Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Unmet needs for family caregiver assistance threaten patient outcomes during Medicare home health care (HHC). Sepsis survivors represent a growing proportion of the HHC patient population, but little is k…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of a hybrid, telephone-based cardiac rehabilitation (TBCR) program implemented early in the COVID-19 pandemic compared with in-person, center-based p…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Every state is required to submit a State Plan on Aging describing how it will use resources from the Older Americans Act (OAA), including a section specific to serving rural older adults. This paper desc…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. One of the most challenging caregiving roles today is providing informal care to an individual with dementia. A new program, “AT-Home with Dementia,” was created by three collaborative social service agen…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Objectives:To examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected driving and health outcomes in older adults.Methods:We compared Advancing Understanding of Transportation Options (AUTO) study participants enrolle…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Older adults living with HIV (OALHIV) are a fast-growing demographic who rely on home and community care (HCC) services. Cultural safety (an environment free of racism that fosters feelings of safety and …
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Adapting the built-environment to include an accessory-dwelling unit (ADU) is one alternative housing solution for community-dwelling older adults (CDOA) to age-in-place and avoid institutionalization. AD…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Critically needed programs designed to support family caregivers have shown inconsistent reductions in stress and burden. To explore drivers of improvement in caregiver outcomes after participation in a s…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Subjective age (i.e., feeling younger/older than one’s chronological age) plays a significant role in older minority group members’ psychological well-being. In light of the importance of vaccinations for…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Increasing numbers of older adults require caregiver support from unpaid caregivers. Yet, there is limited research on caregiver burden type and interactions across race, gender, and other sociodemographi…