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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Joseph E. Gaugler is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to health and social sciences, with significant contributions to geriatric care, dementia research, and family caregiving dynamics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, they focus on subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Demography

The core topics of their work encompass:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Recent publications from Joseph E. Gaugler include:

  • "Family Communication in Long-Term Care During a Pandemic: Lessons for Enhancing Emotional Experiences" (2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
  • "Reimagining Family Involvement in Residential Long-Term Care" (2021, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association)
  • "Association of Primary Care Visit Length With Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing" (2023, JAMA Health Forum)
  • "Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Dementia Care Using Embedded Pragmatic Trials" (2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)
  • "Family caregiving in the community up to 8-years after onset of dementia" (2020, BMC Geriatrics)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Laura N. Gitlin
  • Manka Nkimbeng
  • Robyn Birkeland
  • Lauren Mitchell
  • Colleen Peterson

Joseph E. Gaugler has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Gerontologist
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia

Joseph E. Gaugler was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • 2016 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

    Joseph Gaugler;Bryan James;Tricia Johnson;Ken Scholz

  • Family involvement in residential long-term care: A synthesis and critical review

    Joseph E. Gaugler

  • Caregiving and Institutionalization of Cognitively Impaired Older People: Utilizing Dynamic Predictors of Change

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Robert L. Kane;Rosalie A. Kane;Ted Clay

  • Early Community-Based Service Utilization and Its Effects on Institutionalization in Dementia Caregiving

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Robert L. Kane;Rosalie A. Kane;Robert Newcomer

  • The problem with "problem behaviors": a systematic review of the association between individual patient behavioral and psychological symptoms and caregiver depression and burden within the dementia patient-caregiver dyad.

    Katherine Ornstein;Joseph E. Gaugler

  • Unmet care needs and key outcomes in dementia.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Robert L. Kane;Rosalie A. Kane;Robert Newcomer

  • Useful services for families: research findings and directions.

    Steven H. Zarit;Joseph E. Gaugler;Shannon E. Jarrott

  • Predictors of Institutionalization of Cognitively Impaired Elders Family Help and the Timing of Placement

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Anne B. Edwards;Elia E. Femia;Steven H. Zarit

  • Modeling caregiver adaptation over time: the longitudinal impact of behavior problems.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Adam Davey;Leonard I. Pearlin;Steven H. Zarit

  • Resilience and Transitions From Dementia Caregiving

    Joseph E Gaugler;Robert L Kane;Robert Newcomer

  • Can Counseling and Support Reduce Burden and Depressive Symptoms in Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's Disease During the Transition to Institutionalization? Results from the New York University Caregiver Intervention Study

    Joseph E. Gaugler;David L. Roth;William E. Haley;Mary S. Mittelman

  • Adult day service use and reductions in caregiving hours: effects on stress and psychological well-being for dementia caregivers.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Shannon E. Jarrott;Steven H. Zarit;Mary Ann Parris Stephens

  • Cancer caregiving and subjective stress: a multi-site, multi-dimensional analysis.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Nader Hanna;Jeanette Linder;Charles W. Given

  • Family involvement in nursing homes: effects on stress and well-being.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;K. A. Anderson;S. H. Zarit;L. I. Pearlin

  • Clinically significant changes in burden and depression among dementia caregivers following nursing home admission

    Joseph E Gaugler;Mary S Mittelman;Kenneth Hepburn;Robert Newcomer

  • Societal and Family Lifetime Cost of Dementia: Implications for Policy

    Eric Jutkowitz;Robert L. Kane;Joseph E. Gaugler;Richard F. MacLehose

  • The Longitudinal Effects of Early Behavior Problems in the Dementia Caregiving Career.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Robert L. Kane;Rosalie A. Kane;Robert Newcomer

  • The effectiveness of adult day services for disabled older people.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Steven H. Zarit;Steven H. Zarit

  • Respite for dementia caregivers: the effects of adult day service use on caregiving hours and care demands.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Shannon E. Jarrott;Steven H. Zarit;Mary Ann Parris Stephens

  • Predictors of change in caregiver burden and depressive symptoms following nursing home admission.

    Joseph E. Gaugler;Mary S. Mittelman;Kenneth Hepburn;Robert Newcomer

  • Long-term care: multiple methods and multiple perspectives

    Joseph E. Gaugler

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven H. Zarit
Steven H. Zarit Pennsylvania State University
Leonard I. Pearlin
Leonard I. Pearlin University of Maryland, College Park
Mary Ann Parris Stephens
Mary Ann Parris Stephens Kent State University
William E. Haley
William E. Haley University of South Florida
Devangere P. Devanand
Devangere P. Devanand Columbia University
Yaakov Stern
Yaakov Stern Columbia University
Adam Davey
Adam Davey University of Delaware
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota

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