Journal of Applied Gerontology articles from March 1997

Journal of Applied Gerontology archives from March 1997

State regulation of the supply of long term care providers.
March 1, 1997... After the removal of the federal requirements for certificate of need (CON) in 1986, the majority of states (40) and the District of Columbia retained their CON and/or added a moratorium on new nursing facilities and beds. Some states were also...

The impact of validation group therapy on nursing home residents with dementia.
March 1, 1997... This study examined the effectiveness of validation a group therapy for reducing problem behaviors, use of physical restraints, and use of psychotropic medications, and for increasing positive social interactions and psychosocial well-being in...

Overcoming elders' misconceptions about accurate written medical information.
March 1, 1997... The authors investigated long-term memory for true written information about osteoarthritis that disconfirms the reader's erroneous beliefs. Independent variables included information type (text affirms the reader's correct belief or...

Awareness deficits in Alzheimer's disease: issues in assessment and intervention.
March 1, 1997... Unawareness of deficits is a challenging problem frequently encountered in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Understanding mediating and causative factors of unawareness is important for accurate assessment and effective intervention....

The relationship of self-restraint and distress to coping among spouses caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease.
March 1, 1997... This study investigated the relationship between two basic dimensions of social-emotional adjustment, distress and self-restraint as identified by Weinberger and Schwartz (1990) and the use off our coping strategies by spouse caregivers of...

Relationships among life events and psychological well-being: more evidence for a two-factor theory of well-being.
March 1, 1997... Relationships between 11 major life events and changes in psychological well-being were examined in a three-generation sample: grandparents, their adult children, and their young adult grandchildren. Psychological well-being was measured using...

The role of cognition and depression in predicting functional outcome in geriatric medical rehabilitation patients.
March 1, 1997... The roles depression and cognition play in activities of daily living (ADL) and an ambulation recovery in geriatric patients were investigated. Subjects consisted of 423 medical rehabilitation inpatients between the ages of 60 and 99....

The Aging Individual: Physical and Psychological Perspectives.
March 1, 1997... Susan Krauss Whitbourne. New York: Springer, 1996. $42.95 (cloth). Too often both psychologists and physicians do not take into account the complex relationship between the physical functioning of the body of an aging individual and that...

Encyclopedia of Financial Gerontology.
March 1, 1997... Lois A. Vitt and Jung K. Siegenthaler (Eds.), Wesport: CT- Greenwood, 1996. $99-50 (cloth). The Encyclopedia of Financial Gerontology is a reference book useful for older adults and their families, or for professionals who deal with...