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

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• Albert, S., Castillo-Castanada, C., Jacobs, D., Sano, M., Bell, K., Merchant, C., et al. (1999). Proxy-reported quality of life in Alzheimer's patients: Comparison of clinical and population-based samples. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 5(1), 49-58.
• 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.
• Crist, J., Armer, J., & Radina, M. (2002). A study in cultural diversity: Caregiving for the Old Order Amish elder with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health, 8(3), 78-85.
• Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores; Shurgot, Gia Robinson; Rider, Kenneth; Gray, Heather L.; McKibbin, Christine L.; Kraemer, Helena C.; Sephton, Sandra E.; Thompson, Larry W. (2006). Ethnicity, stress and cortisol function in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women: a preliminary study of family dementia caregivers and non-caregivers. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 14(4): 334-42.
• 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.
• Liu, Dandan; Hinton, Ladson; Tran, Cindy; Hinton, Devon; Barker, Judith C. (2008). Reexamining the relationships among dementia, stigma, and aging in immigrant Chinese and Vietnamese family caregivers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23(3), 283-299.
• 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.
• Monroe, Todd B.; Carter, Michael A. (2010). A retrospective pilot study of African-American and Caucasian nursing home residents with dementia who died from cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 40(4), e1-e3.
• Ready, Rebecca E.; Ott, Brian R.; Grace, Janet. (2006). Insight and cognitive impairment: effects on quality-of-life reports from mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease patients. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 21, 242-48.
• 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.
• Samus, Quincy M.; Mayer, Lawrence; Baker, Alva; McNabney, Matthew; Brandt, Jason; Onyike, Chiadi U.; Rabins, Peter V.; Lyketsos, Constantine G.; Rosenblatt, Adam. (2008). Characteristics and outcomes for assisted living residents with dementia: comparing dementia-specific care units with non-dementia-specific care units. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(7), 1361-1363.
• Smits, Carolien H. M.; de Lange, Jacomine; Droes, Rose-Marie; Meiland, Franka; et. al. (2007). Effects of combined intervention programmes for people with dementia living at home and their caregivers: A systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(12), 1181-1193.
• Spurlock, Wanda Raby. (2005). Spiritual well-being and caregiver burden in Alzheimer's caregivers. Geriatric Nursing, 26(3), 154-161.
• Taaffe, Dennis R.; Irie, Fumiko; Masaki, Kamal H.; et al. (2008). Physical activity, physical function, and incident dementia in elderly men: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Journals of Gerontology: Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 63A(5), 529-535.

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