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Louis D. Burgio is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on medicine, psychology, and health professions. Within these areas, their work emphasizes psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, general health professions, and sociology and political science as notable subfields.

Their research interests are centered on topics related to dementia and cognitive impairment, family caregiving in mental illness, geriatric care and nursing homes, as well as intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving.

Recent publications include the following:

  • Translating the REACH OUT dementia caregiver intervention into a primary care setting: a pilot study, 2020, Aging & Mental Health
  • Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Examine Social Service Needs Among Hispanic Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia, 2022, Studies in health technology and informatics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Louis D. Burgio include:

  • Matthew J. Wynn
  • Asia Sikora Kessler
  • Gabrielle Mock
  • D Hendricks
  • Laura Pope Robbins

Publication venues where Louis D. Burgio's work frequently appears are:

  • Aging & Mental Health
  • Studies in health technology and informatics

They have contributed to book publishing as well, with a title published by Oxford University Press titled "The REACH OUT Caregiver Support Program," released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Dementia Caregiver Intervention Research In Search of Clinical Significance

    Richard Schulz;Alison O'Brien;Sara Czaja;Marcia Ory

  • An operant approach to rehabilitation medicine: overcoming learned nonuse by shaping.

    Edward Taub;Jean E. Crago;Louis D. Burgio;Thomas E. Groomes

  • Effect of Multicomponent Interventions on Caregiver Burden and Depression: The REACH Multisite Initiative at 6-Month Follow-Up

    Laura N. Gitlin;Louis D. Burgio;Diane Mahoney;Robert Burns

  • Interventions for Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: A Review and Analysis of Content, Process, and Outcomes

    Michelle S. Bourgeois;Richard Schulz;Louis Burgio

  • Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH): Overview, Site-Specific Outcomes, and Future Directions

    Richard Schulz;Louis Burgio;Robert Burns;Carl Eisdorfer

  • Enhancing caregiver health: findings from the resources for enhancing Alzheimer's caregiver health II intervention.

    Amanda F. Elliott;Louis D. Burgio;Jamie DeCoster

  • Come Talk With Me Improving Communication Between Nursing Assistants and Nursing Home Residents During Care Routines

    Louis D. Burgio;Rebecca Allen-Burge;David L. Roth;Michelle S. Bourgeois

  • The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH): project design and baseline characteristics.

    Stephen R. Wisniewski;Steven H. Belle;Susan M. Marcus;Louis D. Burgio

  • Positive Aspects of Alzheimer's Caregiving: The Role of Race

    Lucinda Lee Roff;Louis D. Burgio;Laura Gitlin;Linda Nichols

  • The Pittsburgh Agitation Scale: A User-Friendly Instrument for Rating Agitation in Dementia Patients.

    Jules Rosen;Louis Burgio;Marcia Kollar;Michelle Cain

  • Impact of Two Psychosocial Interventions on White and African American Family Caregivers of Individuals With Dementia

    Louis Burgio;Alan Stevens;Delois Guy;David L. Roth

  • Teaching and Maintaining Behavior Management Skills in the Nursing Home

    Louis D. Burgio;Alan Stevens;Kathryn L. Burgio;Kathryn L. Burgio;David L. Roth

  • Positive aspects of caregiving as a moderator of treatment outcome over 12 months.

    Michelle M. Hilgeman;Rebecca S. Allen;Jamie DeCoster;Louis D. Burgio

  • Modifying Repetitive Verbalizations of Community-Dwelling Patients with AD

    Michelle S. Bourgeois;Louis D. Burgio;Richard Schulz;Scott Beach

  • Conversational coherence: discourse analysis of older adults with and without dementia

    Katinka Dijkstra;Michelle S Bourgeois;Rebecca S Allen;Louis D Burgio

  • A PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR IMPROVING DIRECT‐CARE STAFF PERFORMANCE IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING

    Louis D. Burgio;Thomas L. Whitman;Dennis H. Reid

  • Judging Outcomes in Psychosocial Interventions for Dementia Caregivers: The Problem of Treatment Implementation

    Louis Burgio;Kenneth L. Lichstein;Linda Nichols;Sara Czaja

  • Translating the REACH Caregiver Intervention for Use by Area Agency on Aging Personnel: the REACH OUT Program

    Louis D. Burgio;Irene B. Collins;Bettina Schmid;Tracy Wharton

  • Pain Assessment and Management in Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Residents: Association of Certified Nursing Assistant Pain Report, Minimum Data Set Pain Report, and Analgesic Medication Use

    Susan E. Fisher;Louis D. Burgio;Beverly E. Thorn;Rebecca Allen-Burge

  • Memory aids as an augmentative and alternative communication strategy for nursing home residents with dementia

    Michelle S. Bourgeois;Katinka Dijkstra;Louis Burgio;Rebecca Allen-Burge

  • Legacy activities as interventions approaching the end of life.

    Rebecca S. Allen;Michelle M. Hilgeman;Margaret A. Ege;John L. Shuster

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle S. Bourgeois
Michelle S. Bourgeois University of South Florida
Brian A. Iwata
Brian A. Iwata University of Florida

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