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Since its founding in 1963, the Research Institute has conducted a variety of innovative projects and programs related to health and social services, family relationships, long-term care, and health care policy.
Current major areas of research are:
Family Caregiving
Interventions for persons with dementia
Long term care Workforce
Quality of long-term care and services
Use and impact of health, community, and support services
Family Caregiving: Examine a variety of issues related to family care for an older relative such as psychological, emotional, physical, and social consequences; care-related values and preferences; quality of family relationships; and family decision making.
- Adaptive Treatment for At-Risk Family Caregivers
- Enhancing the Role of Older Adults in Research and Care Planning
- Conceptualizing Mental Health Interventions for Caregivers
- Decision Making and Service Use in Caregiving Families
Interventions for persons with dementia: Explore ways to enhance the quality of life of persons with memory problems through cognitive, psychological, and social interventions.
- Strength-Based Intervention for Dyads with Mild Dementia
- Strength-Based Skills Training for Caregiving Dyads with Dementia
Check it out: Dr. Heather Menne has twice been a guest on "Finer With Age," explaining the Reducing Disability in Alzheimer's Disease intervention: June 2009  March 2011
Long term care Workforce: Examines recruitment, retention, and training of direct care providers in residential, community, and health care organizations.
- Better Education = Better Jobs: The Impact of Job Preparation, Ongoing Education and Training on Job Satisfaction and Commitment Among Front-Line Workers and Their Supervisors
- Evaluating the Long-Term Care Workforce Initiative of the Senior Success Vision Council
Quality of long-term care and services: Investigate how to improve care and services for older adults living in the community and in residential settings such as assisted living and nursing home facilities.
- Development and Testing the Ohio Residential Care Facility Resident Satisfaction Survey
- Using Information On Quality to Improve Nursing Home Care
- Assessing Nursing Home Consumer Satisfaction in the State of Rhode Island
Use and impact of health, community, and support services: Examine individual, provider, and organizational characteristics that facilitate or impede service use, and the effects of services on outcomes for older adults and their families dealing with chronic illnesses.
- Partners in Dementia Care for Veterans with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
- System of Care for Older Adults: Meeting the Mental Health Service Needs for Older Adults
- Seamless Entry Points for Consumers: Establishing Aging and Disability Resource Centers for Ohio
- Training Program for Occupational Therapy Students
- Planning Grant- VA Partnership for Dementia Care: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Alzheimer's Association
- Integrated Care Management
- Implementing Personal Health Records for Elderly Mental Health Clients
- Developing a Methodology For a Partnership Among Research, Practice, and Policy to Improve Services
- The Greater Cleveland Elder Abuse/Domestic Violence Roundtable: Senior Anti-Violence Services (SAVES) Network
- Assessing Consumer Satisfaction of Benjamin Rose Mental Health Clients
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