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| Jennifer L WolffSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Older adults' mental health function and patient-centered care: does the presence of a family companion help or hinder communication?Jennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 692, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:661-8. 2012..Late-life mental health disorders are prevalent, costly, and commonly under-diagnosed and under-treated...- Going it together: persistence of older adults' accompaniment to physician visits by a family companionJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Room 692, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:106-12. 2012..This study investigates whether older adults who are accompanied to routine physician visits (1) also receive task assistance and (2) continue to be accompanied at 12-months by the same family companion... 
Physician evaluation and management of Medicare home health patientsJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Care 47:1147-55. 2009..The Medicare home health benefit is predicated on physician referral and involvement. In this study, we investigated (1) the frequency and (2) implications of home health patients' evaluation and management by community physicians...
Optimizing patient and family involvement in geriatric home careJennifer L Wolff
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Healthc Qual 31:24-33. 2009..We summarize what has been learned from these efforts, with attention to feasibility and potential applicability to geriatric home care...- Caregiving and chronic care: the guided care program for families and friendsJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 64:785-91. 2009.... - Family presence in routine medical visits: a meta-analytical reviewJennifer L Wolff
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Health Policy and Management, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Soc Sci Med 72:823-31. 2011..We propose a conceptual framework to relate family companion presence and behaviors during physician visits to the quality of interpersonal health care processes, patient self management and health care... - Long-term care preferences among older adults: a moving target?Jennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management and Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 20:182-200. 2008..5%, 44.4%, and 44.6% of participants retaining their initial first choice across IADL, ADL, and dementia scenarios, respectively. Implications of study findings are discussed... - Hidden in plain sight: medical visit companions as a resource for vulnerable older adultsJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Room 692, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1409-15. 2008..Sicker patients are less satisfied with the quality of health care they receive than their healthier counterparts... - Medicare home health patients' transitions through acute and post-acute care settingsJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Med Care 46:1188-93. 2008.... - Effects of guided care on family caregiversJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Gerontologist 50:459-70. 2010..The purpose of this study was to determine whether GC improves patients' primary caregivers' depressive symptoms, strain, productivity, and perceptions of the quality of care recipients' chronic illness care... - Moving beyond round pegs and square holes: restructuring Medicare to improve chronic careJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:439-45. 2005.... - Newly reported chronic conditions and onset of functional dependencyJennifer L Wolff
Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:851-5. 2005..To examine the relationship between newly reported chronic conditions and subsequent functional dependency in older adults... - Caregivers of frail elders: updating a national profileJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Roger C Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Room 692, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Gerontologist 46:344-56. 2006..Family caregivers comprise the backbone of long-term-care provision in the United States, yet little is known about how the composition and experience of family caregiving has changed over time... - Informal caregiver characteristics and subsequent hospitalization outcomes among recipients of careJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, and Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Aging Clin Exp Res 16:307-13. 2004..The objective of this research was to examine caregiver attributes with respect to recipients' hospitalization experiences... - Depression among recipients of informal care: the effects of reciprocity, respect, and adequacy of supportJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 59:S173-80. 2004..The objective of this work was to examine the relationship of perceived quality of care to depression among recipients of informal long-term care... - End-of-life care: findings from a national survey of informal caregiversJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:40-6. 2007..Family and friends are thought to be the predominant providers of end-of-life care, although nationally representative data on this topic have been lacking... - Wheelchairs, walkers, and canes: what does Medicare pay for, and who benefits?Jennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management and Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1140-9. 2005..Average per item spending ranged from $52 for canes to $6,208 for power wheelchairs. Among beneficiaries who acquired such technology through the DME benefit, these devices comprised just 2 percent of overall Medicare spending... - Early effects of "Guided Care" on the quality of health care for multimorbid older persons: a cluster-randomized controlled trialChad Boult
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:321-7. 2008.... - Who participates in chronic disease self-management (CDSM) programs? Differences between participants and nonparticipants in a population of multimorbid older adultsMelissa Dattalo
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Med Care 50:1071-5. 2012.... - The effect of guided care teams on the use of health services: results from a cluster-randomized controlled trialChad Boult
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Room 693, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:460-6. 2011..This study aimed to measure the effect of guided care teams on multimorbid older patients' use of health services... - Difficulty assisting with health care tasks among caregivers of multimorbid older adultsErin R Giovannetti
Division of Geriatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:37-44. 2012..The difficulty they experience in providing this assistance, and related implications for their well-being, have not been well described... - Guided care for multimorbid older adultsCynthia M Boyd
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Gerontologist 47:697-704. 2007..The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of a new model of health care designed to improve the quality of life and the efficiency of resource use for older adults with multimorbidity... - Care needs of higher-functioning nursing home residentsMatthew K McNabney
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 8:409-12. 2007..To quantify and characterize the chronic conditions of older Americans who live in nursing homes (NHs) but have minimal disability and might be able to live in less restrictive and less expensive settings... - Construct validity of the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire across informal caregivers of chronically ill older patientsErin R Giovannetti
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Value Health 12:1011-7. 2009.... - Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderlyJennifer L Wolff
Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Room 304, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:2269-76. 2002..Better primary care, especially coordination of care, could reduce avoidable hospitalization rates, especially for individuals with multiple chronic conditions... - Postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors and the likelihood of early hospital readmission among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiariesAlicia I Arbaje
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Gerontologist 48:495-504. 2008..This study attempts to determine the associations between postdischarge environmental (PDE) and socioeconomic (SES) factors and early readmission to hospitals... - The prevalence of clinically-relevant comorbid conditions in patients with physician-diagnosed COPD: a cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 1999-2008Kerry Schnell
Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
BMC Pulm Med 12:26. 2012..The objective of this analysis was to estimate the prevalence of comorbidity in COPD using nationally-representative data... - Patient characteristics and end-of-life health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries in 1989 and 1999Sydney M Dy
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Med Care 45:926-30. 2007..To evaluate the association of institutional residence and chronic disability with end-of-life Medicare utilization in 1989 and 1999... - Self-selected walking speed was consistent when recorded while using a caneCarlos O Weiss
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224 2734, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 61:622-7. 2008..To assess whether loss of consistency or systematic measurement error is introduced by allowing older individuals to use a cane during measurement of self-selected walking speed (SSWS)... - Informing clinical practice guideline development and implementation: prevalence of coexisting conditions among adults with coronary heart diseaseCynthia M Boyd
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:797-805. 2011..To describe the prevalence of coexisting conditions that affect clinical decision-making in adults with coronary heart disease (CHD)... - Cross-survey differences in national estimates of numbers of caregivers of disabled older adultsErin R Giovannetti
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Milbank Q 88:310-49. 2010..The available national surveys, however, do not have a uniform approach to ascertaining the number of family caregivers, so their estimated number varies widely... - Disparities in access to medical care for individuals with vision impairmentChristine Spencer
School of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 16:281-8. 2009..We investigated the relationship between blindness and vision impairment and access to medical care... - Prevalence of diabetes treatment effect modifiers: the external validity of trials to older adultsCarlos O Weiss
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Baltimore, MD 21224 2734, USA
Aging Clin Exp Res 24:370-6. 2012.... - Incident preclinical mobility disability (PCMD) increases future risk of new difficulty walking and reduction in walking activityCarlos O Weiss
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224 2734, USA
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 54:e329-33. 2012..This study examines whether and how report of a change in walking behavior, incident PCMD, predicts subsequent reduction in walking activity... - Economic impact of visual impairment and blindness in the United StatesKevin D Frick
Department of Health Policy and Management, Health Services Research and Development Center, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 1901, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 125:544-50. 2007..To assess the economic impact of excess medical and informal care and the health utility loss associated with visual impairment and blindness in adults aged 40 years and older in the United States... - Patterns of prevalent major chronic disease among older adults in the United StatesCarlos O Weiss
JAMA 298:1160-2. 2007
Research Grants
- In-Home Caregiving and Use of Medical ServicesJennifer Wolff; Fiscal Year: 2006..Findings from this pilot project will inform measurement and data collection efforts, as well as interpretation of results from a multi-component caregiver intervention in Baltimore, Maryland that is expected to begin in July 2006. ..