Archive of articles written by Center for Aging and Health/Division of Geriatric Medicine staff
Quarter 4 of 2006

Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD

Two recent articles by Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD - full resume with all publications can be requested by emailing Dr. Busby-Whitehead at marigold@med.unc.edu.

Boyington J, Howard D, Gooden K, Carter-Edwards L, Erdem N, Jallah Y, Busby-Whitehead J. Differences in resident characteristics and prevalence of urinary incontinence in nursing homes in the Southeastern United States. Nursing Research, 2006; In Press.

Shubert TE, Schrodt LA, Mercer VS, Busby-Whitehead J, Giuliani CA. Are scores on balance screening tests associated with mobility in older adults? Geriatric PT. 2006; In Press.

Anthony Caprio, MD meets a challenging case re: medication management

The following is quoted from the UNC-CH School of Medicine Office of Educational Development newsletter, Front Line, Vol. 12, Fall 2006.

With permission from the editor of The Front Line, Katherine Savage

“Your third-year student is seeing an elderly patient in your office for follow-up after an emergency department visit for a fall. The patient brings a very long list of medications with her. Although you have prescribed some of these medications..."

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Margaret Helton, MD on treatment possibilities for nursing home patients with dementia and pneumonia

Helton MR, van der Steen JT, Daaleman TP, Gamble G, Ribbe M. A cross-cultural study of physician treatment decisions for demented nursing home patients who develop pneumonia. Ann Fam Med 2006; 4:221–227.

A recent article by Ellen Roberts, PhD, MPH - full resume with all publications can be requested by emailing Dr. Roberts at ellen_roberts@med.unc.edu
Stewart TJ, Roberts E, Eleazar P, Boland R, Wieland D. "Reliability and validity issues for two common measures of medical students' attitudes toward older adults." Educational Gerontology. 32:409–421, 2006. Click here to read a copy of this article.

Two recent articles by Lea Watson, MD, MPH - full resume with all publications can be requested by emailing Dr. Watson at lea_watson@med.unc.edu.

Watson LC, Lehmann S, Samus Q, Baker A, Harper M, Brandt J, Steele C, Rabins P, Rosenblatt A, Lyketsos C. Depression in assisted living Is common and related to physical burden. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Oct; 14 (10):876–883.

Lewis CL, Kistler CE, Amick HR, Watson LC, Bynum DL, Walter LC, Pignone MP. Older adults’ attitudes about continuing cancer screening in late life: a pilot interviewing residents of two continuing care retirement communities. BMC Geriatrics 2006 Aug 3: 6 (1): 10

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