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…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. In order to reduce care partner strain and support aging in place for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), adult day centers (ADCs) must manage behav…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. We compare multiple machine learning algorithms and develop models to predict future hospitalization among Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Users. Furthermore, we calculate feature importance, th…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. In older adults, subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may progress to an early stage of dementia. Yet, its association with subjective daily functional difficulties in aging is less well studied by experien…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Disasters adversely affect individuals’ mental health; yet, research is scant on the mental health needs of frontline workers during and immediately after disasters. Our study explored this gap through th…