This collection contains non-thesis projects submitted by graduate students in the Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program to the faculty of The University of Utah in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Master of Science in Gerontology.
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Support Group Participation and Its Relationship to Caregiver Burden and Quality of Sleep Among Caregivers | Ketcher, Linnea | 2014 | The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between the participation in an eight-week caregiver support group, level of caregiver burden, and quality of sleep among caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias. The main objective of this study was to analyz... | Aged; Caregivers; Dementia; Sleep Deprivation; Sleep Wake Disorders; Sleep Quality; Compassion Fatigue; Quality of Life; Cost of Illness; Alzheimer Disease; Stress, Psychological; Irritable Mood; Psychomotor Agitation; Anxiety; Self-Help Groups; Cost of Illness; Surveys and Questionnaires |
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Assessing Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Among Racial and Ethnic Population Groups in Salt Lake City | Mugiraneza, Frederic | 2014 | Alzheimer's disease (AD) is predicted to grow substantially over the next five decades. Based on these projections, it is imperative that individuals, families, and communities are aware of this disease in order to be able to successfully prepare for the associated psychosocial and financial challen... | Aged; Alzheimer Disease; Vulnerable Populations; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Minority Groups; Ethnicity; Emigrants and Immigrants; Caregivers; Cost of Illness; Utah |
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Insomnia in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Assessment of VA/DoD Clinical Guidelines | Applegate, Carla | 2014 | Insomnia, the most commonly endorsed symptom of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), occurs in approximately 60 to 90% of patients with PTSD (Neylan et al., 1998). Of recent returning veterans, sleep disturbance is the second most common complaint (Bliese et al., 2005) and tends to persist after P... | Aged; Behavioral Symptoms; Sleep Wake Disorders; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Veterans; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Needs Assessment; Hospitals, Military; Hospitals, Veterans; Psychotherapy; Behavior Therapy; Dreams; Quality of Life; Crisis Interven... |
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Examining Healthy U's Dual Eligible Population as Part of an Accountable Care Organization | Jackson, Natalie A. | 2014 | State Medicaid agencies are turning to Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) to manage care, reduce costs, and improve quality of care. As the University of Utah's Medicaid managed care ACO, Healthy U was tasked with accomplishing the goals of reducing costs and improving quality of care through iden... | Aged; Health Services for the Aged; Health Care Reform; Regional Health Planning; Accountable Care Organizations; Reimbursement, Incentive; Quality of Health Care; Dual MEDICAID MEDICARE Eligibility; Eligibility Determination; Cost Control; Cost Savings; Medicaid; Chronic Disease; Disease Management... |
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Self-Efficacy of Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia | Newkirk, Amaris S. | 2014 | In this paper I will describe the development and implementation of a dementia caregiver support group at the University of Utah, and my master's project in which I evaluated the impact of the support group on self-efficacy of caregivers. The number of people who will be burdened with dementia is in... | Aged; Alzheimer Disease; Dementia; Caregivers; Self Efficacy; Social Isolation; Compassion Fatigue; Resilience, Psychological; Self-Help Groups; Long-Term Care; Disease Management; Life Change Events; Life Course Perspective; Self Concept |
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