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Adult Day Services Participation and Client Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Analysis
Bivens, Rebecca; Norouzi, Neda; Jarrott, Shannon E. (Virginia Tech, 2013-04-04)
Our study explores whether adult day service (ADS) use is associated with the reduction of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) scores of older adults who participated in ADS for at least six months.
“All the World’s a Stage” – Bridging the Generational Gap through Theatre
Norouzi, Neda; Lyon-Hill, Sarah (Virginia Tech, 2014-11-05)
This research arose from a shared interest and collaboration between two colleagues in different academic fields. Neda Norouzi is a doctoral student in Architecture and Human Development, interested in how the physical environment affects intergenerational collaboration. Sarah Lyon-Hill is a doctoral student in Urban Planning, studying community-based theatre as an alternative approach to community and economic development. Both authors have theatre backgrounds due to their fathers’ professorial careers in script writing and set design. Understanding their common background and interest in building collaborative relationships among diverse groups, these authors turned to the growing presence and effects of intergenerational theatre programs (IG theatre). IG theatre emerged from the community-based theatre movement, which focuses on building the capacity and voice of different and often marginalized groups within communities through intergroup collaboration and helping diverse groups find a shared community identity (Strimling 2004).
Assuring Quality Care: Exploring Strategies of Medicaid E&D Waiver Providers
Brossoie, Nancy; Roberto, Karen A.; Teaster, Pamela B.; Glass, Anne (Virginia Tech, 2004)
Implementing quality assurance (QA) programs in unregulated noninstitutional settings remains a challenge for home and community-based service providers. A sample of 65 Elderly & Disabled (E&D) Waiver providers in Virginia were presented with eight problem scenarios commonly found in home-care services. Each of the respondents was able to identify strategies they would use to recognize and address each problem. Findings suggest providers currently use multiple mechanisms as part of their overall QA program. Discussion focuses on the strengths of using multiple approaches and on increasing provider awareness of complementary QA strategies and reducing the reliance on staff report as a major QA strategy.
Caregivers of Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Information and Support Needs
Wilcox, Karen L.; Roberto, Karen A.; Blieszner, Rosemary; Winston, Brianne L. (Virginia Tech, 2004-11)
One of the newer concepts of age-related memory deficit is mild cognitive impairment (MCI). MCI reflects self-reported changes in cognitive function that do not necessarily interfere with work or social relations; it is viewed as a transitional phase between normal cognitive aging and dementia. Researchers and practitioners lack a comprehensive understanding of what relatives of persons with MCI are actually experiencing and what they realistically believe would be helpful to manage their situation now and in the future. In a multi-method, mini-longitudinal design that incorporated quantitative and qualitative approaches, we collected information from patient charts and semi-structured family interviews to investigate the information and support needs of 20 (out of 100 to be interviewed) family members of older adults with MCI. We found that, apart from information available about potential later diagnoses such as dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, families reported having little information available to them to assist in decision making and caregiving for early stages of memory loss. Family members were hesitant to think about and plan very far into the future and were more likely to take things a day at a time. Past experiences with family members or friends with memory difficulties or other serious health conditions enabled some family members to feel more at ease and knowledgeable with the process of seeking help for themselves and the older adult they were supporting. Findings suggest that earlier identification of memory loss has implications for clinical practice and the delivery of health care and social services to older individuals and their relatives.
Caregiving Stress, Coping Strategies, and Health Outcomes: Results from the REACH II Study
Butner-Kozimor, L. Michelle (Virginia Tech, 2015-11-21)
The objective of this study was to understand CGs of PwD use of social support and religious and spiritual coping as coping mechanisms and potential impacts on physical and psychological outcomes, in line with the Stress Process Model (Pearlin, Menaghan, Lieberman, & Mullan, 1981).
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, 2013 35th Anniversary Edition
(Virginia Tech, 2013)
This special edition of the Center for Gerontology newsletter commemorates the center's 35th anniversary.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2002
(Virginia Tech, 2002)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2003
(Virginia Tech, 2003)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2004
(Virginia Tech, 2004)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2005
(Virginia Tech, 2005)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2006
(Virginia Tech, 2006)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2007
(Virginia Tech, 2007)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2009
(Virginia Tech, 2009)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2010
(Virginia Tech, 2010)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2011
(Virginia Tech, 2011)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2012
(Virginia Tech, 2012)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2013
(Virginia Tech, 2013)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Fall 2014/Winter 2015
(Virginia Tech, 2015)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Special Edition 2008
(Virginia Tech, 2008)
This special edition of the Center for Gerontology newsletter commemorates the center's 30th anniversary.
Center for Gerontology Newsletter, Spring 2003
(Virginia Tech, 2003)
The Center for Gerontology newsletter, published twice annually, provides faculty and project updates, along with recognitions received by faculty and students in the area of age-related research and activities.