Joseph E Gaugler

Summary

Affiliation: University of Kentucky
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Family care for older adults with disabilities: toward more targeted and interpretable research
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Ph D Program in Gerontology Sanders Brown Center on Aging, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536 0230, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 54:205-31. 2002
  2. ncbi Early community-based service utilization and its effects on institutionalization in dementia caregiving
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
    Gerontologist 45:177-85. 2005
  3. ncbi Predicting nursing home admission in the U.S: a meta-analysis
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA
    BMC Geriatr 7:13. 2007
  4. ncbi Modeling caregiver adaptation over time: the longitudinal impact of behavior problems
    J E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, USA
    Psychol Aging 15:437-50. 2000
  5. ncbi Family involvement in nursing homes: effects on stress and well-being
    J E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536 0086, USA
    Aging Ment Health 8:65-75. 2004
  6. ncbi Predictors of nursing home placement in African Americans with dementia
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:445-52. 2004
  7. ncbi Family involvement following institutionalization: modeling nursing home visits over time
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536 0086, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 57:91-117. 2003
  8. ncbi Correlates of resident psychosocial status in long-term care
    Joseph E Gaugler
    The University of Kentucky, Kentucky 40536 0866, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:773-80. 2004
  9. ncbi The emotional ramifications of unmet need in dementia caregiving
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0086, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 19:369-80. 2004
  10. ncbi The effects of duration of caregiving on institutionalization
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, 110 College of Medicine Office Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    Gerontologist 45:78-89. 2005

Detail Information

Publications45

  1. ncbi Family care for older adults with disabilities: toward more targeted and interpretable research
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Ph D Program in Gerontology Sanders Brown Center on Aging, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536 0230, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 54:205-31. 2002
    ..Throughout this review recommendations are offered to improve these areas and advance the state of the art...
  2. ncbi Early community-based service utilization and its effects on institutionalization in dementia caregiving
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
    Gerontologist 45:177-85. 2005
    ..The present study attempts to determine whether utilizing community-based long-term-care services early in the dementia caregiving career delays time to nursing home placement (adjusting for severity of dementia)...
  3. ncbi Predicting nursing home admission in the U.S: a meta-analysis
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA
    BMC Geriatr 7:13. 2007
    ..The present study aimed to generate pooled empirical associations for sociodemographic, functional, cognitive, service use, and informal support indicators that predict nursing home admission among older adults in the U.S...
  4. ncbi Modeling caregiver adaptation over time: the longitudinal impact of behavior problems
    J E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, USA
    Psychol Aging 15:437-50. 2000
    ..The findings emphasize the deleterious long-term impact of behavior problems on individuals' emotional adaptation to caregiving...
  5. ncbi Family involvement in nursing homes: effects on stress and well-being
    J E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536 0086, USA
    Aging Ment Health 8:65-75. 2004
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  6. ncbi Predictors of nursing home placement in African Americans with dementia
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 52:445-52. 2004
    ....
  7. ncbi Family involvement following institutionalization: modeling nursing home visits over time
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536 0086, USA
    Int J Aging Hum Dev 57:91-117. 2003
    ..Caregivers who engaged in socially restorative activities after institutionalization reported decreases in visits. The findings provide a more refined understanding of the long-term involvement process following institutionalization...
  8. ncbi Correlates of resident psychosocial status in long-term care
    Joseph E Gaugler
    The University of Kentucky, Kentucky 40536 0866, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:773-80. 2004
    ..This pilot study randomly selected five nursing homes, five assisted living facilities, and 16 family care homes from a South-Central state in the US to identify correlates of resident psychosocial status...
  9. ncbi The emotional ramifications of unmet need in dementia caregiving
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0086, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 19:369-80. 2004
    ....
  10. ncbi The effects of duration of caregiving on institutionalization
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, 110 College of Medicine Office Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    Gerontologist 45:78-89. 2005
    ..Our objective in this analysis was to determine how the duration of caregiving interacts with key care demands (i.e., severity of problem behaviors) to influence the institutionalization of individuals suffering from dementia...
  11. ncbi Staff perceptions of residents across the long-term care landscape
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0086, USA
    J Adv Nurs 49:377-86. 2005
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  12. ncbi Cancer caregiving and subjective stress: a multi-site, multi-dimensional analysis
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    Psychooncology 14:771-85. 2005
    ..The findings offer a number of recommendations for future research and practice focused on informal cancer care...
  13. ncbi Respite for dementia caregivers: the effects of adult day service use on caregiving hours and care demands
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Program in Gerontology Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0230, USA
    Int Psychogeriatr 15:37-58. 2003
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  14. ncbi The effectiveness of adult day services for disabled older people
    J E Gaugler
    University of Kentucky, 203A Sanders Brown Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    J Aging Soc Policy 12:23-47. 2001
    ..In addition, the strengths and limitations of the research are considered. This paper concludes with a discussion of policy-relevant issues that must be addressed when determining the effectiveness of adult day services...
  15. ncbi The longitudinal effects of early behavior problems in the dementia caregiving career
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0086, USA
    Psychol Aging 20:100-16. 2005
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  16. ncbi Adult day service use and reductions in caregiving hours: effects on stress and psychological well-being for dementia caregivers
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0230, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:55-62. 2003
    ..e. the time caregivers spent on activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living, memory problems, and behavior problems for patients) to alleviate caregiver stress and negative mental health over time...
  17. ncbi Caregiving and institutionalization of cognitively impaired older people: utilizing dynamic predictors of change
    Joseph E Gaugler
    PhD Program in Gerontology Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0230, USA
    Gerontologist 43:219-29. 2003
    ..g., care recipient functional status or caregiving indicators) when time to institutionalization is predicted...
  18. ncbi Family involvement in residential long-term care: a synthesis and critical review
    J E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Kentucky, 110 College of Medicine Office Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    Aging Ment Health 9:105-18. 2005
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  19. ncbi The onset of dementia caregiving and its longitudinal implications
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, Program in Gerontology Sanders Brown Center on Aging, Lexington 40536 0086, USA
    Psychol Aging 18:171-80. 2003
    ..The findings point to the dynamic process that defines entry into caregiving and emphasize that how individuals assume caregiving roles have implications long after onset...
  20. ncbi Predictors of change in caregiver burden and depressive symptoms following nursing home admission
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Psychol Aging 24:385-96. 2009
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  21. ncbi Modeling trajectories and transitions: results from the New York University caregiver intervention
    Joseph E Gaugler
    School of Nursing, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
    Nurs Res 60:S28-37. 2011
    ..Current research fails to capture the temporal dynamics of chronic disease in favor of cross-sectional snapshots of symptoms and outcomes...
  22. ncbi Building relationships in residential long-term care: determinants of staff attitudes toward family members
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging and Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
    J Gerontol Nurs 31:19-26. 2005
    ..The findings emphasize the need to consider family, resident, and staff relationships in concert when designing and implementing nursing interventions to improve quality of life and care in residential settings...
  23. ncbi Unmet care needs and key outcomes in dementia
    Joseph E Gaugler
    School of Nursing, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2098-105. 2005
    ..To determine how unmet needs for activity of daily living tasks influenced nursing home placement, death, or loss to follow-up in dementia...
  24. ncbi The proliferation of primary cancer caregiving stress to secondary stress
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Cancer Nurs 31:116-23; quiz 124-5. 2008
    ..These empirical results are among the first on predictors of secondary stress in cancer caregiving, and they may inform future descriptive and clinical examinations of the stress process in cancer caregiving families...
  25. ncbi Clinically significant changes in burden and depression among dementia caregivers following nursing home admission
    Joseph E Gaugler
    School of Nursing, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    BMC Med 8:85. 2010
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  26. ncbi Does caregiver burden mediate the effects of behavioral disturbances on nursing home admission?
    Joseph E Gaugler
    School of Nursing, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
    Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:497-506. 2011
    ..e., Alzheimer disease or a related disorder)...
  27. ncbi Predictors of nursing home admission for persons with dementia
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    Med Care 47:191-8. 2009
    ..The objective of this systematic review was to identify factors that consistently predict nursing home admission (NHA) in persons with dementia...
  28. ncbi Long-term adaptation to institutionalization in dementia caregivers
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Gerontologist 47:730-40. 2007
    ..This study attempts to describe caregivers' adaptation (changes in stress, well-being, and psychosocial resources) to placement up to 4 years following institutionalization...
  29. ncbi The effects of incident and persistent behavioral problems on change in caregiver burden and nursing home admission of persons with dementia
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Adult and Gerontology Health Cooperative, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Med Care 48:875-83. 2010
    ..The individual contributions of behavior problems to key and related outcomes in dementia, such as nursing home admission (NHA) or caregiver burden, remain unclear...
  30. ncbi Secondary dementia caregiving and its consequences
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 18:300-8. 2003
    ..Primary and secondary caregivers did not differ significantly in reports of subjective health. The findings suggest that future research and interventions should be inclusive of primary and secondary caregivers...
  31. ncbi Do trajectories of at-home dementia caregiving account for burden after nursing home placement? A growth curve analysis
    Katherina A Nikzad-Terhune
    Graduate Center for Gerontology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0200, USA
    Soc Work Health Care 49:734-52. 2010
    ..For geriatric social workers, these findings may be useful in assessing family caregivers, and in the development and utilization of appropriate interventions...
  32. ncbi The family caregiving career: implications for community-based long-term care practice and policy
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    J Aging Soc Policy 18:141-54. 2006
    ..It is suggested that with the refinement of the informal long-term care literature, existing policy and practice to support caregiving families can be similarly advanced...
  33. ncbi The characteristics of dementia caregiving onset
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 18:97-104. 2003
    ..The findings describe the complexity of the entry process and its potential association with health-related transitions in the caregiving career...
  34. ncbi Predictors of institutionalization in Latinos with dementia
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    J Cross Cult Gerontol 21:139-55. 2006
    ..The findings emphasize the need to explore time to institutionalization across racial and ethnic contexts, and suggest future variables to consider when analyzing nursing home placement in diverse situations...
  35. ncbi Can counseling and support reduce burden and depressive symptoms in caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease during the transition to institutionalization? Results from the New York University caregiver intervention study
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:421-8. 2008
    ..To determine whether counseling and support reduce the burden and depressive symptoms of spouse caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) during the transition to institutionalization...
  36. ncbi The Memory Club: Providing support to persons with early-stage dementia and their care partners
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 26:218-26. 2011
    ..The results suggest that the Memory Club can fill an important gap in early-stage dementia care by offering care partners the opportunity to plan, prepare, and increase coping skills in the face of early dementia progression...
  37. ncbi Predictors of institutionalization of cognitively impaired elders: family help and the timing of placement
    J E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 55:P247-55. 2000
    ..These findings suggest that specific types of family help play an important role in delaying nursing home placement among older adults suffering from dementia...
  38. ncbi The Minnesota Live Well at Home Project: screening and client satisfaction
    Joseph E Gaugler
    School of Nursing, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
    Home Health Care Serv Q 30:63-83. 2011
    ..Clients were also satisfied with the multi-component LWAH service. The results provide support for the feasibility of a LWAH risk management process that links community-residing older persons with community-based long-term care options...
  39. ncbi Families and assisted living
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 6 150 Weaver Densford Hall, 1331, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Gerontologist 47:83-99. 2007
    ..This article examines family involvement in AL, including family structures of residents, types of involvement from family members living outside the AL facility, and outcomes for these family members...
  40. ncbi The grief experiences of certified nursing assistants: personal growth and complicated grief
    Keith A Anderson
    The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, Columbus 43210 1162, USA
    Omega (Westport) 54:301-18. 2006
    ..Practitioners and future researchers may benefit from these findings through the construction and implementation of interventions aimed at effectively enfranchising the grief experiences of this important group of healthcare workers...
  41. ncbi Relinquishing in-home dementia care: difficulties and perceived helpfulness during the nursing home transition
    J E Gaugler
    Program in Gerontology, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
    Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 16:32-42. 2001
    ..Such findings will prove useful to long-term care practitioners who wish to facilitate the institutionalization process for caregiving families...
  42. ncbi The longitudinal ramifications of stroke caregiving: a systematic review
    Joseph E Gaugler
    School of Nursing, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Rehabil Psychol 55:108-25. 2010
    ..Such improvements will provide practitioners with stronger evidence to guide the development, targeting, and timing of clinical interventions...
  43. ncbi Psychological and behavioral impact of receipt of a "normal" ovarian cancer screening test
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center on Aging, School of Nursing, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Prev Med 42:463-70. 2006
    ..This study examined the effects of receipt of a normal ovarian cancer screening test result on a range of psychosocial outcomes, including screening-related beliefs and intentions, risk knowledge, distress, and positive affect...
  44. ncbi Resilience and transitions from dementia caregiving
    Joseph E Gaugler
    School of Nursing, The University of Minnesota, 6 150 Weaver Densford Hall, 1331, 308 Harvard Street S E, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:P38-44. 2007
    ..The findings suggest the need for researchers to capture the heterogeneity of caregiver resilience when examining the longitudinal implications of informal long-term care and delivering clinical interventions...
  45. ncbi Work, gender, and stress in family cancer caregiving
    Joseph E Gaugler
    Center for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    Support Care Cancer 16:347-57. 2008
    ..The objective of this study was to examine whether employment status and gender was associated with family cancer caregivers' reports of stress and well-being...