growing number of informal carers as the population ages, many whom do not begin this role equipped with knowledge they need to access social care services and supports. One more significant changes brought by passage Care Act 2014 is local governments’ increased responsibility improve provision information advice on carers, long recognized policy priority. To better understand where improvements can be made level in order achieve goals laid out Act, study...
As the population rapidly ages, a growing number of families are engaging in care for individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The perceived challenges burdens that face informal caregivers enormous.The objective this study was to 1) explore from family caregivers' perspective, daily lives ADRD, encounter when caring member ADRD; 2) develop comprehensive model endeavor improve ADRD their caregivers.Posts were extracted ALZConnected online caregiving forum May...