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Loneliness in Resettlement Among Multi-Ethnic Resettled Refugees in Ohio
This study assessed the prevalence and factors associated with loneliness among five resettled communities in Ohio: Afghan, Bhutanese, Congolese, Ethiopian/Eritrean, and Somali.
Isha Karmacharya • Aman Shrestha • Saruna Ghimire
Perceived Discrimination and Physical and Mental Health Among Resettled Communities in Ohio
This study examined perceived discrimination and its relationship with health outcomes, including chronic illnesses and mental health problems, among refugees resettled in Ohio.
Saruna Ghimire • Isha Karmacharya
Polypharmacy and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: Does Gender Matter?
This study examined the relationship between polypharmacy and depressive symptoms among U.S. community-dwelling older adults and whether it varied by gender.
Xiao Qui • Cassandra L. Hua • J. Scott Brown • Na Sun
Detecting Tardive Dyskinesia Using Video-Based Artificial Intelligence
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a late-onset adverse effect of dopamine receptor-blocking medications, characterized by involuntary movements primarily affecting the mouth, though other body parts may b...
Fred Ma • Bretton H Talbot • Joseph H Friedman • Carlene MacMillan • Loren Larsen • Owen S Muir • Anthony A. Sterns • Rakesh Ranjan • Joel W. Hughes
Depressive symptoms among resettled Bhutanese older adults in Ohio: a cross-sectional study
There has been growing attention given to the mental health challenges faced by older adult populations, particularly among resettled refugee communities.
Aman Shrestha • Janardan Subedi • Uday Narayan Yadav • Bunsi Chapadia • Sabuj Kanti Mistry • Saruna Ghimire • Isha Karmacharya
Little is known about how preference-based care impacts nursing home (NH) residents’ well-being over time.
Nahida Akter • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Michael J. Rovine • Allison R. Heid • Katherine M. Abbott • Karen Eshraghi
Life satisfaction, one promising health asset, is associated with reduced risk of several chronic diseases and mortality.
Saruna Ghimire • Sabuj Kanti Mistry • Man Kumar Tamang • Isha Karmacharya • Roshan Pokharel • Mark Fort Harris • Om Prakash Yadav • Uday Narayan Yadav • A. R. M. Mehrab Ali • Ranju Kumari Mehta • Suresh Mehta
Socioeconomic, Behavioural, and Health-related Characteristics of Older Adults
The global aging population is growing rapidly, and Nepal is no exception.
Salau Din Myia • Raksha Adhikari • Bal Krishna Suvedi • Nirmal Raj Marasine • Naveen Shrestha • Shiba Bahadur Karkee • Shishir Paudel • Saruna Ghimire • Devendra Raj Singh • Saloni Pandey • Bhawana Kafle • Isha Karmacharya • Kshitij Karki
Older adults residing in refugee settlements with unhealthy living environments, inadequate access to health care services, and limited psychosocial support are vulnerable to experience mental heal...
A. R. M. Mehrab Ali • Simon Rosenbaum • Shovon Bhattacharjee • Md Saiful Islam Majumder • Md Nazmul Huda • Sabuj Kanti Mistry • Uday Narayan Yadav • Saruna Ghimire • Arnob Zahid • Afsana Anwar • Probal Kumar Mondal • Abu Ansar Md Rizwan • Sumaiya Zabin Eusufzai • Nahida Akter • Suvasish Das Shuvo • Rashidul Alam Mahumud
Family caregivers may be at particular risk for social isolation and loneliness.
Heather L. Menne • Claire Pendergrast
Increases in loneliness among Older Americans Act participants during COVID-19
Loneliness is increasingly understood as a public health crisis, and older adults are experiencing particularly severe impacts.
Jason W. Osborne • Claire Pendergrast • Heather L. Menne
Marital Quality and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Hispanic Adults in the United States
Despite the cultural importance of marriage as a social support system and its well-established link to mental health, older Hispanic adult populations, which are the largest racial and ethnic mino...
Takashi Yamashita • Jaminette M. Nazario-Acevedo • Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda
Frailty is multifactorial; however, psychosocial stressors contributing to frailty are poorly understood.
Shamatree Shakya • Sara J. McLaughlin • Eleanor S. McConnell • Michael P. Cary Jr. • Susan G. Silva
Online communities promote social connection and can be used for formal peer support and crisis intervention.
Alain Labrique • Kate Perepezko • Matthew Carras • Michelle Colder Carras • Mathew Bergendahl • Christopher Kunz
Effects of Caregiver Sleep Disturbances on Relationship Quality With Their Care Recipient
Sleep problems are highly prevalent and disruptive for caregivers.
Kate Perepezko • Natalie Rolle • Beth Fields • Kelly Shaffer • Scott Beach
Technology-enhanced medication taking and symptom monitoring
Taking medications correctly is a challenge worldwide.
Joel W. Hughes • R. Ranjan • L. Larsen • B. Grimm • Anthony A. Sterns • O. S. Muir • F. Ma
Greene County Council on Aging: 2021 Community Survey Findings
Read the survey results conducted to gain better understanding of the needs and interests of older Greene County residents. The Greene County Council on Aging partnered with the Scripps Gerontology...
Marital quality, gender, and later-life depressive symptom trajectories
This study analyzed six waves of data (2006–2016) from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 4,342) to examine how marital quality is associated with depressive symptom trajectories among a gr...
Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda • Takashi Yamashita • J. Scott Brown
This study examines the relationship between urban residence and trajectories of depressive symptoms and investigates whether this relationship differs by social isolation and loneliness.
Xiao Qui • J. Scott Brown • Na Sun • Cassandra L. Hua
Nursing homes (NHs) are serving greater proportions of residents with serious mental illness (SMI), and it is unclear whether this affects NH quality.
John R. Bowblis • Kathryn Hyer • Dylan J. Jester
The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge and perception of COVID-19 and relevant universal safety measures among the Nepalese population.
Naveen Shrestha • Dev Ram Sunuwar • Kshitij Karki • Saruna Ghimire • Devendra Raj Singh
This study explored the association and variabilities between mild depression...
J. Scott Brown • Sree Subedi • Candidus C. Nwakasi • Esiaka Darlingtina
Lucas County Adult Guardianship Assessment Report
In 2019, Scripps Gerontology Center was contracted by the Lucas County Guardianship Exploratory Committee to assess adult guardianship service needs in Lucas County, Ohio.
Elisabeth E. Fulton • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Amy Restorick Roberts
Driving status and religious service attendance among older Americans
This study investigated the relationship between driving status and religious service attendance among older Americans and how the perceived importance of religion influences the relationship.
Sara J. McLaughlin • Jonathon M. Vivoda • Cathleen M. Connell • Karen M. Brown
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is prevalent in older adults; however, data are lacking that examine EDS across living environments.
Mary D. Naylor • Karen B. Hirschman • Liming Huang • Katherine M. Abbott • Miranda V. McPhillips • Glenna S. Brewster • Barbara J. Riegel • Alexandra L. Hanlon
This study compares the relationship between stress from the death of a parent and two indicators of well-being, substance use and mental health, in the United States and Nepal including difference...
Mark Tausig • Sree Subedi • Kelina Basnyat • J. Scott Brown • Janardan Subedi
Typically thought of as a long-term care option for older residents, the proportion of Ohio’s long-stay Medicaid nursing home residents under the age of 65 has tripled over the last 20 years.
Perceptions of mental illness in rural Nepal: Dimensions of stigma and their social origin
The signs and symptoms of mental illness, especially serious mental illness, are universally associated with stigma and discriminatory behavior.
A Study of Adult Guardianship in Ohio: Preliminary Results
This research brief is a description of findings from interviews with key informants from the first phase of a study entitled: “Adult Guardianship in Ohio: Promising Practices.”
Heather R. Reece • Amy Restorick Roberts
Healthcare preferences of nursing home residents: Perceived barriers and situational dependencies
While much research has examined end of life care preferences of nursing home (NH) residents, little work has examined resident preferences for everyday healthcare.
Data on the relationship between behavioral disturbances in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and global clinical deterioration is still controversial.
Kate de Medeiros
Agency and mental health: A transition to adulthood paradox
This study utilizes nationally representative survey data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 13,592) to develop an empirical conception of the traditional treat...
During February 2010 and April 2011, video data on people with dementia were collected during a person-centered and intergenerational arts activity program called Opening Minds through Art (OMA) at...
Elizabeth Like Lokon • Jennifer M. Kinney
The cultural arts have gained attention for their potential to generate social and behavioral changes in people with dementia.
Kate de Medeiros
Analyzing state-based Silver Alert programs: the case of North Carolina
Recent discussions about securing the autonomy and safety of older people in a cost-effective way have culminated in the establishment of "Silver Alert" media-alert policies in more than ...
J. Scott Brown • Takashi Yamashita
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