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Findings from Margaret Blenkner Research Institute projects are disseminated to a wide audience, from international conferences to local community forums. Results have been published in professional journals such as The Gerontologist, Aging and Mental Health, The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, and Alzheimer's Care Quarterly . In addition, findings are regularly used to inform educational brochures, fact sheets, websites, and professional training manuals. Research findings are also used to advocate for the interests of older people at the local, state, and federal levels of government.
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Click here for list of MBRI and KPI presentations at the 2008 annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
2005-2006
Ejaz, F.K., Noelker, L.S., Menne, H.L., & Fox, K. (2006, May). The Results are In: Research Findings on Recruitment and Retention .
Presented at the Senior Success Vision Council Long Term Care Workforce Initiative's Celebrating Direct Care Workforce Success Conference. Cleveland , Ohio . |
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Noelker, L.S., Ejaz, F.K., Menne, H.L., & Fox, K. (2006, May). Building a Strong Long Term Care Workforce.
Presented at the Senior Success Vision Council Long Term Care Workforce Initiative's Celebrating Direct Care Workforce Success Conference. Cleveland , Ohio . |
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Ejaz, F.K., Bass, D., Peters, B.K., Looman, W., Rentsch, J.H., & Lutian, K. (2006, April). Survey of Direct Care Workforce Issues in Cuyahoga County .
Presented at the Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education Conference. Bowling Green , Ohio |
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Judge, K.S., Fox, K., & Looman, W . (2006, April). Development of a Dyadic Intervention for Persons with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education, Bowling Green , OH . |
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Menne, H.L., Whitlatch, C.J., Clark, P.A., & Tucke, S.S. (2006, April). For persons with cognitive impairment, what contributes to their quality of life?
Poster presented at the Fourth Annual Research ShowCASE, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland , OH . |
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Ejaz, F.K., Noelker, L.S., Menne, H.L., & Fox, K. (2006, April). The Impact of Job Preparation, Ongoing Education and Training on Job Satisfaction and Commitment Among Front-line Workers and Their Supervisors.
Presented at the annual meeting of AAHSA: The Future of Aging Services, Washington D.C. |
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Noelker, L.S. , (2006, April). Tailored and Ongoing Training Improve Job Retention .
Media briefing presented at the annual meeting of AAHSA: The Future of Aging Services. Washington D.C. |
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Ejaz, F.K., Bass, D., Peters, B.K., Looman, W., Rentsch, J.H., & Lutian, K. (2006, March) Survey of Direct Care Workforce Issues in Cuyahoga County .
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society on Aging, Anaheim , CA . |
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Noelker, L.S., Ejaz, F.K., & Menne, H.L. (2006, March) Factors Related to Job Commitment Among Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes .
Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society on Aging, Anaheim , CA . |
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Judge, K.S., McGrew, K., & Balasamy, S. (2006, March). Making research happen in practice settings. Paper presented as part of a workshop at the annual meeting of the American Society on Aging, Anaheim , CA . |
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Menne, H.L. & Whitlatch, C.J. (2006, March). “How involved are you . . ?”: Decision-making involvement and individuals with dementia .
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education (OAGE), Bowling Green , OH . |
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Ejaz, F.K., Noelker, L.S., Menne, H.L., Schur, D., & Fox, K. (2005, November). Predictors of nurse assistant satisfaction with supervision .
Paper presented as part of the Pre-Conference Symposium “New Research on the Long-Term Care Workforce: Implications for Policy and Practice?” at the Gerontological Society of America Conference, Orlando , FL. |
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Whitlatch, C.J. & Maslow , K (2005, November). Enhancing Discussion, Knowledge, and Agreement about Care Preferences with Family Caregivers and Persons with Dementia .
Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Whitlatch, C.J. (2005, November). Research and Interventions with Family Caregivers and Persons with Dementia: Knowledge of and Agreement about Everday and Nursing Home Care .
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Clark, P.A. (2005, November). Knowledge and Agreement of Care Preferences and Dyadic Well-being .
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Tucke, S.S. (2005, November). Characteristics of Care Partners Who Discuss, Know, and Agree on Care Preferences.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Clark, P.A., Whitlatch, C.J. & Tucke, S.S. (2005, November). Reliability of Information from Persons with Dementia .
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Menne, H.L., Whitlatch, C.J. & Clark, P.A., Tucke, S.S. (2005, November). For Persons with Cognitive Impairment, What Contributes to Their Quality of Life?
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Polivka, L., Noelker, L.S. , Mitchell, G., Salmon, J. & Zayac, H. (2005, November). The Future of Long-Term Care: The Aging Network and Managed Care.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Looman, W.J., Bass, D.M. , Sipple, B.A., Matthey, D., & Rahl , N.S. (2005, November). A Comparison of Clients Served by an Innovative Model for a Community-Based Geriatric Mental Health Program. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Ejaz, F.K., Peters, B.K., Johnson, J.D. & Yomoah, F. (2005, November). Quality of Care Information: What Nursing Home Providers Believe is Important.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Tucke, S.S. & Whitlatch, C.J . (2005, November). The Values and Preferences Scale: Assessing the Care Values of Persons with Cognitive Impairment and their Family Caregivers.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Noelker, L.S., Ejaz, F.K., Menne, H.L. & Fox, K.M. (2005, November). Factors Affecting Nursing Assistants' Intent to Remain on the Job.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Whitlatch, C.J. (2005, November). Dyadic Research and Interventions with Family Caregivers and Persons with Early Stage Dementia.
Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Whitlatch, C.J. (2005, November). Developing and Evaluating a Dyadic Intervention for Family Caregivers and Persons with Early Stage Dementia.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Judge, K.S. (2005, November). An Innovative Dyadic Counseling Intervention for Caregivers and Persons with Dementia.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Judge, K.S. & Clark, N. (2005, November). A Lexical-Based Comprehension Task for Assessing Whether Persons with Dementia Should be Included as Study Respondents.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Whitlatch, C.J. (2005, November). Measuring Aspects of Dementia.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Menne, H.L., Ejaz, F.K., Noelker, L.S., Fox, K.M, & Schur, D. (2005, November). The Importance of Adequate Training and Organizational Practices on Nursing Assistant Job Satisfaction.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando , FL. |
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Menne, H.L. (2005, November). A stress process model of chronic illness: How applicable is it? Colloquium presented to the Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland ,OH . |
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Menne, H.L. (2005, August). The illness experience of dementia .
Paper presented at the 100 th Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia , PA. |
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Clark, P.A., Whitlatch, C.J. & Tucke, S.S. (2005, July). Communication and Decision Making in Caregiving Families .
Paper presented at the 13th Alzheimer's Disease Education Conference, Chicago , IL .. |
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Tucke, S.S., Clark , P.A, & Whitlatch, C.J. (2005, July). Early Stage Dementia: A Counseling Program for Care Partners .
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Conference, Chicago , IL . |
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Menne, H.L. (2005, April). Creating a model of illness experience .
Paper presented at the OAGE Conference, Aurora , OH . |
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Clark , N., Judge, K.S. , & Begovic, A. (2005, April). Age-Cognition Relations and Impact of Processing Speed.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education, Aurora , OH . |
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Noelker, L.S. , (2005, April). Strengthening the Long Term Care Workforce: Avoiding a Pending Crisis.
Keynote address presented at the Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education Conference. Aurora , Ohio . |
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Noelker, L.S. , (2005, April). The Future of the Long Term Care Workforce.
Presented at the Gerontological Speakers Series at the University of Massachusetts . Boston , MA |
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Noelker, L.S., Ejaz, F., & Menne, H. (2005, March). Empowering direct care workers in nursing homes .Symposium presented at the American Society on Aging Conference, Philadelphia , PA. |
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Healy, T.C. & Judge, K.S. (2005, March). Making research happen in practice settings.
Paper presented as part of a workshop at the annual meeting of the American Society on Aging, San Francisco , CA . |
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