Social & behavioral research on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia in diverse populations: A bibliography

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• Amaducci, L., Baldereschi, M., Doody, R., Chandra, V., & Gaines, A. D. (1997). Cultural issues in the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease: Position paper from the International Working Group on Harmonization of Dementia Drug Guidelines. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 11(Suppl. 3), 19-21.
  
• Auchus, A. (1997). Dementia in urban black outpatients: Initial experience at the Emory satellite clinics. Gerontologist, 37(1), 25-29.
  
• Austrom, Mary Guerriero; Hartwell, Cora; Moore, Patricia; Perkins, Anthony J.; Damush, Teresa; Unverzagt, Frederick W.; Boustani, Malaz; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Callahan, Christopher M. (2006). An integrated model of comprehensive care for people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers in a primary care setting. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 5(3), 339-52.
  
• Bain, Lisa J.; Barker, Warren; Loewenstein, David A.; et al. (2008). Towards an earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (proceedings of the 5th MCI Symposium, 2007). Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, 22(2), 99-110.
  
• Bannerjee, Sube; Willis, Rosalind; Matthews, David; Contell, Faith; et. al. (2007). Improving the quality of care for mild to moderate dementia: An evaluation of the Croydon Memory Service Model. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(8), 782-88.
  
• Boustani, Malaz; Perkins, Anthony J.; Fox, Chris; Unverzagt, Fred; Austrom, Mary Guerriero; Fultz, Bridget; Hui, Siu; Callahan, Christopher M.; Hendrie, Hugh C. (2006). Who refuses the diagnostic assessment for dementia in primary care? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(6), 556-63.
  
• Burns, Robert; Nichols, Linda O.; Graney, Marshall J.; Martindale-Adams, Jennifer; Lummus, Alan. (2006). Cognitive abilities of Alzheimer's patients: perceptions of black and white caregivers. International Journal of Aging and Human Development 62(3): 209-19.
  
• Chong, Mei Sian; Chin, Jing Jih; Saw, Seang Mei; Chan, Siew Pang; Venketasubramanian, N.; Tan, Louis C. S.; Hong, Ching Ye; Sahadevan, Suresh. (2006). Screening for dementia in the older Chinese with a single question test on progressive forgetfulness. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(5), 442-48.
  
• Clark, Patricia C.; Kutner, Nancy G.; Goldstein, Felicia G.; Peterson-Hazen, Susan; Garner, Vanessa; Zhang, Rebecca; Bowles, Tess. (2005). Impediments to timely diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(11), 2012-2017.
  
• Cohen, C. I., Hyland, K., & Magai, C. (1998). Depression among African American nursing home patients with dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 6(2), 162-175.
  
• Daker-White, G., Beattie, A. M., Gilliard, J., & Means, R. (2002). Minority ethnic groups in dementia care: A review of service needs, service provision and models of good practice. Aging and Mental Health, 6(2), 101-108.
  
• Dale, William; Hougham, Gavin W.; Hill, Emily Kay; Sachs, Greg A. (2006). High interest in screening and treatment for mild cognitive impairment in older adults: a pilot study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54(9), 1388-94.
  
• Dilworth-Anderson, Peggye; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Manly, Jennifer J.; Khachaturian, Ara S.; Fazio, Sam. (2008). Diagnosis and assessment of Alzheimer's disease in diverse populations. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 4(4), 305-309.
  
• Espino, D. V., & Lewis, R. (1998). Dementia in older minority populations: Issues of prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 6(2), S19-25.
  
• Fillenbaum, Gerda G.; Kuchibhatla, Maragatha; Henderson, Victor W.; Clark, Christopher M.; Taussig, I. Maribel. (2007). Comparison of performance on the CERAD Neurological Battery of Hispanic patients and cognitively normal controls at two sites. Clinical Gerontologist, 30(3), 1-22.
  
• Glosser, G., Wolfe, N., Albert, M., Lavine, L., Steele, J., Calne, D., et al. (1993). Cross-cultural cognitive examination: Validation of a dementia screening instrument for neuroepidemiological research. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 41(9), 931-939.
  
• Grober, Ellen; Hall, Charles; Lipton, Richard B.; Teresi, Jeanne A. (2008). Primary care screen for early dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(2), 206-213.
  
• Hinton, Ladson, Franz, Carol & Friend, Jeffrey. (2004). Evidence for cross-ethnic differences. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 18(3), 134-144.
  
• Hipps, Y. G., Roberts, J. S., Farrer, L. A., & Green, R. C. (2003). Differences between African Americans and whites in their attitudes toward genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease. Genetic Testing, 7(1), 39-44.
  
• Husaini, B. A., Sherkat, D. E., Moonis, M., Levine, R., Holzer, C., & Cain, V. A. (2003). Racial differences in the diagnosis of dementia and its effects on the use and costs of health care services. Psychiatric Services, 54(1), 92-96.
  
• Krull, Amy C. (2005). First signs and normalizations: caregiver routes to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Aging Studies, 19(4), 407-417.
  
• Jervis, L. L., & Manson, S. M. (2002). American Indians/Alaska Natives and dementia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 16(Suppl. 2), S89-95.
  
• Lister, Susan; Benson, Chris. (2006). Comparative analysis of dementia and ethnicity in the New South Wales Aged Care Assessment Program: 1996 and 2001. Australasian Journal on Aging, 25(1), 24-30.
  
• LoGiudice, D.; Smith, K.; Thomas, J.; Lautenschlager, N.T.; Almeida, O.P.; Atkinson, D.; Flicker, L. (2006). Kimberly Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool (KICA): development of a cognitive assessment tool for older indigenous Australians. International Psychogeriatrics, 18(2), 269-80.
  
• Lourenco, Roberto Alves; Filho, Sergio Telles Ribeiro. (2006). The accuracy of the Mini-Cog in screening low-educated elderly for dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 54(2): 376-77.
  
• Lyle, Sarah; Grizzell, Moni; Willmott, Sasi; Benbow, Susan; Clark, Michael; Jolley, David. (2008). Treatment of a whole population sample of Alzheimer's disease with donepezil over a 4-year period: Lessons learned. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 25(3), 226-231.
  
• Maeck, Lienhard; Haak, Sebastian; Knoblauch, Anita; Stoppe, Gabriela. (2008). Dementia diagnostics in primary care: A representative 8-year follow-up study in lower Saxony, Germany. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 25(2), 127-134.
  
• Manly, J. J., & Espino, D. V. (2004). Cultural influences on dementia recognition and management. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 20(1), 93-119.
  
• Manly, Jennifer J.; Tang, Ming-X.; Schupf, Nicole; Stern, Yaakov; Vonsattel, Jean-Paul G.; Mayeux, Richard. (2008). Frequency and course of mild cognitive impairment in a multiethnic community. Annals of Neurology, 63(4), 494-506.
  
• Mast, B. T., Fitzgerald, J., Steinberg, J., MacNeill, S. E., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2001). Effective screening for Alzheimer's disease among older African Americans. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 15(2), 196-202.
  
• Parker, Chris, Philp, Ian. (2004). Screening for cognitive impairment among older people in black and minority ethnic groups. Age and Ageing, 33(5), 447-452.
  
• Prince, M., Acosta, D., Chiu, H., Scazufca, M., & Varghese, M. (2003). Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: A cross-cultural validation study. Lancet, 361(9361), 909.
  
• Ramsey, Victoria; Stevens, Susan; Bryan, Karen; Binder, Julia; Cockle-Hearne, Jane. (2009). Using the Barnes Language Assessment with older ethnic minority groups. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(4), 426-431.
  
• Shen, Jianzhao; Gao, Sujuan; Unverzagt, Frederick W.; Ogunniyi, Adesola; Baiyewu, Olusegun; Gureje, Oye; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Hall, Kathleen S. (2006). Validation analysis of informant's ratings of cognitive function in African Americans and Nigerians. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(7), 618-25.
  
• Smith-Gamble, V., Baiyewu, O., Perkins, A. J., Gureje, O., Hall, K. S., Ogunniyi, A., et al. (2002). Informant reports of changes in personality predict dementia in a population-based study of elderly African Americans and Yoruba. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(6), 724-732.
  
• Teng, E. L. (2002). Cultural and educational factors in the diagnosis of dementia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 16(Suppl. 2), S77-79.
  
• Trinh, Nhi-Ha; Ahmed, Iqbal. (2009). Acculturation and Asian American elderly. In: Trinh, Nhi-Ha; Rho, Yanni Chun; Lu, Francis G.; Sanders, Kathy Marie (eds.) Handbook of mental health and acculturation in Asian American families. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
  
• Vincze, Gabor; Almos, Peter; Boda, Krisztina; Dome, Peter. (2007). Risk factors of cognitive decline in residential care in Hungary. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(12), 1208-1216.
  
• Weintraub, D., Raskin, A., Ruskin, P. E., Gruber-Baldini, A. L., Zimmerman, S. I., Hebel, J. R., et al. (2000). Racial differences in the prevalence of dementia among patients admitted to nursing homes. Psychiatric Services, 51(10), 1259-1264.
  
• Wang, Jeng; Mentes, Janet C. (2006). Detection of acute confusion in Taiwanese elderly individuals. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 32(6), 7-12.
  
• Whitfield, K. E. (2002). Challenges in cognitive assessment of African Americans in research on Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 16(Suppl. 2), S80-81.

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