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Daily spiritual experiences in a biracial, community-based population of older adultsKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Aging Ment Health 14:779-89. 2010..A 5-item version of the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale (DSES) was used in the study. Multivariable linear regression models were used to examine the relationship between sociodemographic and psychosocial factors and DSES scores...- Use of home-based formal services by adult day care clients with Alzheimer's diseaseKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, 1645 W Jackson, Chicago, IL, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 27:217-39. 2008..To explore the association between adult day care (ADC) attendance and utilization of home-based formal services among people with Alzheimer's Disease (AD)... - Race differences in emotional adaptation of family caregiversKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 3227, USA
Aging Ment Health 13:715-24. 2009..We hypothesized that black caregivers would exhibit lower levels of negative emotion and higher levels of positive emotion over time than whites... 
Is lower cognitive function in one spouse associated with depressive symptoms in the other spouse?Kimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612 3227, USA
Aging Ment Health 10:621-30. 2006..Our findings suggest that husbands may be particularly psychologically vulnerable to the negative effects of their wives' cognitive impairment. This vulnerability may have a range of long-term health and caregiving implications...- Black-white differences in health-related quality of life among older adultsKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612 3227, USA
Qual Life Res 16:287-96. 2007..06; 95% CI: 0.89-1.27). Our results suggest that racial differences in HRQOL are associated with the combined effects of social disadvantage, poor physical health, and lower cognitive function... - Longitudinal association of vitamin B-6, folate, and vitamin B-12 with depressive symptoms among older adults over timeKimberly A Skarupski
Section of Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60304, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 92:330-5. 2010..B-vitamin deficiencies have been associated with depression; however, there is very little prospective evidence from population-based studies of older adults... - Black-white differences in depressive symptoms among older adults over timeKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612 3227, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:P136-42. 2005..225, p < .001) but remained robust. The racial differences increased slightly over time. Our findings support heightened awareness of depression in older Black populations... - A profile of calls to a poison information center regarding older adultsKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 3227, USA
J Aging Health 16:228-47. 2004..The authors sought to examine the nature of calls to poison information centers by adults ages 50 and over... - Medicare part D enrollment in a biracial community-based population of older adultsKimberly A Skarupski
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612 3227, USA
Gerontologist 49:828-38. 2009..The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) program debuted in January 2006. We ascertained the sociodemographic and health characteristics of Blacks and Whites who enrolled in the early stages of the program... - Racial disparities in disability: recent evidence from self-reported and performance-based disability measures in a population-based study of older adultsCarlos F Mendes de Leon
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:S263-71. 2005..Although disability levels have been declining in older adults, there is little current information on racial differences in disability... - Neighborhood-level cohesion and disorder: measurement and validation in two older adult urban populationsKathleen A Cagney
Department of Health Studies, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2007, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:415-24. 2009..Drawing from collective efficacy and social disorganization theories, we developed and validated measures of neighborhood-level social processes... - Neighborhood social cohesion and disorder in relation to walking in community-dwelling older adults: a multilevel analysisCarlos F Mendes de Leon
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson Blvd, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Aging Health 21:155-71. 2009..Promotion of walking behavior in older adults may require improvement of the safety and upkeep of the neighborhood environment... - Anti-inflammatory agents and cognitive decline in a bi-racial populationFrancine Grodstein
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Neuroepidemiology 30:45-50. 2008..no use: mean difference = 0.12; p trend = 0.03). Overall, we found no relation between regular aspirin use and cognitive decline, but long-term use of ibuprofen may be related to decreased rates of cognitive decline in older persons... - Do depressive symptoms predict declines in physical performance in an elderly, biracial population?Susan A Everson-Rose
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Department of Preventive Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Psychosom Med 67:609-15. 2005..We investigated whether depressive symptoms, assessed by the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), predicted change in physical function in elderly adults... - Multipurpose senior centers: opportunities for community health nursingKimberly A Skarupski
Center for Organizational Research and Evaluation, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, 5091 Station Road, Erie, PA 16563 1801, USA
J Community Health Nurs 20:119-32. 2003....