Linda Olivia Nichols

Summary

Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Translation of a dementia caregiver support program in a health care system--REACH VA
    Linda Olivia Nichols
    Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee, USA
    Arch Intern Med 171:353-9. 2011
  2. ncbi Potential explanations for control group benefit
    Linda O Nichols
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
    Clin Trials 9:588-95. 2012
  3. ncbi The cost-effectiveness of a behavior intervention with caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease
    Linda O Nichols
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:413-20. 2008
  4. ncbi Typical and atypical dementia family caregivers: systematic and objective comparisons
    Linda O Nichols
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 72:27-43. 2011
  5. ncbi Primary care interventions for dementia caregivers: 2-year outcomes from the REACH study
    Robert Burns
    VAMC (11-H, 1030 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
    Gerontologist 43:547-55. 2003
  6. ncbi Variation in cost of informal caregiving and formal-service use for people with Alzheimer's disease
    Brooke S Harrow
    College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 19:299-308. 2004
  7. ncbi Organizational issues in establishing geriatrics interdisciplinary team training
    David B Reuben
    UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Gerontol Geriatr Educ 24:13-34. 2003
  8. ncbi Organizational structure, team process, and future directions of interprofessional health care teams
    Kenneth D Cole
    Psychology and Behavioral Health, VA Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA
    Gerontol Geriatr Educ 24:35-49. 2003
  9. ncbi Cognitive abilities of Alzheimer's patients: perceptions of Black and White caregivers
    Robert Burns
    Geriatrics Group of Memphis and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 62:209-19. 2006

Research Grants

  1. PROVIDERS AND ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVERS TOGETHER
    Linda Nichols; Fiscal Year: 2002

Collaborators

  • D W Coon
  • S H Belle
  • Marcia Ory
  • Robert Burns
  • Kenneth D Cole
  • Marshall J Graney
  • Allan Lummus
  • Jennifer Martindale-Adams
  • Brooke S Harrow
  • David B Reuben
  • Martha S Waite
  • Aaron B Mendelsohn
  • Diane F Mahoney
  • Janet C Frank
  • Misty N Yee
  • Gail Zellman
  • Beth A Benjamin

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Translation of a dementia caregiver support program in a health care system--REACH VA
    Linda Olivia Nichols
    Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee, USA
    Arch Intern Med 171:353-9. 2011
    ..This article describes the population and outcomes of the REACH VA translation of REACH II into the VA...
  2. ncbi Potential explanations for control group benefit
    Linda O Nichols
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
    Clin Trials 9:588-95. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi The cost-effectiveness of a behavior intervention with caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease
    Linda O Nichols
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:413-20. 2008
    ..To examine the cost-effectiveness of a randomized, clinical trial of a home-based intervention for caregivers of people with dementia...
  4. ncbi Typical and atypical dementia family caregivers: systematic and objective comparisons
    Linda O Nichols
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 72:27-43. 2011
    ..Once an individual becomes a caregiver, the clinical experience of dementia caregiving is similar across caregiver types. These findings have implications for clinical care and public policy...
  5. ncbi Primary care interventions for dementia caregivers: 2-year outcomes from the REACH study
    Robert Burns
    VAMC (11-H, 1030 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
    Gerontologist 43:547-55. 2003
    ..They further suggest that interventions that focus only on care recipient behavior, without addressing caregiving issues, may not be as adequate for reducing caregiver distress...
  6. ncbi Variation in cost of informal caregiving and formal-service use for people with Alzheimer's disease
    Brooke S Harrow
    College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 19:299-308. 2004
    ..Further study is needed to determine whether this reflects differences in access or availability or how including a control group for care recipients with nondementia diagnoses might have affected these findings...
  7. ncbi Organizational issues in establishing geriatrics interdisciplinary team training
    David B Reuben
    UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Gerontol Geriatr Educ 24:13-34. 2003
    ..An analysis of these four factors and the influences upon them can help facilitate the successful implementation of interdisciplinary training programs at institutions considering this educational approach...
  8. ncbi Organizational structure, team process, and future directions of interprofessional health care teams
    Kenneth D Cole
    Psychology and Behavioral Health, VA Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA
    Gerontol Geriatr Educ 24:35-49. 2003
    ..Both quantitative and qualitative data will be needed to evaluate these new types of teams and the important outcomes they produce...
  9. ncbi Cognitive abilities of Alzheimer's patients: perceptions of Black and White caregivers
    Robert Burns
    Geriatrics Group of Memphis and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 62:209-19. 2006
    ..This difference in caregiver's appraisal may affect clinical and behavioral interventions for dementia patients and their caregivers...

Research Grants3

  1. PROVIDERS AND ALZHEIMER'S CAREGIVERS TOGETHER
    Linda Nichols; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..It expands this work by studying homebound dyads and proposes to analyze cost outcomes. ..