Joan Hyde

University of Massachusetts, Boston, Gerontology, Faculty Member

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Fellow at the Gerontology Institute, UMass/Boston, since 1985. Research areas include senior housing and services for older people, especially those with dementia. Also Assisted Living owner/operator since 1993 and currently CEO of Ivy Hall Senior Living, a research, consulting and management group.
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Introduction: Staying Put

Routledge, Dec 20, 2018

The Importance of a Consumer Perspective in Home Adaptation of Alzheimer’s Households

Staying Put: Adapting the Places Instead of the People

Vol. 47, Special Issue III, 51–67 Dementia and Assisted Living

Purpose: This article presents an overview of what is known about dementia services in assisted l... more Purpose: This article presents an overview of what is known about dementia services in assisted living set-tings and suggests areas for future research. Design and Methods: We undertook a search of Medline, the Journals of Gerontology, and The Gerontologist. We then organized publications dealing with the target subject into 10 topic areas and reviewed them. Results: The article describes the demo-graphic characteristics of cognitively impaired resi-dents in assisted living and related residential settings in the United States, the services they receive, and process and structural elements both in spe-cialized dementia units and in integrated assisted living settings. Finally, we review the literature on methodological issues regarding research in this area. Implications: It is important to generate re-search on processes as well as outcomes, such as dignity, individualized and pleasurable experiences, and freedom from pain and discomfort. We make recommendations for both content ar...

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Fostering Adaptive Housing: An Overview of Funding Sources, Laws, and Policies

ScholarWorks at UMass Boston Evaluation of the Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly Memory Support Initiative Evaluation of the Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly Memory Support Initiative

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Effet de l'environnement sur la santé comportementale des résidents des unités de soins spécifiques pour la maladie d'Alzheimer

Objectif : Nous avons mesure de facon systematique les associations entre les caracteristiques en... more Objectif : Nous avons mesure de facon systematique les associations entre les caracteristiques environnementales du design des unites de soins et leur incidence sur les comportements d'agression, d'agitation, de retrait social, de depression, et les problemes psychotiques chez les personnes atteintes de la maladie d'Alzheimer ou d'une pathologie apparentee. Methodes : Nous avons developpe et teste un modele de sante critique lie aux caracteristiques environnementales de l'amenagement d'unites de soins pour les personnes atteintes de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Nous avons utilise des techniques statistiques hierarchiques lineaires afin d'evaluer les associations entre sept caracteristiques environnementales et les mesures de comportements realisees chez 427 residents dans 15 unites de soins specifiques. Les mesures de comportement incluaient les echelles d'agression physique, d'agitation verbale et de comportements agressifs de Cohen-Mansfield (CMA...

Book Review: Health care for an aging society: Cost conscious community care and self care approaches

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 1989

Home Adaptation for Alzheimer's Households

Technology and Disability

Staying Put

The assisted living residence: A vision for the future

... InFlUEnCES on toMorrow'S aSSIStEd lIVInG rESIdEnCES 6 the Future of assisted living: Res... more

Evaluation of the Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly Memory Support Initiative

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The Encyclopedia of Housing, 2012

P1-036 Assessment of treatment effectiveness in severe dementia

Neurobiology of Aging, 2004

Environmental Correlates to Behavioral Health Outcomes in Alzheimer's Special Care Units

The Gerontologist, 2003

Purpose: We systematically measured the associations between environmental design features of nur... more Purpose: We systematically measured the associations between environmental design features of nursing home special care units and the incidence of aggression, agitation, social withdrawal, depression, and psychotic problems among persons living there who have Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. Design and Methods: We developed and tested a model of critical health-related environmental design features in settings for people with Alzheimer's disease. We used hierarchical linear modeling statistical techniques to assess associations between seven environmental design features and behavioral health measures for 427 residents in 15 special care units. Behavioral health measures included the Cohen-Mansfield physical agitation, verbal agitation, and aggressive behavior scales, the Multidimensional Observation Scale for Elderly Subjects depression and social withdrawal scales, and BEHAVE-AD (psychotic symptom list) misidentification and paranoid delusions scales. Statistical controls were included for the influence of, among others, cognitive status, need for assistance with activities of daily living, prescription drug use, amount of Alzheimer's staff training, and staff-to-resident ratio. Although hierarchical linear modeling minimizes the risk of Type II-false positive-error, this exploratory study also pays special attention to avoiding Type I error-the failure to recognize possible relationships between behavioral health characteristics and independent variables. Results: We found associations between each behavioral health measure and particular environmental design features, as well as between behavioral health measures and both resident and nonenvironmental facility variables. Implications: This research demonstrates the potential that environment has for contributing to the improvement of Alzheimer's symptoms. A balanced combination of pharmacologic, behavioral, and environmental approaches is likely to be most effective in improving the health, behavior, and quality of life of people with Alzheimer's disease.

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A Report from the 2006 CEAL Quality Summit

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... Mary St. Pierre National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (www.ncgnp.org) Kar... more