Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. In Maryland, residential service agencies deliver Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) to older adults with disabilities through direct care workers (e.g., personal care aides). Leveraging su…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Integrated care programs reshape the processes of health and social care delivery in the home care sector to be more continuous, cooperative, equitable, and efficient. An independent contracting model is …
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Home- and community-based services (HCBS) facilitate community living for older adults and persons with disabilities, but limited awareness of HCBS is a significant barrier to access. Social exposure is o…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. The extent to which people with dementia are involved in everyday decision-making is unclear. We explored informant-rated involvement of people with dementia in everyday decision-making over 2 years and w…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. A dementia friendly community allows people with dementia and their care partners to remain engaged in their community well into the disease. This study presents the results of primary research aimed at e…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Negative social evaluations about aged-care work continue to discredit those who perform this type of work. Drawing on ‘dirty work’ literature from the field of management and stigma theory from the field…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Rising rates of mental illness in nursing homes (NHs) led Congress to pass the 1987 Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) mandate, aimed at limiting inappropriate institutionalization of peo…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. We conducted a secondary data analysis to evaluate the association between annual foot exams and incident lower extremity amputations (LEA) among older veterans with diabetes during FY2007–FY2014. Older V…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. This study examined the association of negative ageist prescriptive expectations regarding older people with worries about climate change and willingness to act. An online survey was completed by 250 Aust…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. To address the gap of lacking research on the association between coping self-efficacy and loneliness, this study examined this relationship to inform future research and intervention on loneliness. Using…