Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. While we currently cannot cure Alzheimer’s disease or change the course of the disease, there are advantages to early detection. Routine, evidence based, brief cognitive screens offer destigmatized opport…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Prior studies examining the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and subjective cognitive decline (SCD) are limited. The aim of this study was to examine the racial/ethnic and sexual orientati…
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Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Despite the well-documented benefits of advance care planning (ACP), persistent racial and ethnic disparities continue to exist in ACP engagement. Guided by a social ecological model, this study examined …
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. We examined the effect of Winter Storm Uri on daily direct-care nurse staffing levels in 1,173 Texas nursing homes (NHs) from February 13th to 19th, 2021. We used data from Payroll-Based Journaling and th…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Chronic diseases (CDs) are increasingly common among the aging population. Some evidence suggests that older Hispanic women ages 50 years and older (OHW) are at an increased risk for CDs and poorer outcom…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Considering the importance of social and structural support and resources in recovering health, where people reside could lead to differences in health outcome in Medicare home health care. We used the 20…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. We used data from the 2020 American Community Survey to compare direct care workers (DCWs) in home and community-based services (HCBS) with workers in other long-term supportive services (LTSS), such as s…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Meta-analyses of the effects of dance on depressive symptoms in older adults have shown contradictory results, but few primary studies were included (5 and 8 studies). We aimed to examine the effects of d…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Neighborhood support can improve aging in place for older adults, but research on the role of public housing staff in supporting older tenants is lacking. Twenty-nine participants (janitors, n = 11; maint…