Faculty and Students Present at GSA Annual Scientific Meeting

Numerous DUSON faculty and students presented at the Gerontological Society of America's annual Scientific Meeting in Austin, November 13-17:

"Implementation of the Goals of Care Decision Aid in Nursing Homes: An Evidence-Based Intervention" (Eleanor McConnell, associate professor)

SYMPOSIUM: "SOCIAL NETWORKS, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA"

Chairs: Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, and Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita.

• "Measuring Network Well-Being and Health Among People Living With Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Study"  (Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita, PhD students Sijia Wei and Bada Kang)

• "mHealth Prototype and Pilot Protocol to Enhance Social Support for Persons Living With Dementia" (Chip Bailey, associate professor, Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita)

• "Measurement of Social Networks of Elders Using Technologies in the Context of Health and Social Care: A Scoping Review" (Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita, PhD students Sijia Wei and Bada Kang)

• "Use of Sensor Technology to Map the Social Networks of People Living With Dementia: A Feasibility Study" (Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita, PhD student Sijia Wei)

• "Relationship-Centered Care: Adult Day Care for Persons Living With Dementia and the Senses Framework" (Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita)

HS SYMPOSIUM: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION: FINDINGS FROM INTERNATIONAL SURVEYS

Chair: Hanzhang Xu, medical instructor

• "Association Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Function in China" (Hanzhang Xu, medical instructor, Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, PhD student Bada Kang)

• "Trajectories of Subjective Memory Impairment and Objective Cognitive Decline in U.S. Older Adults"  (Hanzhang Xu, medical instructor)

• "Trajectories of Pain, Insomnia, and Depressive Symptoms Before Onset of Dementia" (Hanzhang Xu, medical instructor)

• "Cognitive Decline Among Older Adults in Rural China: The Protective Role of Formal Schooling" (Hanzhang Xu, medical instructor)

Posters:

• "30-Day Readmission in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Do Patients Know Their Risk before Discharge?" (Bradi Granger, professor, Hanzhang Xu, medical instructor)

• "Multimorbidity Resilience in Community-residing Older Adults: Measurement and health outcomes" (Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita, PhD student Tingzhong Michelle Xue)

• "Evaluating Geriatric Workforce Development Needs Among Hospitals Using NICHE Benchmarking Data" (Eleanor McConnell, associate professor, Kirsten Corazzini, associate professor emerita, Loretta Matters, PhD student Roy Thompson)

• "Living with Multiple Myeloma: Self Management Strategies" (Chip Bailey and Sophia Smith, associate professors, PhD student Matthew LeBlanc)

• "Health Care Priorities of Older Korean Immigrants: Through the Lens of Life Course Theory" (Sharron Docherty and Cristina Hendrix, associate professors, PhD student Hyeyoung Park)