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Overview

Jersey Liang is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine, with a notable focus on Health, Demography, Sociology and Political Science, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and General Health Professions.

Liang's work covers several key research topics, including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Hip and Femur Fractures

The scientist's recent papers reflect engagement with aging populations, cognitive health, and caregiving. Notable publications include:

  • Cardiometabolic multimorbidity, lifestyle behaviours, and cognitive function: a multicohort study, 2023, The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • National prevalence of frailty in the older Japanese population: Findings from a nationally representative survey, 2020, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Decomposition of gender differences in cognitive functioning: National Survey of the Japanese elderly, 2021, BMC Geriatrics
  • A family care model for older persons with hip-fracture and cognitive impairment: A randomized controlled trial, 2021, International Journal of Nursing Studies
  • Smart clothes-assisted home-nursing care program for family caregivers of older persons with dementia and hip fracture: a mixed-methods study, 2022, BMC Geriatrics

Liang frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • International Journal for Equity in Health

Liang collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Erika Kobayashi
  • Shohei Okamoto
  • Taro Fukaya
  • Hiroshi Murayama
  • Yea-Ing Lotus Shyu

Best Publications

  • Social exchange and well-being: is giving better than receiving?

    Jersey Liang;Neal M. Krause;Joan M. Bennett

  • Social Networks, Social Support, and Mortality Among Older People in Japan

    Hidehiro Sugisawa;Jersey Liang;Xian Liu

  • Tracking Changes in Social Relations Throughout Late Life

    Benjamin A. Shaw;Neal Krause;Jersey Liang;Joan Bennett

  • Health among the oldest-old in China: which living arrangements make a difference?

    Lydia W. Li;Jiaan Zhang;Jersey Liang

  • Mental health among older adults in Japan: do sources of social support and negative interaction make a difference?

    Hideki Okabayashi;Jersey Liang;Neal Krause;Hiroko Akiyama

  • Religion, death of a loved one, and hypertension among older adults in Japan

    Neal Krause;Jersey Liang;Benjamin A. Shaw;Hidehiro Sugisawa

  • Widowhood and depressive symptoms among older Chinese: do gender and source of support make a difference?

    Lydia Li;Jersey Liang;Amanda Toler;Shengzu Gu

  • Satisfaction with social support and depressive symptoms: a panel analysis.

    Neal Krause;Jersey Liang;Naomi Yatomi

  • Religion, social support, and health among the Japanese elderly.

    Neal Krause;Berit Ingersoll-Dayton;Jersey Liang;Hidehiro Sugisawa

  • Low Cognitive Performance, Comorbid Disease, and Task-Specific Disability Findings From a Nationally Representative Survey

    Caroline S. Blaum;Mary Beth Ofstedal;Jersey Liang

  • Stress, Social Support, and Psychological Distress Among the Chinese Elderly

    Neal Krause;Jersey Liang

  • Transitions in Functional Status and Active Life Expectancy among Older People in Japan

    Xian Liu;Jersey Liang;Naoko Muramatsu;Hidehiro Sugisawa

  • Socioeconomic Gradient in Old Age Mortality in Wuhan, China

    Jersey Liang;John F. McCarthy;Arvind Jain;Neal Krause

  • A Structural Integration of the Affect Balance Scale and the Life Satisfaction Index A

    Jersey Liang

  • A Pilot Investigation of the Short-Term Effects of an Interdisciplinary Intervention Program on Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture in Taiwan

    Yea Ing Lotus Shyu;Jersey Liang;Chi Chuan Wu;Juin Yih Su

  • Impact of diabetes on cognitive function among older Latinos: a population-based cohort study.

    Jasmanda H Wu;Mary N Haan;Jersey Liang;Debashis Ghosh

  • Multiple trajectories of depressive symptoms in middle and late life: racial/ethnic variations.

    Jersey Liang;Xiao Xu;Ana R. Quiñones;Joan M. Bennett

  • How does self-assessed health change with age? A study of older adults in Japan.

    Jersey Liang;Benjamin A. Shaw;Neal Krause;Joan M. Bennett

  • Financial strain and psychological well-being among the American and Japanese elderly.

    Neal Krause;Gina Jay;Jersey Liang

  • Transitions in Living Arrangements Among Elders in Japan Does Health Make a Difference

    Joseph Winchester Brown;Jersey Liang;Neal Krause;Hiroko Akiyama

  • Impact of Self-Management Education on the Functional Health Status of Older Adults with Heart Disease

    N. M. Clark;N. K. Janz;M. H. Becker;M. A. Schork

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal Krause
Neal Krause University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Benjamin A. Shaw
Benjamin A. Shaw University at Albany, State University of New York
Bei Wu
Bei Wu New York University
James M. Raymo
James M. Raymo Princeton University
Kenneth A. Bollen
Kenneth A. Bollen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Debashis Ghosh
Debashis Ghosh University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Hector M. González
Hector M. González University of California, San Diego
XinQi Dong
XinQi Dong Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alicia K. Matthews
Alicia K. Matthews University of Illinois at Chicago
Erik J. A. Scherder
Erik J. A. Scherder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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