Center for Innovative Care in Aging

About
the Center

About the Center

As the nations population gets older, more and more people would rather live in their own homes than move to an assisted living or nursing facility; the Center works to equip older adults to do so with the physical and mental tools to live longer, healthier, more productive lives, even in their advancing years.

Professor Laura N. Gitlin, PhD
Director, Center for Innovative Care in Aging

A new, inter-professional initiative to develop, advance, and support the well-being of older adults and their families is now a reality at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The Center for Innovative Care in Aging uses novel approaches to enhance the yield of programs, policies, practices, and tools to help diverse older adults and family members remain healthy, independent, and living in their own homes and communities.

Upcoming Activities

• 6th Annual Summer Research Insitute
• New Ways for Better Days: On-line Program 
• FREE: Living with Dementia - Impact on Individuals, Caregivers, Communities and Societies
• Ongoing - Dementia Behavior Study
• Ongoing - The Issue Is... Seminar Series (Join our mailing list for updates.)  

Faculty

Center Faculty

Center Director

Laura N. Gitlin, PhD
Professor, Department of Community-Public Health
Phone: 443-955-7539
email: lgitlin1@jhu.edu
Research areas: Caregiving, dementia, aging in place, functional disability, home and community-based interventions, depression, health disparities

Center Program Coordinator

Sokha Koeuth, MPH, BBA
Center Program Coordinator
Phone: 410-614-4639
email: skoeuth1@jhu.edu

Principal Faculty

Kamila A. Alexander, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Community-Public Health
Phone: 443-287-8529
email: kalexan3@jhu.edu
Research areas:Intimate partner violence and HIV risk; health inequities; healthy sexuality; emerging adulthood; reproductive coercion; community-based research; social determinants of health

Valerie Cotter, DrNP, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP
Assistant Professor, Department of Community-Public Health
Phone: 410-955-7758
email: vcotter1@jhu.edu
Research areas: Dementia; Alzheimer's disease; aging

Rita D'Aoust, PhD, ACNP, ANP-BC, CNE
Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning
email: rdaoust1@jhu.edu
Areas of interest: Interprofessional education; underserved populations

Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Department of Community-Public Health
Phone: 410-614-2669
email: hhan3@jhu.edu
Research areas: Community-based participatory research, health disparities, cancer control, cardiovascular risk reduction, chronic disease management, minority and immigrant health, cross-cultural instrumentation

Bryan Hansen, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC
Assistant Professor, Community Public Health Nursing
Phone: 410-614-4820
email: bhansen3@jhu.edu
Research areas: dementia, aggressive behaviors, neuropsychiatric symptoms, elder abuse, caregiving, geropsychiatry, person-centered interventions, restraint/seclusion reduction

Sharon Kozachik, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Acute and Chronic Care
Phone: 410-502-7259
email: skozach1@jhu.edu
Research areas: Pain, sleep disturbance, symptom management, HPA axis responsivity, hyperarousal

Marie Nolan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Chair, Department of Acute and Chronic Care
Phone: 410-614-1684
email: mnolan3@jhu.edu
Research areas: Gerontology, aging in place, racial and socioeconomic health disparities

Jeanine M. Parisi, PhD
Associate Scientist, Center for Innovative Care in Aging
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Phone: 410-955-0412
email: jparisi1@jhu.edu
Research areas: Cognitive aging, prevention, lifestyle activities, personality, community-based interventions, public health

Natalie Regier, PhD
Research Assoicate
email: nregier1@jhu.edu
Research areas:dementia-related restlessness, myriad problems resulting from the ambiguity of restlessness, including improperly-targeted behavioral interventions

Laura Samuel, PhD, CRNP
Assistant Professor, Department of Acute and Chronic Care
Phone: 410-502-7170
email: lsamue11@jhu.edu
Research areas: Socioeconomic status, neighborhoods, aging, chronic disease, health disparities, health promotion

Sarah Szanton, PhD, CRNP
Associate Professor, Department of Community-Public Health
Phone: 410-502-2605
email: sszanto1@jhu.edu
Research areas: Gerontology; aging in place; racial and socioeconomic health disparities

Elizabeth Tanner, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Department of Community-Public Health
Phone: 410-614-5303
email: etanner3@jhu.edu
Research areas: Gerontology and health promotion

Janiece L. Walker, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Phone: 443-287-4503
email: jwalke90@jhu.edu
Research areas: Minority aging; pain; women's health

Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM
Assistant Professor, Department of Acute and Chronic Care
Phone: 410-502-1114
email: jwenzel@jhu.edu
Research areas: Oncology, health disparities, health services research; managed care, case management, treatment decision making; computer-assisted qualitative data analysis.

Chao Hsing Yeh, PhD, MSN, RN
Faculty Associate, Department of Acute and Chronic Care
Phone: 410-502-0184
email: cyeh13@jhu.edu
Research areas: Cancer; pain management, auricular medicine

Core Faculty

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

• Jerilyn (Jeri) Allen, ScD, RN, FAAN

• Bryan Hansen, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC

• Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN

• Miyong Kim, PhD, RN, FAAN

• Sharon Kozachik, PhD, RN

• Marie Nolan, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

• Natalie Regier, PhD 

• Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP

• Elizabeth Tanner, PhD, RN

• Janiece L. Walker, PhD, MSN, RN

• Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Emily Agree, PhD

• Michelle Carlson, PhD

• Joseph Gallo, MD, MPH

• Michael Gibbons, MD, MPH

• Alden Gross, PhD

• Judy Kasper, PhD

• Jeanine Parisi, PhD

• George Rebok, PhD

• Adam Spira, PhD

• Roland Thorpe, PhD

• Jennifer Wolff, PhD

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

• Marilyn Albert, PhD

• Alicia I. Arbaje, MD, MPH

• Betty Black, PhD

• Cynthia Boyd, MD

• Samuel Christopher Durso, MD

• Jennifer Haythornthwaite, PhD

• Jin Hui Joo, MD

• Bruce Leff, MD

• Constantine Lyketsos, MD, MHS

• Chiadi Onyike, MD, MHS

• Peter Rabins, MD, MPH

• Paul Rosenberg, MD

• David L. Roth, PhD

• Quincy Samus, PhD

Department of Psychiatry

• Paul Rosenberg

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

• Kevin Frick, PhD

Johns Hopkins School of Engineering

• Andreas Terzis, PhD

Resources

Resources

The interdivisional Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Center for Innovative Care in Aging is creating a national and international impact by:

• Bringing together experts in trial methodology, bioethics, health policy, health disparities, community-participatory research, bio-behavioral measurement, implementation science, epidemiology, health economics, health systems design, and geriatrics from throughout Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere in the geronotologic community

• Engaging in research to develop and test innovative interventions to enhance care programs and health outcomes for diverse aging populations

• Shortening the time span from intervention to implementation of clinical trial evidence and translating and implementing evidence-based programs in community and practice settings

• Providing research training, education and mentorship in gerontologic and geriatric evidence-based programs to emerging scholars and practitioners in nursing and other health and human service professions

Related Hopkins Aging Centers

• Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology: Health Services Research
• Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health

Programs
& Activities

Programs and Activities

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Center for Innovative Care in Aging brings to the variety of audiences who work in the field of gerontology a wide range of activities aimed at advancing research in areas concerning dementia care, functional difficulties, fall risk, and quality of life among older adults with chronic and co-morbid illnesses. Current and upcoming programs explore community partnering to enhance home safety and quality of life in older adults; cardiovascular risk reduction; and family involvement in elder care.

Ongoing and future activities include:

• Monthly research-in-progress meetings

• Summer Research Institute on Development of Behavioral Interventions

• Lectureship series on topics pertinent to behavioral intervention research

• A meaningful exchange and consultation network of behavioral intervention scientists

• A network of practice and community sites willing to participate as research sites or who are interested in implementing evidence-based programs generated by Center faculty and the network of behavioral intervention scientists

Working
Research
Groups

Working Research Groups

Activities and Adulthood:  Dr. Jeanine Parisi, Facilitator
Cancer and Aging Work Group: Drs. Roland Thorpe and Sarah Szanton, Facilitators
Family Caregiver Work Group: Dr. Laura Gitlin, Facilitator
Interventions Work Group:  Dr. Laura Gitlin, Facilitator

News

News

2016

2015

• Behavioral Intervention Research: Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing by Drs. Laura Gitlin and Sarah Czaja, December 2015 
• Think Tank: Bringing Evidence to Practice for Older Adults and their Families, October 2015
• Celebrated the Center's 5th Year Anniversary Reception (Research Blitz), September 2015
• Center for Innovative Care in Aging host its 4th annual Summer Research Institute with national and international participants, June 2015
• Dr. Sarah Szanton published work in JAMA Internal Medicine, read more "A Push to Open Doors to Care for the Homebound", May 2015
• Drs. Laura Gitlin and Constantine Lyketsos on NPR “Behavioral Therapy Helps More Than Drugs For Dementia Patients”, March 2015
• Drs. Laura Gitlin, Helen C. Kales and Constantine Lyketsos and Elizabeth Plank speaks on Behavioral and psychological symptoms in the BMJ Journal, “Assessment and Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia”, March 2015

SON Releases

Publications

Publications

In Press

Corriere, M.D., Yao, W., Xue, Q., Cappola, A., Fried, L. Thorpe, R.G. Szanton, S.L., Kalyani, R.R.,The Association of Neighborhood Characteristics with Obesity and Metabolic Conditions in Older Women In press at Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

*DiGiacomo, M., Davidson, P. M., Byles, J., & Nolan, M. (in press). An integrative and socio-cultural perspective of health, wealth, and adjustment in widowhood, Health Care for Women International.

*DiGiacomo M, Lewis J, Nolan M, Phillips J, Davidson PM. (in press). Transitioning From Caregiving to Widowhood, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

Gamaldo , A.A., Aiken-Morgan, A., Allaire, J.C., Gamaldo, C.E., Salas, R.E., Szanton, S.L., Whitfield, K.E. Sleep Complaints in Older Blacks: Do demographic and health indices explain poor sleep quality and duration? In press at Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Gitlin, L.N. (in press). Environmental adaptations for individuals with functional difficulties and their families in the home and community. In Ingrid Söderback (ed) International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions, 2nd edition. Springer Media and Science.

Gitlin, L.N. (in press). Problem solving: A teaching and therapeutic tool for older adults and their families. In Ingrid Söderback (ed) International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions, 2nd edition. Springer Media and Science.

Gitlin, L.N. (In press). The role of community and home-based interventions in late life depression. Prepared for the Oxford Handbook of Depression and Comorbidity, edited by Steve Richards and Mike O’Hara.

Gitlin, L.N. & Piersol, C.V. (in press). Home: An Emerging Context for Health Care. Occupational therapy with aging adults:  In Karen F. Barney, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA and Margaret A. Perkinson, PhD. (eds). Enhancing quality of life through collaborative practice, Elsevier Inc.

Gitlin, L. N. & Piersol, C. V. (in press). A Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia: Using Activity and Other Strategies to Prevent, Reduce, and Manage Behavioral Symptoms. Camino Books, Inc.

*Gitlin, L. N., Roth, D. L., & Huang, J. (in press). Mediators of the impact of a home-based intervention (Beat the Blues) on depressive symptoms among older African Americans. Psychology and Aging.

Hodgson, N.A., Gitlin, L.N. (in press). The role of the interprofessional team in the management of speech and language disorders among persons with dementia. Prepared for "Evaluating the
Role of Speech Technology in Medical Case Management”, M. Kulshreshtha, A. Neustein (Eds)

*Hughes, T. B., Black, B. E., Albert, M., Gitlin, L. N., Johnson, D. M., Lyketsos, C. G., & Samus, Q. M. (in press). Correlates of objective and subject measures of caregiver burden among dementia caregivers: Influence of unmet patient and caregiver dementia-related care needs. International Psychogeriatrics.

Kales, H.C., Gitlin, L. N., Lyketsos, C.G. (in press). How Soon is Now? Time to address behavioral symptoms of dementia. Generations.

*Kozachik, S. L., Opp, M. R., & Page, G. G. (in-press). Recovery sleep does not mitigate the effects of prior sleep loss on paclitaxel-induced mechanical hypersensitivity in Sprague Dawley rats. Biological Research for Nursing.

Leihgeber, K., Pfeffer, J., Schafer, J., Jackson, J., Richmond, M.M., Savage, C.L. (2014). The Effectiveness of a Thoracic Protocol on Lung Procurement.. Advance for Respiratory Care *

Marcus, M., Savage, C.L. & Finnell, D. (2014). Nursing roles in addressing addiction. In Reis, Fiellin, Miller & Saitz (in press), Principles of Addiction Medicine, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

*Marx, K., Stanley, I. H., Van Haitsma, K., Hansen, B., Alonzi, D., & Gitlin, L. N. (in press). Knowing versus doing: Education needs of staff in a chronic care hospital unit for persons with dementia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.

*Morrison, K., Winter, L., & Gitlin, L. N. (in press). Recruiting community-based dementia patients and caregivers in a nonpharmacologic randomized trial: What works and how much does it cost? Journal of Applied Gerontology.

*Page, G. G., Opp, M. R., & Kozachik, S. L. (in-press). Reduced sleep, stress responsivity, and female sex contribute to persistent inflammation-induced mechanical hypersensitivity in rats. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Parisi, J. M., Xia, J., Spira, A. P., Xue, Q-L., Howell-Rieger, M., Rebok, G. W., & Carlson, M. C. (in press). The association between lifestyle activities and late-life depressive symptoms. Activities, Adaptation, and Aging.

Parisi, J. M., Romani, W. A., Seeman, T. E., Tanner, E. K., & Fried, L. P. (in press). The Experience Corps®: Intergenerational interventions to enhance well-being among retired people. In F. Huppert and C. Cooper (Eds.), Interventions and policies to enhance wellbeing. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Rebok, G. W., Parisi, J. M., & Kueider, A. (in press). Stressors and vulnerabilities in middle and old age: Opportunities for prevention. In Z. Sloboda and H. Petras (Eds.), Advances in Prevention Science.

Rebok, G. W., Carlson, M. C., Frick, K. D., Giuriceo, K. D., Gruenewald, T. L., McGill, S., Parisi, J. M., Romani, W. A., Seeman, T. E., Tanner, E. K., & Fried, L. P. (in press). The Experience Corps®: Intergenerational interventions to enhance well-being among retired people. In F. Huppert and C. Cooper (Eds.), Interventions and policies to enhance wellbeing. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Szanton, S.L., Wolff, J.W., Leff, B., Thorpe, R.J., Tanner, E.K., Boyd, C., Xue, Q., Guralnik, J., Bishai, D., Gitlin, L.N. (2014). CAPABLE trial: A randomized controlled trial of nurse, occupational therapist and handyman to reduce disability among older adults: Rationale and design. Contemporary Clinical Trials (in press)

Szanton, S.L. Klimmek, R. Roth, J., Savage, J., Nkimbeng, M. Improving unsafe environments to support aging independence with limited resources. Invited manuscript for Nursing Clinics of North America issue: Facilitating Aging in Place: Safe, Sound, and Socially Secure.

*Szanton, S. L., Thorpe, R. J., & Gitlin, L. N. (in press). Beat the Blues decreases depression in financially strained older African-American Adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2013.05.008

*Trahan, M. A., Kuo, J., Carlson, M., & Gitlin, L. N. (in press). Systematic Review of Strategies to Foster Activity Engagement in Persons with Dementia, special edition of Health Education and Behavior: Fostering Engagement and Independence in Older Adults.

*Wilcox, R., Granger, D.A , Szanton, S.L.,. Clark, F. Diurnal patterns and associations among salivary cortisol, DHEA, and Alpha-Amylase in Older Adults. In press at Physiology and Behavior.

2014

*Davis, K.K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C.R., Szanton, S.L., Hayat, M.J., Allen, J.K. (2014) Predictors of Heart Failure Self-Care in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment epub ahead of print at Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (with doctoral student)

*Durant, R., Wenzel, J., Scarinci, I.C, Paterniti, D.A., Fouad, M.N., Hurd, T.C., & Martin, M.Y. (2014). Perspectives on barriers and facilitators to minority recruitment for clinical trials among cancer center leaders, investigators, research staff and referring clinicians. Cancer, 120 (S7), 1097-1105.

Fraker, J., Kales, H. C., Blazek, M., Kavanagh, J., & Gitlin, L. N., (2014). The role of the occupational therapist in the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia in clinical settings. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 28(1), 4-20. doi:10.3109/07380577.2013.867468

Ghebre, R.G., Jones, L.A., Wenzel, J., Martin, M.Y., Durant, R., Ford, J.G. (2014). State-of-the-science of patient navigation as a strategy for enhancing minority clinical trial accrual. Cancer, 120 (S7), 1122-1130.

Gitlin, L. N., (2014). Forward to “Neurocognitive Disorders (NCDs): Interventions to Support Occupational Performance.” Edited by Dr. Mary A. Corcoran, American Occupational Therapy Association Press.

Gitlin, L.N., Szanton, S.L., Hodgson, N. (2014) It’s Complicated – But Doable: The Right Supports Can Enable Elders With Complex Conditions To Successfully Age In Community. Generations.37 (4): 51-61.

Gitlin, L.N., Szanton, S., Hodgson, N. (2013-14). Creating Supportive Homes and Caring Communities for Older Adults with Complex Conditions. Special issue on Aging in Community, Generations. 37 (4) pp 51-61

*Gitlin, L. N., Hodgson, N., Piersol, C. V., Hess, E., & Hauck, W. W. (2014). Correlates of quality of life for individuals with dementia living at home: The role of home environment, caregiver and patient-related characteristics. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22: 587-587. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2012.11.005.

*Gitlin, L. N., & Rose, K. (2014). Factors associated with caregiver readiness to use nonpharmacologic strategies to manage dementia-related behavioral symptoms. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(1), 93-102. doi:10.1002/gps.3979

*Gitlin, L.N. & Hodgson, N. (2014, accepted). Caregivers as therapeutic agents in dementia care: The evidence-base for interventions supporting their role. International Psychogeriatrics.

Han HR, Song HJ, Nguyen T, Kim MT. (2014). Measuring self-care in patients with hypertension: A systematic review of literature. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(1), 55-67.

*Hawk, E., Habermann, E., Ford, J., Wenzel, J., Brahmer, J., Chen, M., Vickers, S. (2014). Five NCI-designated cancer centers’ data collection on Racial/Ethnic minority participation in therapeutic trials – A current view and opportunities for improvement. Cancer, 120 (S7), 1113-1121.

*Hodgson, N., Gitlin, L. N., Winter, L., & Hauck, W. W. (2014). Caregiver's perceptions of the relationship of pain to behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in older community residing adults with dementia. Clinical Journal of Pain, 30(5), 421-427. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000018

*Kales, H. C., Gitlin, L. N., & Lyketsos, C. G., for the Detroit Expert Panel on the Assessment and Management of the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia. (2014). Management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia in clinical settings: Recommendations from a multidisciplinary expert panel. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(4), 762-769.

*Kim KB, Han HR, Nguyen T, Lee HB, Kim MT. (2014). The effect of a community-based multi-modal behavioral intervention in Korean American seniors with high blood pressure. American Journal of Hypertension. Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print]

*Lee HB, Han HR, Huh BY, Kim KB, Kim MT. (2014). Mental health service utilization among Korean elders in Korean churches: Preliminary findings from the Memory and Aging Study of Koreans in Maryland (MASK-MD). Aging and Mental Health, 18(1), 102-109.

*Palta, P., Samuel, L., Miller, E.R., Szanton, S.L., (2014) Depression and Oxidative Stress: Results from a Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies, epub ahead of print at Psychosomatic Medicine (with doctoral student)

*Ruble K, Davis C, Han HR. (2014). Endothelial health in childhood acute lymphoid leukemia survivors: Pilot evaluation with peripheral artery tonometry. Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. Feb 26. [Epub ahead of print]

*Nguyen TH, Han HR, Kim MT, Chan KS. (2014). An introduction to Item Response Theory for patient reported outcome measurement. The Patient – Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print]

O’Connor, C. M., Clemson, L., Broadaty, H., Jeon, Y. H., Mioshi, E., & Gitlin, L. N. (2014). Use of the Tailored Activities Program to reduce neuropsychiatric behaviors in dementia: an Australian protocol for a randomized trial to evaluate its effectiveness. International Psychogeriatrics, 26(5), 857-869. doi:10.1017/S1041610214000040

Platt, K., Savage, C.L., (2014) Clinical Reviews: Care of Women who use Opioids during Pregnancy and Immediate Postpartum Period. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 25(1), 56-59.

*Samus, Q. M., Johnston, D. J., Black, B. S., Hess, E., Lyman, C., Vavilikolanu, A., Pollutra, J., Leoustsakos, J-M., Gitlin, L. N., Rabins, P. V., & Lyketsos, C. G. (2014). A multidimensional home-based care coordination intervention for elders with memory disorders: The maximizing independence at home (MIND) pilot randomized trial. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(4), 398-414. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2013.12.175.

Savage, CL, Xu, Y., Richmond, M. Corbin, A. Falciglia, M, Gillespie, G. (under review). A Pilot Study: Retention of Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Feasibility of a CDSM Diabetes Program. Journal of Community Nursing

Savage, C.L. (in press) . The role of alcohol in the cancer epidemic. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 25(3), 56-59

Savage, CL. , Dyehouse, J., Marcus, M. (2014) Alcohol and Health Content in Nursing Baccalaureate Degree Curricula. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 25(1), 28 – 34. *

Savage, C.L. & Finnell, D. (in press). In Hackley, B., Kriebs, J.M & Rousseau, ME. (eds) Primary Care of Women: a Guide for Midwives and Women’s Health Providers. Boston, MA; Jones & Barlett

Savage, C.L., Finnell, D., Chen, J., Costanzo, A., Kub, J., Jackson, J. (2014) Inclusion of alcohol screening and brief intervention on hospital nursing assessment forms.* Alcoholism Clinical and experimental Research, 38 (6S). PO276

Savage, C.L. (2014). Baby boomers and substance use: are we ready? Journal of Addictions Nursing. 25(1), 1-3.

*Szanton, S. L., Roth, J., Nkimberg, M., Savage, J. & Klimmek, R. (2014). Improving unsafe environments to support aging independence with limited resources. Nursing Clinics of North America, 49(2), 133-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Mar 27.

Szanton, S. L., Wolff, J. W., Leff, B., Thorpe, R. J., Tanner, E. K., Boyd, C., Xue, Q., Guralnik, J., Bishai, D., & Gitlin, L. N. (2014). CAPABLE trial: A randomized controlled trial of nurse, occupational therapist and handyman to reduce disability among older adults: rationale and design. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 38 (2014) 102–112. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2014.03.005

*Tanner, E.K., Martinez, I., Harris, M. (2014). Social determinants of depression in community-dwelling older adults. Geriatric Nursing, 35(3), 236-40. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.04.006

*Tenhunen, M., Dahlen, B., Tanner, E. (2014). Educating nurses about medication administration and errors in nursing homes. Journal of Continuing Nursing Education [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20140528-02

Varma, V. R., Carlson, M. C., Parisi, J. M., Tanner, E. K., McGill, S., Fried, L. P., Song, L., & Gruenewald, T. L. (2014). Experience Corps Baltimore: Exploring the rewards and stressors of high-intensity civic engagement. The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnu011 [Epub ahead of print]

*Wilcox, R., Clark, F., Szanton, S.L., Granger, D.A. Cherry, B., Clark, F. (2014) Cortisol Diurnal Patterns, Associations with Depressive Symptoms, and the Impact of Intervention in Older Adults: Results Using Modern Robust Methods Aimed at Dealing with Low Power Due to Violations of Standard Assumptions Epub ahead of print at Hormones and Behavior.

*Wolff, J. L., Roter, D. L., Barron, J., Boyd, C. M., Leff, B., Finucane, T., Gallo, J., Rabins, P. V., Roth, D. L., & Gitlin, L. N. (2014). A tool to strengthen the older patient-companion partnership in primary care: Results from a pilot study forthcoming. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(2), 312-319. doi:10.1111/jgs.12639.

2013

2012

Burke, J.P., & Gitlin, L.N., (2012). The Issue is how do we change practice when we have the evidence? American Journal of Occupational Therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(5), 885-e88. Doi 10.5014/ajot2012.004432

Callahan, C.M., Kales, H.C., Gitlin. L.N., & Lyketsos, C.G. (2012). The Historical Development and State of the Art Approach To Delivery of Dementia Care Services eds. de Waal, Ames, OBrien, Lyketsos. Designing Dementia Care Services

Davey MP, Kissil K, Lynch L, Harmon LR, & Hodgson N.A (2012). A culturally adapted family intervention for African American families coping with parental cancer: outcomes of a pilot study.Psychooncology. 2012 Sep 5.

Davey MP, Kissil K, Lynch L, Harmon LR, & Hodgson N. (2012). Lessons Learned in Developing a Culturally Adapted Intervention for African-American Families Coping with Parental Cancer. Journal of Cancer Education.

DiGiacomo, M., Davidson, P. M., Byles, J., & Nolan, M. (in press). An integrative and socio-cultural perspective of health, wealth, and adjustment in widowhood, Health Care for Women International.

Foradori, M. A., & Nolan, M. T. (2012). Effect of a study map intended to support informed consent in transplant research. Progress in Transplantation, 22, 56-61.

Frick, K.D., McGill, S., Tan, E.J., Rebok, G.W., Carlson, M.C., Tanner, E.K., & Fried L.P. (2012). Costs of Implementing Experience Corps in Public Elementary Schools in Baltimore. Educational Gerontology, 38(8), 1-12.

Gitlin, L.N., & Fuentes, P. (2012). The Republic of Chile: An upper middle-income country at the crossroads of economic development and aging. The Gerontologist.

Gitlin, L.N., Harris, L.F., McCoy, M., Chernett, Nancy L., Jutkowitz, E., & Pizzi, L.T. (2012). A community-integrated home based depression intervention for older African Americans: description of the Beat the Blues randomized trial and intervention costs. BMC Geriatrics.12(4).

Gitlin, L.N., Kales, H.C., Lyketsos, C.G. (2012). Evidence-Based Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia Using Nonpharmacologic Approaches. JAMA, 308, 2020-2029.

Gitlin, L.N. & Piersol, C.V. (2012). Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults: Enhancing Quality of Life Through Collaborative Practice edited by Karen F. Barney, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA and Margaret A. Perkinson, PhD (The "Work"). Elsevier Inc.

Gitlin, L. N. & Schulz, R. (2012). Family caregiving of older adults. In T.R. Prohaska, L.A. Anderson, and R.H. Binstock (eds.), Public Health for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 181-204.

Gitlin, L. N. & Wolff, J. L. (2012). Family involvement in care transitions of older adults: What do we know and where do we go from here? In P. Dilworth-Anderson (eds). Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Pathways through the Transitions of Care for Older Adults. (pp. 31-64) Springer Publishing Company.

Gitlin, L.N. (2012). Good News for Dementia Care: Caregiver Interventions Reduce Behavioral Symptoms in People With Dementia and Family Distress. American Journal of Psychiatry. 169:9.

Griffith, K., Passmore, S., Smith, D., & Wenzel, J. (2012). African Americans with a family history of colorectal cancer: Barriers and facilitators to screening. Oncology Nursing Forum, 39(3), 299-306.

Heinze K., Nolan, M. T. (in press). Parental decision making for children with cancer at the end of life: A Systematic Review, Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing.

Hinds, P. S., Feetham, S. L., Kelly, K. P., & Nolan, M. T. (2012). The family factor: Knowledge needed in oncology research, Cancer Nursing, 35(1)

Hodgson, N. A., Gitlin, L. N., Dennis, M. P., Winter, L., & Hauck, W. (2012). Relationship of pain to behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in older community residing adults with dementia. Clinical Journal of Pain.

Hodgson, N.A., & Lafferty, D. (2012). Reflexology versus Swedish Massage to reduce physiologic stress and pain: A pilot study. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine;2012:456897

Jie B, Jiang ZM, Nolan MT, Zhu SN, Yu K, Kondrup J. (2012). Impact of preoperative nutritional support on clinical outcome in abdominal surgical patients at nutritional risk. Nutrition. (10):1022-7.

Jutkowitz, J., Pizzi, L., Hess, E., Suh, D.C., & Gitlin, L.N. (2012). Comparison of three societally-derived health-state classification values among older African Americans with depressive symptoms. Quality of Life Research.

Klimmek, R., Noyes, L., Edington-Saunders, K., Logue, C., Jones, R., & Wenzel, J. (2012). Training of community health workers to deliver cancer patient navigation to rural African American seniors. Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 6(2),167-174.

Klimmek, R., & Wenzel, J. (2012, November). Theory derivation: Adaptation of the Illness Trajectory Theory to describe the work of transitional cancer survivorship. Oncology Nursing Forum, 39, E499-E510.

Lim, JH, Zhan, A., Szanton, S., Gitlin, L.N., & Terzis, A. (2012). A Closed-Loop Approach for Improving the Wellness of Low-Income Elders at Home Using Game Consoles. IEEE Communication. 50(1) 44-51.

Parisi, J.M., Rebok, G.W., Seeman, T.E., Tanner, E.K., Tan, E., Fried, L.P., Xue, Q-L., Frick, K.D., & Carlson, M.C. (2012). Lifestyle activities in sociodemographically at-risk urban, older adults prior to participation in the Baltimore Experience Corps trial. Activities, Adaptation, and Aging, 36, 242-260.

Parisi, J.M., Rebok, G.W., Xue, Q-L., Fried, L.P., Seeman, T.E., Tanner, E.K., Gruenewald, T.L., Frick, K.D., & Carlson, M.C. (2012). The role of education and intellectual activity on cognition. Journal of Aging Research, 2012: doi 10.1155/2012/416132

Pho, A., Tanner, E., Roth, J., Greeley, M., Dorsey, C., & Szanton, S. (2012). Promoting and maintaining function among community-living older adults: Six key conditions to prioritize. Geriatric Nursing, 33, 439-445.

Pruchno, R., & Gitlin, L. N. (2012). Family caregiving in late life: Shifting paradigms. In Blieszner, R., & Bedford, V. H. Handbook of Families and Aging, Praeger Publishers. pp. 515-541.

Rebok, G. W., Carlson, M. C., Frick, K. D., Giuriceo, K. D., Gruenewald, T. McGill, S., Parisi, J. M., Romani, J. M., Seeman, T. E., Tanner, E. K., & Fried, L. P. (2012). The Experience Corps: Intergenerational interventions to enhance well-being among retired people. In F. Huppert and C. Cooper (Eds.), Interventions and Policies to Enhance Wellbeing.

Shang, J., Wenzel, J., Krumm, S., Griffith, K., & Stewart, K. (2012). Who will drop out & who will drop in - correlates to exercise adherence and contamination in a RCT among patients receiving active cancer treatment. Cancer Nursing, 35(4), 312-22.

Tung, T., Kaufmann, J., Tanner, E. (2012). The effect of nurse practitioner practice in home care on emergency department visits for homebound older adult patients: An exploratory pilot study. Home Healthcare Nurse, 30(6), 366-372.

Wenzel, J., Jones, R., Klimmek, R., Krumm, S., Darrell, L., Song, D., Stearns, V., & Ford, J. (2012). Cancer Support and Resource Needs among African American Older Adults. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 16(4), 372-77.

Wenzel, J., Jones, R., Klimmek, R., Szanton, S., & Krumm, S. (2012). Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers in Providing Cancer Navigation: Perceptions of African American Seniors. Oncology Nursing Forum, 39(3), E288-298.

Wolff, J. L., Boyd, C.M., Gitlin, L.N., Bruce, M.L., & Roter, D.L. (2012). Going it together: persistence of older adults accompaniment to physician visits by a family companion. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60, 106-112.

Young, H.M., & Shillam, C.R. (2012). How physicians and nurses can collaborate in team-based care. California Family Physician, 63(2), 26.

Zhou H, Li Z, Nolan MT, Arthur D, Wang H, Hu L. (in press). Self-management education interventions for persons with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

Presentations

Presentations

Gitlin, L. N. (2014, May 13). Is “Activity” the Pill for Individuals with Dementia with Behavioral Symptoms? Preliminary Evidence and New Directions in Research. Invited Speaker, Wayne State University Issues in Aging, Detroit, Michigan.

Gitlin, L. N. (2014, May 9). We Can Do Better: Non-pharmacologic Management of Behavioral Symptoms. Invited Speaker, 1st Wake Forest Conference on Dementia Counseling and Care
Winston-Salem, NC.

Gitlin, L. N. (2014, April 10). Building a Center on Aging: What does it take? Invited talk to the College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma.

Gitlin, L. N. (2014, April 11). Can Research Change Practice? Designing Behavioral Interventions with Real World Application. Key note for the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Research Day.

Gitlin, L. N. (2014, March 26). Beat the Blues Trial: Closing the Mental Health Disparity Gap for Older African Americans. Invited webinar for the Behavioral Health Affinity Group and the Disparities National Coordinating Center.

Gitlin, L. N. (2014, March 7). Family caregiving of older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Invited speaker to the National Institute on Nursing Research Roundtable on Caregiving Science. (Regional).

Gitlin, L. N. (2014, February, 7). The Beat the Blues Trial Closing the Mental Health Disparity Gap for Older African Americans. Invited Speaker to the VA-Gainseville Florida Center for Health Services Research.

Gitlin, LN., Marx, KA., Van Haitsma, K., Hansen, B., Alonzi, D., Wentlejewskin, D. & Gentile, T. Can Activity Reduce Behavioral Symptoms in Hospitalized Dementia Patients? Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 20 – 24, 2014, New Orleans, LA Paper

Gitlin, LN., Marx, KA., Van Haitsma, K., Hansen, B. & Kolanowski, A. Assessing Behavioral Health: A Review of Measures. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 20 – 24, 2014, New Orleans, LA Paper

Han HR. Better Breast and Cervical Cancer for Korean American Women—A Health Literacy-Focused Intervention Study using Community-Based Participatory Research. Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch Seminar Series, National Cancer Institute, January 29.

Hodgson, N. A., Bowling, S.,Gitlin, L. N. (2014). Learning needs of students in a healthcare MOOC. Coursera Partners Conference, London, England, March 30, 2014. (International)

Hodgson, NA. Offering MOOCs: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities. MedBiquitous Annual Conference 2014, May 18, 2014, Baltimore, MD. ( Invited; Paper).

Hodgson, NA. Learning Needs of Students in a Healthcare MOOC at the Coursera Partner’s Conference, March 31, 2014, London. (Refereed; Poster)

Hodgson, N.A. In Sickness and in Health: Coregulation of Spousal Caregivers’ and Dementia Patients’ Cortisol, Relationship Quality and Health Outcomes. Session at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, July 15, 2013. (Refereed; Paper)

Hodgson, NA. Empowerment through Advanced Care Planning: Evaluation of a Nursing Student Education Series at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly, on March 12, 2014, San Diego, CA. (Refereed; Paper)

Hodgson, NA. A Bioecological Model for Understanding Geriatric Medical Trauma: A Framework for Research and Intervention at the Annual Trauma Symposium-Aging and Injury on April 4, 2014 at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (Invited; Keynote)

Hodgson, N.A. A Journey of Dignity and Purpose: End of Life Care for People with Dementia. The Inaugural Karen A. Armacost Annual Lecture on Geriatric Care, May 1, 2014, Baltimore, MD (Invited; Keynote)

Hodgson, N. A. An Aging America: The New Normal. Regional meeting of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Alumni Association, Hartford, CT, April 24, 2014

Hodgson, N.A Using Activities to Get the Person with Dementia Off the Couch at the 20th
Update on the Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Defining the Standards of Care, Hopkins Suburban Hospital, April 12, 2014.

Hodgson, N.A Family Interventions: What Really Works to Help a Person with Dementia at the
20th Update on the Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Defining the Standards of Care, Hopkins Suburban Hospital, April 12, 2014

Hodgson, NA. Caregiving: A Public Health Imperative. Invited Panelist at the Invited panelist Public Health Practice Grand Rounds at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, May 1, 2014.

Van Cleave, J., Shillam, C. R., Perez, A., Klimmek, R., Rao, A., & Boltz, M. Hartford Gerontological NursingLeaders: Advancing Nursing Science to Optimize Health Care. The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science: Better Health Through Nursing Science, 2014 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, planned September 18-20, 2014.

*Klimmek, R., Szanton, S. L., Thorpe, R., Nolan, M. T. & Wenzel, J. [Poster Presentation]. Understanding Productive Engagement during Cancer Recovery: Case Studies of Rural Older Adults. Translational Science 2014 Meeting, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC. April 10, 2014.

*Klimmek, R. & Wenzel, J. (Podium Presentation – canceled due to weather). The Need for Normal: Use of a Case Study Approach to Understand the Post-treatment Goals of Rural Older Adults Recovering from Cancer. Southern Nursing Research Society, New Orleans, LA. April 14, 2014.

*Klimmkek, R. K. (2014). Dignity,Disparities,and the Work of Cancer Survivorship. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.

*Klimmek, R.K. (2014). Addressing the work of serious illness among aging and medically-underserved populations. University of Massachusetts –Amherst College of Nursing, Amherst, MA.

*Klimmek, R. K. (2014). Understanding the ‘Work’ of Transitional Cancer Survivorship. University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, VA.

* Klimmek, R. K. (2014). Building a Program of Research to Address Health Disparities Among Aging Individuals Living with Serious and Chronic Illnesses. Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston, MA.

Speakman, E., Koeuth, S. (2014, April). Transforming Healthcare: Advancing Practice. Keynote Speaker, St. Catherine University, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kozachik, S. L. & Page, G. G. The role of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responsivity in accumulative and sustained paclitaxel-induced mechanical hypersensitivity in male and female rats: A three-strain comparison. Presentation at the Sigma Theta Tau 25th International Nursing Research Congress, July 24-28; Hong Kong, China (Podium)

Kozachik, S. L. Yes you can! Getting involved in research. Speaker at the Maryland Association of Nursing Students 34th Annual Convention, January 26, 2014, Baltimore, MD (Invited)

Kozachik, S. L. The HPA axis moderates paclitaxel-induced mechanical hypersensitivity: A 3-strain comparison. Speaker for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Blaustein Pain Lectureship Series, March 14, 2014 (Invited)

Kozachik, S. L. Reflection and emotional development in pain education. Speaker for the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Blaustein Pain Lectureship Series, January 17, 2014 (Invited)

Goldhammer, T., Gitlin, LN & Marx, KA. – “Home Safety and Functional Needs of Latino Older Americans. Presented at the 94th Annual American Occupational Therapy Association’s Conference & Expo. April 3 – 6, 2014, Baltimore, MD. Paper

Smith, F., Bridges, A., Scott, J., Stiassny, D. & Marx, KA (Moderator of panel, unlisted). Aging in Place, the Role of the Occupational Therapist. Presented at the 94th Annual American Occupational Therapy Association’s Conference & Expo. April 3 – 6, 2014, Baltimore, MD.

Marx, KA., Gitlin, LN., Goldhammer, T., Hansen, B. & Sodero, J. “Home Hazards and Mood in an Older Latino Population. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 20 – 24, 2014, New Orleans, LA Paper

Marx, KA., Gitlin, LN., Van Haitsma K., Hansen, B., Nelson, A., Alonzi, D. & Moody, J. Caring for Older Adults with Dementia in a Chronic Care Hospital: Staff Knowledge and Unmet Needs. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 20 – 24, 2014, New Orleans, LA Poster

Nolan, M.T. (2014). Educational Collaborations in a Global World, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Faculty Development Conference, February 6, 2014, Fort Worth, TX (Keynote)

Chen-Edinboro, L. P., Kaufmann, C. N., Augustinavicius, J. L., Mojtabai, R., Parisi, J. M., Wennberg, A. M. V., Smith, M. T., Spira, A. P. (2014, June). Neighborhood physical disorder, social cohesion, and insomnia: Results from the health and Retirement study. Poster presented at the SLEEP Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Parisi, J. M., Gross, A. L., Willis, S. L., Marsiske, M. M., & Rebok, G. W. (2014, April). Associations between cognitive training and control beliefs over 10-years: Findings from the ACTIVE trial. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Gross, A. L., Mungas, D. M., Bennett, D. A., Carlson, M. C., Crane, P. K., Green, R. C., Manly, J. J., Mukherjee, S., Newhouse, S., Parisi, J. M., Potter, G. G., Rebok, G. W., Romero, H., Jones, R. N. (2014, April). Big questions in cognitive aging using big data: Annual rate of cognitive decline in community-living older adults. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Savage, C.L., Finnell, D., Chen, J., Costanzo, A., Kub, J., Jackson, J. Inclusion of alcohol screening and brief intervention on hospital nursing assessment forms. Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting. Bellevue, WA. June 21-25. (refereed) (International)

Veenema, T, Kub, J. Edwards, L., Mark, H, Savage, C. Association of Community Health Nurse Educator, Annual Institute, San Antonio, TX, June 5-8. (refereed)

Szanton, S.L., invited panelist for symposium on “The complexity of community-based care for frail older people” 3/26/2014, Maastricht University, Holland.

Szanton, S.L., invited speaker “Designing and implementing an interprofessional and Multi-component intervention for older adults with disability.” 3/28/14. Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Invited Presentations: (Regional)

Szanton, S.L. “Decreasing the gap between person and environment: the CAPABLE approach to self-management” Invited speaker for Annual Joint Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, January 30, 2014.

Szanton, S.L. “Services for Older Adults: A Changing Landscape for In-Home Care”
Invited Speaker For Public Health Practice Grand Rounds at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center, Baltimore, MD January 15, 2014

Tanner, E. & Marrelli. “Caregiver-Patient Congruence with ADL Function in Homebound Older Adults: Relevance to Home Care Nursing”, International Home Care Nurses Organization Conference. Singapore,

Tanner, E. “Interprofessional Collaboration and Exemplar Models of Care Delivery for Older Adults in the U.S.”. Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work, Mangalore, India, March, 2014 (INVITED SPEAKER)

Tanner, E. “The Hospital Experience for Older Adults and Hazards of Immobility: An International Nursing Challenge”, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University Medical Campus, Mangalore, India, March, 2014 (INVITED SPEAKER)

Tanner, E. “Caring for Persons with Dementia, Delirium and Depression: A World-wide Challenge” An International Nursing Challenge”, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University Medical Campus, Mangalore, India, March, 2014 (INVITED SPEAKER)

Tanner, E. “The Hospital Experience for Older Adults and Hazards of Immobility: An International Nursing Challenge”, PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore, India, March, 2014 (INVITED SPEAKER)

Tanner, E. “Caring for Persons with Dementia, Delirium and Depression: A World-wide Challenge”. PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore, India, March, 2014 (INVITED SPEAKER)

Tanner, E. “The Hospital Experience for Older Adults and Hazards of Immobility: An International Nursing Challenge”, PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore, India, March, 2014 (INVITED SPEAKER)

Tanner, E. “Caring for Persons with Dementia, Delirium and Depression: A World-wide Challenge”. Appollo Hospitals and Apollo School of Nursing, Chennai, India, March, 2014 (INVITED SPEAKER)

Menkin, J., Robles, T., Seeman, T., Gruenewald, T., Tanner, E. ‘The impact of beliefs about aging on friendship in later life”, 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas, February 13-15, 2014

Barone, M., Tanner, E., Hanyok, L. Bahreman,N., Kushto-Reese, K. “Interprofessional Education”, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Institute of Excellence in Education, Medical Education Conference, Baltimore, MD. April 4, 2014.

Mbah, O., Bowie, J., Bone, L., Erby, L., Pollack, C., Wenzel, J., Phelan, D., Elmi, A., Ford, J., & Dobs, A. (2014). Evaluating Coaches of Older Adults for Cancer Care and Healthy Behaviors (COACH): Study Design and Baseline Characteristics. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Preventive Oncology. (Poster).

Gerontological Society of America

2012 Pre-conference Materials

• Pre-conference Agenda Handout
• GSA 2012 Introduction:
  Current and Future Challenges in Designing Behavioral Interventions: From Randomized Trials to Community Implementation
• From Randomized Trial to Practice Contexts: What are the Pipelines that Shorten the Research To Practice Gap
• Challenges Implementing Social/Behavioral Intervention RCTs in Community Settings
• Treatment Fidelity in Intervention Research
• Analysis Strategies that Strengthen Population Impact
• Translation and Implementation Challenges in Community-Based Behavioral Interventions

Person and Family-centered Care: Translating Evidence-based Non-pharmacological Treatments into Community Practice

Dr. Laura Gitlin, AARP Policy Forum on Brain Health, Living Well with Dementia; December 19, 2013 View presentation

Using Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Improve Quality of Life in People with Dementia and their Family Caregivers

Keynote address given by Dr. Laura Gitlin at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; July 31, 2012 View lecture

Evidence-Based Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia Using Nonpharmacologic Approaches

Author in the Room teleconference presentation hosted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with JAMA.
Authors: Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, Helen C. Kales, MD, and Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS
View Lecture

Seminar
Series

The "Issue Is..."
A Series on Intervention & Implementation Science in Aging

Overview

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing interdivisional and interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Care in Aging will offer a Work in Progress Seminar focusing on issues related to intervention and implementation science in aging. The seminar will serve as a forum for faculty, predoctoral and postdoctoral students to explore issues related to behavioral intervention and implementation research or to present ongoing research or emerging intervention ideas and issues.

Through presentation and group discussion, each interactive session will focus on a specific issue, provide an opportunity to present emerging ideas and issues, and receive constructive comments and thoughtful critique to further scholarship in the science of intervention research with older adults. It will also provide a forum to trial run conference and workshop/seminar papers.

The focus of each seminar discussion will vary; however, the series as a whole will provide exposure to the full range of substantive topics related to intervention research with older adults. It is expected that the range of specialty areas, expertise and professional backgrounds of participants will assure exposure to rich discussion, diverse knowledge bases and unique insights.

Role of Session Conveners

Each session will have a designated convener who articulates the identified issue or challenge provides brief background information and a recommended reading(s) concerning the issue and leads the discussion.

TOPICS FOR 2017 (Other topics pending)

February 6, 2017
The Issue Is...Clinical Trials
Anthony Keyes, MBA, PMP and Nidhi Atri, M.D.

March 7, 2017
The  Issue Is...Aging in (the right) Place - A Swedish Perspective on Housing in Old Age
Marianne Granbom, PhD

TOPICS FOR 2016

February 2, 2016
The Issue Is… Moving evidence to practice:  where does our research fit and how should we allocate resources?
Laura N. Gitlin, PhD

March 1, 2016
The Issue Is…Data Harmonization and Implications for Intervention Research
Alden Gross, PhD, MHS

April 5, 2016
The issue is... How to adapt a home based intervention to increase social networks
Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN & Deidra C. Crews, MD, Sc.M

May 3, 2016
The Issue Is…How can accelerometers help us understand mobility in an aging population?
Jennifer Schrack, PhD

September 6, 2016
The Issue Is… "Advancing interventions to better address community and economic determinants of health"​
Laura Samuel, PhD, CRNP 

October 4, 2016
The Issue is…Lions Low Vision Rehabilitation Network (LOVRNET): Overcoming barriers to meeting the need for low vision rehabilitation services in the community
Robert W. Massof, PhD

November 1, 2016
The Issue Is…Measurement Matters
Alden L. Gross,PhD 

December 6, 2016
Chivon Mingo, PhD
The Issue Is... Fidelity vs. Cultural/Contextual Adaptations: Challenges in Achieving Balance 

Topics for 2015

February 5, 2015

Issue Is… Is it really a pipeline? Strategies for moving interventions forward into the real world.

Laura N. Gitlin, PhD and Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH

March 5, 2015

Issue Is… Barriers and Facilitators for Scaling Up: Research and Business Models. (Rescheduled due to weather conditions)

Kunal Parikh, MD, Eric Rice, PhD, and Nicole E. Werner, PhD

April 2, 2015

Issue Is… “Identifying the needs of community-dwelling adults with dementia and helping caregivers to address these needs.”

Natalie G. Regier, PhD and Janiece L. Walker, PhD

May 7, 2015

Issue Is… Moving Health Interventions to Real-world Settings: From pencil and paper to a web-based platform

George W. Rebok, MA, PhD and Jeanine Parisi, PhD "ACTIVE Memory Works: A Pilot Test of a New Web-Based Intervention for Older Adults."

June 4, 2015

Issue Is…Barriers and Facilitators for Scaling Up: Research and Business Models.(Rescheduled from March 5, 2015)

July 2, 2015

Issue Is… Identifying facilitators and barriers to health adoption programs: Using older heart failure patients as a case example

Mia Cajita, BSN, RN-BC

September 3, 2015

Issue Is… How can Implementation Theories help advance intervention development

Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN

October 1, 2015

Issue Is… Using Peers in Health Education as a scaling up strategy

Hae-Ra Han, PhD, FAAN, RN and Melissa A Davey-Rothwell, PhD, CHES

November 5, 2015

Issue Is… Identifying Intervention Targets: What can we learn from animal models?

Sharon Kozachik, PhD, RN

Available
Data

Available Data

The Center hosts a wide range of activities aimed at advancing research in areas concerning chronic disease management, health disparities, depression, dementia care, caregiving, end of life, aging in place, fall prevention, and care transitions.

Several datasets are readily available for analysis and listed below.Investigators, faculty, and students interested in acquiring these datasets should complete the data request form below.

Available Datasets

Advancing Better Living for Elders (ABLE)

Randomized controlled trial (n= 319) that examined the efficacy of a home-based intervention involving occupational and physical therapy home visits and provision of assistive devices and home modifications and training in their use to ameliorate functional difficulties identified by participants as most problematic to them.

Advancing Caregiver Training (ACT)

Randomized controlled trial with 272 individuals with dementia and their family caregivers that tested the effectiveness of a non-pharmacological home-based intervention to reduce behavioral symptoms of dementia and caregiver distress.

Alzheimer's Quality of Life (ALZQOL)

Designed to examine modifiable factors that are associated with QoL in dementia patients. A sample of 88 dyads (individuals with dementia and their family caregivers) were interviewed over 3 occasions within a month period to obtain both patient and caregiver perspectives on such areas as pain, QoL, perceived needs, sleep.

Beat the Blues (BTB)

Five year trial testing a home-based intervention to reduce depressive symptoms in 208 older urban African Americans. In addition to the main trial funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, additional NIH ARRA funding was obtained for an economic analysis of the intervention. The dataset includes variables for the main trial and the cost-effectiveness study.

Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environments (COPE)

Randomized controlled trial designed to test a nonpharmacologic, biobehavioral approach to support physical function and quality of life for patients with dementia and the well-being of their caregivers. The COPE program targeted modifiable environmental stressors to decrease sensorial, physical, and cognitive demands and align with patient capabilities and also ruled out underlying medical conditions that could lead to reduced patient functioning.

Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH II)

Randomized controlled trial to test an intervention designed to improve the quality of care provided by caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's related disorders, as well as improve the wellbeing of caregivers.

Tailored Activity Program (TAP)

Tested proof of concept and derived effect sizes for a home-based occupational therapy intervention that identifies the capabilities and interests of individuals with dementia from which activities are developed and caregivers are trained to use in their daily care. The intervention is designed to manage, reduce or eliminate behavioral symptoms and reduce the amount of time spent by families in daily care.

Data Request Form

Date*

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ZIP/Postal Code*

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Which dataset are you requesting?*

Advancing Better Living for Elders (ABLE)

Advancing Caregiver Training (ACT)

Alzheimer's Quality of Life (ALZQOL)

Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environments (COPE)

Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH)

Beat the Blues

Tailored Activity Program (TAP)

What is the primary purpose of your analysis?*

Manuscript

Grant application

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Other (please describe below)

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