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

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• Baiyewu, O., Smith-Gamble, V., Akinbiyi, A., Lane, K. A., Hall, K. S., Ogunniyi, A., et al. (2003). Behavioral and caregiver reaction of dementia as measured by the neuropsychiatric inventory in Nigerian community residents. International Psychogeriatrics, 15(4), 399-409.


• Hendrie, Hugh C. (2006). Lessons learned from international comparative crosscultural studies on dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(6), 480-88.


• Hendrie, H. C., Gao, S., & Baiyewu, O. (2000). A comparison of symptoms of behavioral disturbances in Yoruba and African American demented individuals. International Psychogeriatrics, 12(Suppl. 1), 403-408.


• Ogunniyi, A., Gureje, O., Baiyewu, O., Unverzagt, F. W., Hall, K. S., Oluwole, S., et al. (1997). Profile of dementia in a Nigerian community - types, patterns of impairment and severity rating. Journal of the National Medical Association, 89(6), 392-396.


• 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.


• 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.

African American

• Adams, B., Aranda, M. P., Kemp, B., & Takagi, K. A. (2002). Ethnic and gender differences in distress among Anglo American, African American, Japanese American, and Mexican American spousal caregivers of persons with dementia. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 8(4), 279-301.


• Akpaffiong, M., Kunik, M. E., Hale, D., Molinari, V., & Orengo, C. (1999). Cross-cultural differences in demented geropsychiatric inpatients with behavioral disturbances. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(10), 845-850.


• Auchus, A. (1997). Dementia in urban black outpatients: Initial experience at the Emory satellite clinics. Gerontologist, 37(1), 25-29.


• Auchus, A. (1997). Demographic and clinical features of Alzheimer's disease in black Americans: Preliminary observations on an outpatient samples in Atlanta, Georgia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 11(1), 38-46.


• Ayalon, L., & Arean, P. A. (2004). Knowledge of Alzheimer's disease in four ethnic groups of older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(1), 51-57.


• Bachman, D., Green, R. C., Benke, K. S., Cupples, L. A., & Farrer, L. A. (2003). Comparison of Alzheimer's disease risk factors in white and African American families. Neurology, 60(8), 1372-1374.


• Ballard, E. L., & Others, A. (1993). Recruitment of black elderly for clinical research studies of dementia: The CERAD experience. Gerontologist, 33(4), 561-565.


• Bassiony, M. M., Warren, A., Rosenblatt, A., Baker, A., Steinberg, M., Steele, C. D., et al. (2002). Isolated hallucinosis in Alzheimer's disease is associated with African-American race. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(3), 205-210.


• Bonner, G. J., Darkwa, O. K., & Gorelick, P. B. (2000). Autopsy recruitment program for African Americans. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 14(4), 202-208.


• Boustani, Malaz; Hall, Kathleen S.; Lane, Kathleen A.; Aljadhey, Hisham; et. al. (2007). Association between cognition and histamine-2 receptor antagonists in African Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55(8), 1248-53.


• 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.


• Burgio, L., Stevens, D., Guy, D., Roth, D. L., & Haley, W. E. (2003). Impact of two psychological interventions on white and African American family caregivers of individuals with dementia. Gerontologist, 43(4), 568-579.


• 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.


• Callahan, C. M., Hall, K. S., Hui, S. L., Musick, B. S., Unverzagt, F. W., & Hendrie, H. C. (1996). Relationship of age, education, and occupation with dementia among a community-based sample of African Americans. Archives of Neurology, 53(2), 134-140.


• Carlson, M. C., Brandt, J., Carson, K. A., & Kawas, C. H. (1998). Lack of relation between race and cognitive test performance in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 50(5), 1499-1501.


• Chen, J. C., Borson, S., & Scanlan, J. M. (2000). Stage-specific prevalence of behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease in a multi-ethnic community sample. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 8(2), 123-133.


• 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.


• Clay, Olivio J.; Roth, David L.; Wadley, Virginia G.; Haley, William E. (2008). Changes in social support and their impact on psychosocial outcome over a 5-year period for African American and White dementia caregivers. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 23(8), 857-862.


• Cloutterbuck, J. (2003). African American dementia caregivers: The duality of respect. Dementia, 2(2), 221-241.


• Cohen, C. I. (2000). Racial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms among dementia patients: A comparison of African Americans and whites. International Psychogeriatrics, 12(Suppl. 1), 395-402.


• Cohen, C. I., & Carlin, L. (1993). Racial differences in clinical and social variables among patients evaluated in a dementia assessment center. Journal of the National Medical Association, 85(5), 379-384.


• 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.


• Cohen, C. I., Hyland, K., & Magai, C. (1998). Interracial and intraracial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms, sociodemography, and treatment among nursing home patients with dementia. Gerontologist, 38(3), 353-361.


• Cohen, C. I., & Magai, C. (1999). Racial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms among dementia outpatients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7(1), 57-63.


• Connell, C., & Gibson, G. (1997). Racial, ethnic, and cultural differences in dementia caregiving: Review and analysis. Gerontologist, 37(3), 355-364.


• Connell, C. M., Shaw, B. A., Holmes, S. B., & Foster, N. L. (2001). Caregivers' attitudes toward their family members' participation in Alzheimer disease research: Implications for recruitment and retention. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 15(3), 137-145.


• Connell, Cathleen M.; Roberts, J. Scott; McLaughlin, Sara J. (2007). Public opinion about Alzheimer disease among Blacks, Hispanics and Whites: Results from a national survey. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 21(3), 232-240.


• Coogle, C. L. (2002). The Families Who Care project: Meeting the educational needs of African American and rural family caregivers dealing with dementia. Educational Gerontology, 28(1), 59-71.


• Cox, C. (1995). Comparing the experiences of black and white caregivers of dementia patients. Social Work, 40(3), 343-349.


• Cox, C. (1995). Meeting the mental health needs of the caregiver: The impact of Alzheimer's disease on Hispanic and African American families. In D. K. Padgett (Ed.), Handbook on ethnicity, aging, and mental health (pp. 265-283). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.


• Cox, C. (1996). Outcomes of hospitalization: Factors influencing the discharges of African American and white dementia patients. Social Work in Health Care, 23(1), 23-38.


• Cox, C. (1999). Race and caregiving: Patterns of service use by African American and white caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 32(2), 5-19.


• Cox, C. (1999). Service needs and use: A further look at the experiences of African American and white caregivers seeking Alzheimer's assistance. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 14(2), 93-101.


• Cox, C., & Monk, A. (1990). Minority caregivers of dementia victims: A comparison of black and Hispanic families. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 9(3), 340-354.


• Cox, C., & Monk, A. (1996). Strain among caregivers: Comparing the experiences of African American and Hispanic caregivers of Alzheimer's relatives. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 43(2), 93-106.


• Crewe, Sandra Edmonds. (2007). Joy of living: A community-based mental health promotion program for African American elders. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 48(3-4), 421-38.


• 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, P., Goodwin, P. Y., & Williams, S. W. (2004). Can culture help explain the physical health effects of caregiving over time among African American caregivers? Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 59B(3), S138-S145.


• Dungee-Anderson, D., & Beckett, J. O. (1992). Alzheimer's disease in African American and white families: A clinical analysis. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 62(2), 155-168.


• Edwards, D., & Baum, C. (1996). Functional performance of inner city African-American older persons with dementia. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 12(2), 17-27.


• Espiritu, D. A., Rashid, H., Mast, B. T., Fitzgerald, J., Steinberg, J., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2001). Depression, cognitive impairment and function in Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(44), 1098-1103.


• Farran, C. J., Miller, B. H., Kaufman, J. E., & Davis, L. (1997). Race, finding meaning and caregiver distress. Journal of Aging and Health, 9(3), 316-333.


• Fillenbaum, G. G., Heyman, A., Huber, M. S., Ganguli, M., & Unverzagt, F. W. (2001). Performance of elderly African American and white community residents on the CERAD Neuropsychology Battery. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7(4), 502-509.


• Fillenbaum, G. G., Peterson, B., Welsh-Bohmer, K. A., Kukull, W. A., & Heyman, A. (1998). Progression of Alzheimer's disease in black and white patients: The CERAD experience, part XVI. Neurology, 51(1), 154-158.


• Ford, A. (1996). Alzheimer disease: Outreach to the African American community. Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology, 28(1-3), 121-124.


• Fritsch, Thomas; Adams, Kathryn Betts; Redd, Darlyne; Sias, Tony; Herrup, Karl. (2006). Use of live theater to increase minority participation in Alzheimer disease research. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 20(2), 105-11.


• Gallagher-Thompson, D., Haley, W., Guy, D., Rupert, M., Arguelles, T., Zeiss, L. M., et al. (2003). Tailoring psychological interventions for ethnically diverse dementia caregivers. Clinical Psychology, 10(4), 423-438.


• Green, R. C., Cupples, L. A., Go, R., Benke, K. S., Edeki, T., Griffith, P. A., et al. (2002). Risk of dementia among white and African American relatives of patients with Alzheimer disease. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 287(3), 329-336.


• 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.
  
• Haley, W. E., Roth, D. L., Coleton, M. I., Ford, G. R., West, C. A. C., Collins, R. P., et al. (1996). Appraisal, coping, and social support as mediators of well-being in black and white family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 64(1), 121-129.


• Hall, K. S., Gao, S. J., Unverzagt, F. W., & Hendrie, H. C. (2000). Low education and childhood rural residence: Risk for Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. Neurology, 54(1), 95-99.


• Hargrave, R., Stoeklin, M., Haan, M., & Reed, B. (1998). Clinical aspects of Alzheimer's disease in black and white patients. Journal of the National Medical Association, 90(2), 78-84.


• Harwood, D. G., Barker, W. W., Ownby, R. L., & Duara, R. (2000). Clinical characteristics of community-dwelling black Alzheimer's disease patients. Journal of the National Medical Association, 92(9), 424-429.


• Henderson, J. N., Gutierrez-Mayka, M., Garcia, J. & Boyd, S. (1993). A model for Alzheimer's disease support group development in African-American and Hispanic populations. Gerontologist, 33(3), 409-414.


• Hendrie, Hugh C. (2006). Lessons learned from international comparative crosscultural studies on dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(6), 480-88.


• Hendrie, H. C., Gao, S., & Baiyewu, O. (2000). A comparison of symptoms of behavioral disturbances in Yoruba and African American demented individuals. International Psychogeriatrics, 12(Suppl. 1), 403-408.


• Hinrichsen, G. A., & Ramirez, M. (1992). Black and white dementia caregivers: A comparison of their adaptation, adjustment, and service utilization. Gerontologist, 32(3), 375-381.


• Hinton, W. L., & Levkoff, S. (1999). Constructing Alzheimer's: Narratives of lost identities, confusion and loneliness in old age. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 23(4), 453-475.


• 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.


• Ho, C. J., Weitzman, P. F., Cui, X., & Levkoff, S. E. (2000). Stress and service use among minority caregivers to elders with dementia. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(1), 67-88.


• Hou, Craig E.; Yaffe, Kristine; Perez-Stable, Eliseo J.; Miller, Bruce L. (2006). Frequency of dementia etiologies in four ethnic groups. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 22(1), 42-7.


• 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.


• Jett, Kathleen F. (2006). Mind-loss in the African American community: dementia as a normal part of aging. Journal of Aging Studies 20(1): 1-10.


• Kim, Jung-Hyun; Knight, Bob G.; Longmire, Crystal V. (2007). The role of familism in stress and coping processes among African American and White dementia caregivers: Effects on mental and physical health. Health Psychology, 26(5), 564-76.


• Knight, B. G.; Silverstein, M.; McCallum, T. J.; Fox, L. S. (2000). A sociocultural stress and coping model for mental health outcomes among African American caregivers in southern California. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 55B(3), P142-P150.


• Knight, B. G.; Longmire, C. V.; Dave, J.; Kim, J. H.; David, S. (2007). Mental health and physical health of family caregivers for persons with dementia: A comparison of African American and White caregivers. Aging & Mental Health, 11(5), 538-46.


• Kosberg, Jordan I.; Kaufman, Allan V.; Burgio, Louis D. (2007). Family caregiving to those with dementia in rural Alabama: Racial similarities and differences. Journal of Aging & Health, 19(1), 3-21.


• Kosloski, K., Montgomery, R. J. V., & Kamer, T. X. (1999). Differences in the perceived need for assistive services by culturally diverse caregivers of persons with dementia. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 18(2), 239-256.


• Kosloski, K., Schaefer, J., Allwardt, D., Montgomery, R., & Karner, T. (2002). The role of cultural factors on clients' attitudes toward caregiving, perceptions of service delivery, and service utilization. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 21(3/4), 65-88.


• Lawton, M. P., Rajagopal, D., Brody, E., & Kleban, M. H. (1992). The dynamics of caregiving for a demented elder among black and white families. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 47(4), S156-S164.


• Lerner, Alan J.; McClendon, McKee J.; Sami, Susie A.; et al. (2008). Factors affecting usage patterns of memantine in Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 22(2), 137-143.


• Levkoff, S., Levy, B., & Weitzman, P. F. (1999). The role of religion and ethnicity in the help seeking of minority family caregivers of elders with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 14(4), 335-356.


• Lindstrom, Heather A.; Smyth, Kathleen A.; Sami, Susie A.; Dawson, Neal V.; Patterson, Marian B.; Bohinc, Jan H.; Post, Stephen G.; Barber, Melissa J.; Ollerton, Sally; Singer, Mendel. (2006). Medication use to treat memory loss in dementia: perspectives of persons with dementia and their caregivers. Dementia 5(1): 27-50.


• Luchsinger, Jose A.; Reitz, Christiane; Patel, Bindu. (2007). Relation of diabetes to mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Neurology, 64(4), 570-75.


• 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.


• McCallum, T. J.; Spencer, S. Melinda; Goins, R. Turner. (2008). Lost in summation: Depression among African American female caregivers and noncaregivers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(1), 77-84.


• McCallum, T. J.; Sorocco, Kristen H.; Fritsch, Thomas. (2006). Mental health and diurnal salivary cortisol patterns among African American and European American female dementia family caregivers. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(8), 684-93.


• McGinnis, Kathleen A.; Schulz, Richard; Stone, Roslyn A.; Klinger, Julie; Mercurio, Rocco. (2006) Concordance of race or ethnicity of interventions and caregivers of dementia patients: relationship to attrition and treatment outcomes in the REACH study. Gerontologist, 46(7), 449-55.


• Mehta, K. M.; Yaffe, K.; Perez-Stable, E. J.; Barnes, D.; Kurland, B. F.; Miller, B. L. (2008). Race/ethnic differences in AD survival in US Alzheimer's Disease Centers. Neurology, 70(14), 1163-1170.
  
• Miles, T. P. (2001). Dementia, race, and education: A cautionary note for clinicians and researchers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49(4), 490.


• Miller, S., Prohaska, T., & Furner, S. (1999). Nursing home admission for African Americans with Alzheimer's disease. Journals of Gerontology (Series A), 54A(7), M365-369.


• Mintzer, J. E., & Macera, C. A. (1992). Prevalence of depressive symptoms among white and African-American caregivers of demented patients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149(4), 575-576.


• Mintzer, J. E., Nietert, P., Costa, K., & Waid, L. R. (1996). Cross-cultural perspectives: Agitation in demented patients in the United States. International Psychogeriatrics, 8(Suppl. 3), 487-490.


• Nightingale, M. (2003). Religion, spirituality, and ethnicity: what it means for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Dementia, 2(3), 379-391.


• Nyenhuis, D. L., Gorelick, P. B., Freels, S., & Garron, D. C. (2002). Cognitive and functional decline in African Americans with VaD, AD, and stroke without dementia. Neurology, 8(58), 56-61.


• Orengo, Claudia A; Khan, Jennifer; Kunik, Mark E.; et al. (2008). Agression in individuals newly diagnosed with dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 23(3), 227-232.


• Owen, J., Goode, K., & Haley, W. (2001). End of life care and reactions to death in African-American and white family caregivers of relatives with Alzheimer's disease. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 43(4), 349-361.


• Ripich, D. N., Carpenter, B., & Ziol, E. (1997). Comparison of African-American and white persons with Alzheimer's disease on language measures. Neurology, 48(3), 781-783.


• Ripich, D. N., Fritsch, T., & Ziol, E. (2002). Everyday problem solving in African Americans and European Americans with Alzheimer's disease: An exploratory study. International Psychogeriatrics, 14(1), 83-95.


• Roberts, J. S., Connell, C. M., Cisewski, D., Hipps, Y. G., Demissie, S., & Green, R. C. (2003). Differences between African Americans and whites in their perceptions of Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 17(1), 19-26.


• Roff, L. L., Burgio, L. D., Gitlin, L., Nichols, L., Chaplin, W., & Hardin, J. M. (2004). Positive aspects of Alzheimer's caregiving: The role of race. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 59B(4), P185-P190.


• Roth, David L.; Ackerman, Michelle L.; Okonkwo, Ozioma C.; Burgio, Louis D. (2008). Four-factor model of depressive symptoms in dementia caregivers: a structural equation model of ethnic differences. Psychology and Aging, 23(3), 567-576.


• Roth, D. L., Haley, W. E., Owen, J. E., Clay, O. J., & Goode, K. T. (2001). Latent growth models of the longitudinal effects of dementia caregiving: A comparison of African American and white family caregivers. Psychology and Aging, 16(3), 427-436.


• Shadlen, M.-F., Larson, E. B., Gibbons, L., McCormick, W. C., & Teri, L. (1999). Alzheimer's disease symptom severity in blacks and whites. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47(4), 482-486.


• Shadlen, Marie-Florence; Siscovick, David; Fitzpatrick, Annette L.; Dulberg, Corinne; Kuller, Lewis H.; Jackson, Sharon. (2006). Education, cognitive test scores, and Black-White differences in dementia risk. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54(6), 898-905.


• 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.


• Sink, K. M., Covinsky, K. E., Newcomer, R., & Yaffe, K. (2004). Ethnic differences in the prevalence and pattern of dementia-related behaviors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(8), 1277-1283.


• Sleath, Betsy, Thorpe, Joshua, Landerman, Lawrence R., Doyle, Marti & Clipp, Elizabeth. African-American and white caregivers of older adults with dementia: Differences in depressive symptomology and psychotropic drug use. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(3), 397-404.


• 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.


• Steinberg, M., Munro, C. A., Samus, Q., Rabins, P. V., Brandt, J., & Lyketsos, C. G. (2004). Patient predictors of response to treatment of depression in Alzheimer's disease: The DIADS study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(2), 144-150.


• Sterritt, P. F., & Pokorny, M. E. (1998). African-American caregiving for a relative with Alzheimer's disease. Geriatric Nursing, 19(3), 133-134.


• Steven, A., Owen, J., Roth, D., Clay, O., Bartolucci, A., & Haley, W. E. (2004). Predictors of time to nursing home placement in white and African American individuals with dementia. Journal of Aging and Health, 16(3), 375-397.


• Toth-Cohen, Susan. (2004). Factors influencing appraisal of upset in black caregivers of persons with Alzheimer disease and related dementias. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 18(4), 247-255.


• 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.


• Weitzman, P. F., Chee, Y. K., & Levkoff, S. E. (1999). A social cognitive examination of responses to family conflicts by African-American and Chinese-American caregivers. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 14(6), 343-350.


• Weitzman, P. F., & Levkoff, S. E. (2000). Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in health research with minority elders: Lessons from a study of dementia caregiving. Field Methods, 12(3), 195-208.


• Welsh, K. A., Ballard, E., Nash, F., Raiford, K., & Harrell, L. (1994). Issues affecting minority participation in research studies of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 8(Suppl. 4), 38-48.


• 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.


• Wilson, Robert S.; Li, Yan; Aggarwal, Neelum T.; McCann, Judy J.; Gilley, David W.; Bienias, Julia L.; Barnes, Lisa L.; Evans, Denis A. (2006). Cognitive decline and survival in Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(4), 356-62.


• Winslow, Betty Wehtje; Flaskerud, Jacquelyn H. (2009). Deciding to place a relative in long-term care: 'We really don't do that.' Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30(3), 197-198.
  
• Wood, J. B., & Parham, I. A. (1990). Coping with perceived burden: Ethnic and cultural issues in Alzheimer's family caregiving. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 9(3), 325-339.


• Yeo, G., Gallagher-Thompson, D., & Lieberman, M. (1996). Variations in dementia characteristics by ethnic category. In D. Gallagher-Thompson & G. Yeo (Eds.), Ethnicity and the dementias (pp. 21-30). Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.


• Zuckerman, Ilene H.; Ryder, Priscilla T.; Simoni-Wastila, Linda; Shaffer, Thomas; Sato, Masayo; Zhao, Lirong; Stuart, Bruce. (2008) Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of dementia among Medicare beneficiaries. Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63B(5), S328-S333.

African Caribbean

• Adamson, J. (2001). Awareness and understanding of dementia in African/Caribbean and South Asian families. Health & Social Care in the Community, 9(6), 391.


• Cohen, C. I., & Magai, C. (1999). Racial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms among dementia outpatients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7(1), 57-63.


• Cohen, C. I. (2000). Racial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms among dementia patients: A comparison of African Americans and whites. International Psychogeriatrics, 12(Suppl. 1), 395-402.


• 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.


• Cohen, C. I., Hyland, K., & Magai, C. (1998). Interracial and intraracial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms, sociodemography, and treatment among nursing home patients with dementia. Gerontologist, 38(3), 353-361.