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Family care for older adults with disabilities: toward more targeted and interpretable researchJoseph 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...
Early community-based service utilization and its effects on institutionalization in dementia caregivingJoseph 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)...
Predicting nursing home admission in the U.S: a meta-analysisJoseph 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...
Modeling caregiver adaptation over time: the longitudinal impact of behavior problemsJ 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...
Family involvement in nursing homes: effects on stress and well-beingJ E Gaugler
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536 0086, USA
Aging Ment Health 8:65-75. 2004....
Predictors of nursing home placement in African Americans with dementiaJoseph E Gaugler
Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:445-52. 2004....
Family involvement following institutionalization: modeling nursing home visits over timeJoseph 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...
Correlates of resident psychosocial status in long-term careJoseph 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...
The emotional ramifications of unmet need in dementia caregivingJoseph E Gaugler
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0086, USA
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 19:369-80. 2004....
The effects of duration of caregiving on institutionalizationJoseph 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...
Staff perceptions of residents across the long-term care landscapeJoseph E Gaugler
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0086, USA
J Adv Nurs 49:377-86. 2005....
Cancer caregiving and subjective stress: a multi-site, multi-dimensional analysisJoseph 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...
Respite for dementia caregivers: the effects of adult day service use on caregiving hours and care demandsJoseph E Gaugler
Program in Gerontology Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0230, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 15:37-58. 2003....
The effectiveness of adult day services for disabled older peopleJ 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...
The longitudinal effects of early behavior problems in the dementia caregiving careerJoseph E Gaugler
Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0086, USA
Psychol Aging 20:100-16. 2005....
Adult day service use and reductions in caregiving hours: effects on stress and psychological well-being for dementia caregiversJoseph 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...
Caregiving and institutionalization of cognitively impaired older people: utilizing dynamic predictors of changeJoseph 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...
Family involvement in residential long-term care: a synthesis and critical reviewJ 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....
The onset of dementia caregiving and its longitudinal implicationsJoseph 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...
Predictors of change in caregiver burden and depressive symptoms following nursing home admissionJoseph E Gaugler
Center on Aging, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Psychol Aging 24:385-96. 2009....
Modeling trajectories and transitions: results from the New York University caregiver interventionJoseph 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...
Building relationships in residential long-term care: determinants of staff attitudes toward family membersJoseph 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...
Unmet care needs and key outcomes in dementiaJoseph 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...
The proliferation of primary cancer caregiving stress to secondary stressJoseph 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...
Clinically significant changes in burden and depression among dementia caregivers following nursing home admissionJoseph E Gaugler
School of Nursing, Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
BMC Med 8:85. 2010....
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)...
Predictors of nursing home admission for persons with dementiaJoseph 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...
Long-term adaptation to institutionalization in dementia caregiversJoseph 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...
The effects of incident and persistent behavioral problems on change in caregiver burden and nursing home admission of persons with dementiaJoseph 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...
Secondary dementia caregiving and its consequencesJoseph 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...
Do trajectories of at-home dementia caregiving account for burden after nursing home placement? A growth curve analysisKatherina 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...
The family caregiving career: implications for community-based long-term care practice and policyJoseph 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...
The characteristics of dementia caregiving onsetJoseph 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...
Predictors of institutionalization in Latinos with dementiaJoseph 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...
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 studyJoseph 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...
The Memory Club: Providing support to persons with early-stage dementia and their care partnersJoseph 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...
Predictors of institutionalization of cognitively impaired elders: family help and the timing of placementJ 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...
The Minnesota Live Well at Home Project: screening and client satisfactionJoseph 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...
Families and assisted livingJoseph 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...
The grief experiences of certified nursing assistants: personal growth and complicated griefKeith 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...
Relinquishing in-home dementia care: difficulties and perceived helpfulness during the nursing home transitionJ 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...
The longitudinal ramifications of stroke caregiving: a systematic reviewJoseph 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...
Psychological and behavioral impact of receipt of a "normal" ovarian cancer screening testJoseph 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...
Resilience and transitions from dementia caregivingJoseph 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...
Work, gender, and stress in family cancer caregivingJoseph 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...
