phone: 529-1317

fax: 521-1297

e-mail: jd.adachi@sympatico.ca

Osteoporosis; clinical trials; pharmacoeconomics; quality of life; databases.

Publications:

Adachi, J.D. (1999). Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. New Dimensions in Osteoporosis, 1(2), 2-10.

Adachi, J.D., & Bensen, W.G. (1999) Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. Part I: Pathophysiology, clinical features and assessment. Mature Medicine, 2, 77-80.

Adachi, J.D., & Bensen, W.G. (1999). Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. Part II: Prevention and treatment. Mature Medicine, 2, 133-137.

Bensen, W.G., Bensen, W., & Adachi, J.D. (1999). Conquering rheumatoid arthritis: New paradigms of management. The Journal of the Canadian Rheumatology Association, 8, 8-13.

Adachi, J.D. (1998). Alendronate for osteoporosis. Canadian Family Physician, 44, 327-332.

Adachi, J.D. (1998). Cyclical etidronate therapy in the prevention and treatment of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. Rev Contemp Pharmacother, 9, 267-275.

Adachi, J.D., Bensen, W.G., & Cividino, A. (1998). Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. J Am Med Women's Assoc., 53, 25-30.

Adachi, J.D., Arlen, D., Webber, C.E., Chettle, D.R., Beaumont, L.F., & Gordon, C.L. (1998). Is there any association between the presence of bone disease and cumulative exposure to lead? Calc Tissue Int, 63, 429-432.

MacIntyre, N.J., Muller, M.E., Adachi, J.D., & Webber, C.E. (1998). The non-invasive measurement of trabecular bone structure. Current Topics in Radiology, 1, 19-33.

Saag, K.G., Emkey, R., Schnitzer, T., Brown, J.P., Hawkins, F., Goemaere, S., Thamsborg, G., Liberman, U.A., Delmas, P.D., Malice, M.P., Czachur, M., Daifotis, A., Lane, N., Correa-Rotter, R., Yanover, M., Westhovens, R., Epstein, S., Adachi, J.D., Poubelle, P., Melo-Gomes, & Rodriguez-Portales, J.A. for the Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis Intervention Study Group. (1998). Alendronate for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 339, 292-299.

Papaioannou, A., Parkinson, W., Adachi, J.D., O'Connor, A., Jolly, E.E., Tugwell, P.S., & Bedard, M. (1998). Women's decisions about hormone replacement therapy following education and bone densitometry. CMAJ, 159, 1253-1257.

Rosner, A.J., Grima, D.T., Torrance, G.W., Bradley, C., Adachi, J.D., Sebaldt, R.J., & Willison, D.J. (1998). Cost effectiveness of multi-therapy strategies in the prevention of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal osteoporotic women. Pharmacoeconomics, 14, 559-573.

Ray, J.G., & Adachi, J.R. (1998). Anticonvulsants and bone disease: A systematic overview of their association and possible preventive strategies. Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 5, 217-223.

Adachi, J.D., Pack, S., & Chines, A.A. (1997). Intermittent etidronate and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis (correspondence). New England Journal of Medicine, 337, 1921.

Osteoporosis Quality of Life Study Group. Measuring quality of life in women with osteoporosis. (1997). Osteoporosis International, 7, 478-487.

Adachi, J.D., Bensen, W.G., Brown, J., Hanley, D., Hodsman, A., Josse, R., Jovaisas, A., Kendler, D.L., Olszynski, W., Pope, J.E., Ste-Marie, L.G., Tenenhouse, A., Sturtridge, W.C., Anastassiades, T.P., Hanly, J.G., Dias, R., Horowitz, Z.D., Lentle, B., Pack, S., & Chines, A. (1997). Intermittent cyclical etidronate therapy in the prevention of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 337, 382-387.

Adachi, J.D., Bell, M.J., Bensen, W.G., Bianchi, F., Cividino, A., Sebaldt, R.J., Gordon, M., Ioannidis, G., & Goldsmith, C. (1997). Fluoride therapy in the prevention of rheumatoid arthritis induced bone loss. Journal of Rheumatology, 24, 2308-2313.

Sambrook, P.N., Cummings, S.R., Eisman, J.A., Genant, H.K., Eastell, R., Reginster, J.Y., Dequeker, J., Silverman, S., Adachi, J.D., & Tugwell, P. (1997). Guidelines for osteoporosis trials. Journal of Rheumatology, 24, 1234-1236.

Cranney, A., Tugwell, P., Cummings, S., Sambrook, P., Adachi, J., Silman, A., Gillespie, W.J., Felson, D., Shea, B., & Wells, G. (1997). Osteoporosis clinical trials endpoints: Candidates variables and clinimetric properties. Journal of Rheumatology, 24, 1222-1229.

Bensen, W.G., Bensen, W., & Adachi, J.D. (1997). Back to the future: The pyramids of rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 24, 1023-1027.

Dyson, K., Blimkie, C.J., Davison, K.S., Webber, C.E., & Adachi, J.D. (1997). Gymnastics training and bone density in preadolescent females. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 29, 443-450.

Hodsman, A.B., Fraher, L.J., Watson, P.H., Ostbyte, T., Adachi, J.D., Taves, D.H., & Drost, D. (1997). A randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of cyclical parathyroid hormone versus cyclical parathyroid hormone and sequential calcitonin to improve bone mass in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis. Journal of Clinical Endocrinol Metabolism, 82, 620-628.

Papaioannou, A., Adachi, J.D., Gagnon, M., Turpie, I., Cividino, A., Beckingham, A.C., & Butson, T. (1997). A model for osteoporosis education of students and health professionals. Drug Information Journal, 31, 287-291.

Adachi, J.D., Sargeant, E.J., Sagle, M.A., Lamont, D., Fawcett, P.D., Bensen, W.G., McQueen, M., Nazir, D.J., & Goldsmith, C.H. (1997). A double blind randomized controlled trial of medroxyprogesterone acetate in postmenopausal women who have had a hysterectomy and who are taking estrogen replacement therapy. Br J Obstet Gynecol, 104, 64-70.

Adachi, J.D., Steele, M., Gordon, M., Bensen, W.G., Bianchi, F., Cividino, A., Craig, G.L., Sebaldt, R., Sturtridge, W.C., Themeles, E., Roberts, & Gent M. (1997). Nasal salmon calcitonin in the prevention of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. B J Rheum, 36, 255-259.

Adachi, J.D. (1997). Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis. Am J Med Sci, 313, 41-49.

Scientific Advisory Board Osteoporosis Society of Canada. (1996). Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. Can Med Assoc J, 155, 1113-1133.

Hodsman, A., Adachi, J., & Olszynski, W. (1996). Use of biphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis. Can Med Assoc J, 155, 945-948.

Adachi, J.D., Bensen, W.G., Bianchi, F., Cividino, A., Pillersdorf, S., Sebaldt, R.J., Tugwell, P., Grodon, M., Steele, M., Webber, C., & Goldsmith, C.H. (1996). Vitamin D and calcium in the prevention of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis: A three year follow-up. Journal of Rheumatology, 23, 995-1000. (Reply: Journal of Rheumatology, 24, 407).

Gordon, C.L., Webber, C.E., Adachi, J.D., & Christoforou, N. (1996). In-vivo assessment of trabecular bone structure at the distal radius from high resolution computed tomography images. Phys Med Biol, 41, 495-508.

Sebaldt, R.J., Adachi, J.D., Bensen, W.G., Bianchi, F., Cividino, A., Craig, G.L., Cranney, A., Kaminska, E., Gordon, M., Steele, M., & Goldsmith, C. (1996). Intermittent cyclic therapy with etidronate prevents corticosteroid-induced bone loss: Two years of follow-up. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 103(suppl), 101-103.

Goeree, R., O'Brien, B., Pettitt, D., Cuddy, L., Ferraz, M., & Adachi, J.D. (1996). An assessment of the burden of illness due to osteoporosis in Canada. SOGC(suppl July), 15-24.

Adachi, J.D. (1996). Current treatment options for osteoporosis. Journal of Rheumatology, 23(suppl 45), 11-14.

Adachi, J.D. (1996). Diagnostics: The correlation of bone mineral density and biochemical markers to fracture risk. Calcif Tissue Int, 59, S16-S19.

Adachi, J.D., Cranney, A., Goldsmith, C.H., Bensen, W.G., Bianchi, F., Cividino, A., Craig, G.L., Kaminska, E., Sebaldt, R.J., Papaioannou, A., Boratto, M., Gordon, M., & Steele, M. (1994). Intermittent cyclic therapy with etidronate in the prevention of corticosteroid-induced bone loss. Journal of Rheumatology, 21, 1922-1926.

Adachi, J.D. (1995). The latest treatments of osteoporosis. Journal SOGC, 17, 1216-1221.

Research Grants:

Structural integrity of trabecular bone.

Investigators: Webber, C.E., Adachi, J.D.

Funding Agency: MRC

Term of Grant: 1999-2003

Amount of Grant: $132 954

Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study

Investigators: Tenehouse, A., et al

Funding Agency: MRC/PMAC ($525 000)

MRC ($225 668)

Term of Grant: 1998-2003

Evaluation of Conventional versus Innovative standing frame for Treatment of Osteoporosis after spinal cord injury.

Investigators: Craven, B.C., Adachi, J.D., McGillivary, C.F., Bugaresti, J.M., Pepper, J., Johnson, R., & Nantais, T.

Funding Agency: ONF

Term of Grant: 1999-2001

Amount of Grant: $96 000

Efficacy of home-based exercise for improving quality of life and reducing risk of future fractures among elderly women with symptomatic osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., McCartney, N., Webber, C., Adachi, J., Parkinson, W., & Gagnon, M.

Funding Agency: Drummond Foundation

Term of Grant: 1998-2000

Amount of Grant: $79 698

Calculation of the burden of illness attributable to osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Canada.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Adachi, J.D., Parkinson, W., & Bedard, M.

Funding Agency: Proctor and Gamble

Term of Grant 1998-1999

Amount of Grant: $35 000

The effects of ICT-etidronate in renal transplantation.

Investigators: Arlen, D., & Adachi, J.D.

Funding Agency: Proctor and Gamble

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $15 000

Osteoporosis treatment patterns in patients after bone density assessment.

Investigators: Sebaldt, R., Adachi, J.D., Brazil, K., Mather, D., & Wiktorowicz, M.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $9 300

MGD-420

phone: 525-9140, ext.23953

fax: 521-8995

e-mail: agarwal@mcmaster.ca

Human resource management; human resource planning; workforce diversity (including older workers); employee pay/reward system; pay equity; employment equity.

Research Grants:

Research on mandatory vs. flexible retirement policy.

Investigators:

Funding Agency: Sack, Charney, Goldblatt & Mitchell

Amount of Grant: $8 000

Research on policy options on mandatory retirement exceptions clause

Funding Agency: The Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel

Term of Grant: 1999

Amount of Grant: $13 000

KTH-309B

phone: 525-9140, ext. 23789

fax: 577-4667

e-mail: aronsonj@mcmaster.ca

Women's paid and unpaid caring work and elderly women as recipients of care; the material and ideological shaping of their everyday experiences by social policies; innovative patterns and networks of support and care outside traditional family ties.

Publications:

Aronson, J. (forthcoming). Conflicting images of older people receiving care: Challenges for reflexive practice and research. In S. Neysmith (ed.) Critical Issues for Future Social Work Practice with Aging Persons. New York: Colombia University Press, 33pp.

Aronson, J. (1998). Dutiful daughters and undemanding mothers: Constraining images of giving and receiving care in middle and later life. In C. Baines, P. Evans, and S. Neysmith (eds.) Women's Caring: A Feminist Perspective on Social Welfare. Second Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, pp.114-138.

Aronson, J. (1998). Doing research on lesbians and caregiving: Disturbing the ideological foundations of family and community care. In J. Ristock & C. Taylor (eds.) Sexualities and Social Action: Lesbian, Gay and Queer Studies Inside the Academy and Out. University of Toronto Press, pp.161-182.

Aronson, J., & Neysmith, S. (1997). The retreat of the state and long-term care provision: Implications for frail elderly people, unpaid family carers & paid home care workers. Studies in Political Economy, 53, 37-66.

Neysmith, S., & Aronson, J. (1997). Working conditions in home care: Negotiating race and class boundaries in gendered work. International Journal of Health Services, 27(3), 479-499.

Aronson, J., & Neysmith, S. (1996). The work of visiting homemakers in the context of cost-cutting in long term care. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 87(6), 422-425.

Aronson, J. & Neysmith, S. (1996). You're not just in there to do the work: Depersonalizing policies and the exploitation of home care workers' labour. Gender and Society, 10(1), 59-77.

Neysmith, S., & Aronson, J. (1996). Home care workers discuss their work: The skills required to 'use your common sense'. Journal of Aging Studies, 10(1), 1-14.

Aronson, J., Thornewell, C., & Williams, K. (1995). Wife assault in old age: Coming out of obscurity. Canadian Journal on Aging, 14(2), 72-88.

Aronson, J. (1994). Old people having a say? Public consultation on long term care reform. Women and Environments, 14(1), 11-14.

Research Grants:

Elderly women receiving care at home: Missing voices in the changing policy context of long-term care.

Investigator: Aronson, J.

Funding Agency: SSHRC

Term of Grant: 1998-2001

Amount of Grant: $43 100

Missing voices in long-term care policy making: Elderly women and women with disabilities receiving home care.

Investigator: Aronson, J.

Funding Agency: National Network on Environments and Women's Health Grant

Term of Grant: 1998-1999

Amount of Grant: $9 324

The degradation of social service work: Social workers' experiences of the impact of government cuts.

Investigator: Sammon, S., & Aronson, J.

Funding Agency: Labour Studies Research Grant, McMaster

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $1 199

Holbrook Building

phone: 521-2100, ext. 73654

fax: 521-7927

e-mail: barreca@hhsc.ca

Development of predictive tools for stroke outcome; promotion of evidence based practice in the field of gerontology; greater understanding of cognition and motivation as it applies to stroke survivors.

Publications:

Barreca, S., Finlayson, A., Gowland, C., & Basmajian, J.V. (1999). Use of the Halstead Category Test as a cognitive predictor of functional recovery in the hemiplegic upper limb: A cross-validation study. The Clinical Neurologist, 13(1), 1-11.

Oczkowski, W. & Barreca, S. (1997). Neural network modeling accurately predicts the functional outcome of stroke survivors with moderate disability. Archives of Physical Medicine, 8, 340-345.

Galea, V. & Barreca, S. (1997). Electromyographic and kinematic analyses of the hemiplegic upper limb in early stroke. Archives of Physical Medicine, 78(8), 913.

Research Grants:

Evaluation and clinical training procedures to elicit consistent and reliable yes/no responses from clients with ABI.

Investigators: Barreca, S., Velikonjoa, D., Davis, L., Brown, L.

Funding Agency: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation

Term of Grant: 1999 - 2001

Amount of Grant: $51 038

A multicentre prospective study to evaluate the neuromotion Walkaide, a neuromuscular stimulator for dropfoot in stroke rehabilitation.

Investigators: Griffiths, J., Barreca, S., Sanderson, B., & Lam, K.

Funding Agency: Neuromotion

Term of Grant: 1998-2000

Amount of Grant: $22 848 (U.S.)

Development of the Chedoke-McMaster Upper Extremity Disability Inventory: A new stroke outcome measure.

Investigators: Barreca, S., Gowland, C., Torresin, W., Stratford, P., Huijbregts, M., Vanhullenaar, S.

Funding Agency: Chedoke-McMaster Foundation

Term of Grant: 1996-1998

Amount of Grant: $20 000

Study of motor recovery in the hemiplegic upper limb.

Investigators: Barreca, S., Gowland, C., Torresin, W., Stratford, P., Huijbregts, M., vanHullenaar, S.

Funding Agency: Specialized Rehabilitation, Chedoke Division.

Term of Grant: 1996-1998

Amount of Grant: $15 000

Analysis of motor recovery in the hemiplegic upper extremity: Cognitive and motor predictive variables of arm and hand function and the impact of upper limb dysfunction on the degree of handicap experienced by stroke survivors.

Investigator: Barreca, S.

Funding Agency: Hamilton District O.P.A.

Term of Grant: 1995-1996

Amount of Grant: $1 000

School of Nursing

HSC-3H47B

phone: 525-9140, ext.22725

fax: 521-8834

e-mail: bensong@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Cardiac illness, particularly women with coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and their rehabilitation.

Publications:

Benson, G., Arthur, H., & Rideout, E. (1997). Women and heart attack: A study of women's experiences. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 8(3), 16-23.

Research Grants:

Women and heart attack: A study of women's experiences.

Investigators: Benson, G., Arthur, H., & Rideout, E.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Community Foundation, McGregor Clinic Fund

Term of Grant: March 1995

Amount of Grant: $1500

Funding Agency: Zonta Club of Hamilton 1

Term of Grant: May 1995

Amount of Grant: $1500

Funding Agency: Zonta Club of Hamilton 2

Term of Grant: March 1995

Amount of Grant: $1000

Funding Agency: Auxiliary to the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital

Term of Grant: February 1995

Amount of Grant: $150

Driving abilities; caregiver burden; methodological and statistical issues; drug prescribing; nutrition; treatment.

Publications:

Bedard, M., Chambers, L., Molloy, D.W., Lever, J.A., Stones, M.J., Martin, N.J. (forthcoming). The impact of Alzheimer's disease on caregivers is gender specific. Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Stephens, C.A., Pedlar, D., Lever, J.A. (forthcoming). Factors predicting institutionalization in cognitively impaired older individuals: A longitudinal study. Clinical Gerontologist.

Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Lever, J.A. (forthcoming). Factors associated with motor vehicle crashes in cognitively impaired older adults. Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Disorders.

Papaioannou, A., Parkinson, W., Adachi, J., O'Connor, A., Jolly, E., Tugwell, P., Bedard, M. (1998). Efficacy for comprehensive counselling for decisions about hormone therapy. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 159, 1253-1257.

Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Guyatt, G.H., Standish, T. (1998). Self-administered and interviewer-administered instruments for dementia. Clinical Gerontologist, 19, 25-35.

Patterson, C., Molloy, D.W., Jubelius, R., Guyatt, G.H., Bedard, M. (1997). Provisional educational needs of health care providers in palliative care in three nursing homes in Ontario. Journal of Palliative Care, 13, 13-17.

Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Pedlar, D., Lever, J.A., Stones, M.J. (1997). Associations between dysfunctional behaviours, gender and burden in spousal caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 9, 277-290.

Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Patterson, C., Guyatt, G.H., North, J., Jubelius, R., Hassard, J., Willison, K., Darzins, P., Harrison, C. (1997). Attitudes, training issues, and barriers for community nurses implementing advance directive program. Perspectives, 21, 2-8.

Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Guyatt, G.H., Stones, M.J., Strang, D.S. (1997). Competency to drive in cognitively impaired older adults. Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 30, 346-352.

Molloy, D.W., Guyatt, G.H., Goeree, R., Capretta, R., Urbanyi, M., Flett, N., Bedard, M., King, D. (1997). A comprehensive health-care directive for competent and incompetent residents of a home for the aged. Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 30, 339-345.

Patterson, C., Molloy, D.W., Guyatt, G.H., Bedard, M., North, J., Hassard, J., Willison, K., Jubelius, R., Darzins, P. (1997). Systematic application of an advance health care directive in the community. Canadian Journal of Nursing Administration, (May-June), 96-108.

Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Guyatt, G.H., Lever, J. (1996). Dysfunctional Behaviour Rating Instrument. International Psychogeriatrics, 8(suppl), 333-341.

Strang, D., Gagnon, M., Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Darzins, P.J., Etchells, E., Davidson, W. (1996). National survey on the attitudes of Canadian physicians towards drug-detailing by pharmaceutical representatives. Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 29, 474-478.

Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Standish, T., Guyatt, G.H., D'Souza, J., Mondadori, C., Darzins, P. (1996). Ensaios clmnicos em adultos isodos prejumzo cognitivo: Avaliagues no lar versus na clmnica. Focus em Demjncia, 1, 22-24.

Standish, T., Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Layne, E.C., Murry, E.A., Strang, D.S. (1996). Improved reliability of the Standardized Alzheimer's Disease Scale (SADAS) compared to the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS). Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 44, 712-716.

Molloy, D.W., Silberfeld, M., Darzins, P., Guyatt, G.H., Singer, P.A., Rush, B., Bedard, M., Strang, D. (1996). Measuring capacity to complete an advance directive. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 44, 660-664.

Molloy, D.W., Lever, J.A., Bedard, M., Guyatt, G.H., Butt, G.M. (1996). Burden in care-givers of older adults with impaired cognition: The relationship with dysfunctional behaviours, daily living and mood. Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 29, 151-154.

Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Standish, T., Guyatt, G.H., D'Souza, J., Mondadori, C., Darzins, P. (1995). Clinical trials in cognitively impaired older adults: Home versus clinic assessments. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 43, 1127-1130.

Molloy, D.W., Lever, J., Vandenberg, A., Principi, E., Tuttle, I., Strang, D., Salama, S.S., Bedard, M., Naglie, G. (1995). Effects of the geriatric assessments in elderly orthopedic patients on length of hospital stay. Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 28, 399-402.

Harrison, C., Molloy, D.W., Darzins, P., Bedard, M. (1995). Should people do unto others as they would not want done to themselves? Journal of Clinical Ethics, 6, 14-19.

Davidson, W., Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M. (1995). Physician practice characteristics and prescribing behaviour: Association with morbidity and mortality among their elderly patients in New Brunswick. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 152, 1227-1234.

Lever, J.A., Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Eagle, D.J. (1995). Pilot study examining the effects of a new policy of least restraint. Perspectives, 19, 3-8.

Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Davidson, W., Somers, G. (1994). "Busy" practices revisited (editorial). Humane Medicine, 10, 170-171.

Davidson, W., Molloy, D.W., Somers, G., Bedard, M. (1994). Relation between physician characteristics and prescribing for elderly people in New Brunswick. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 150, 917-921.

Lever, J.A., Molloy, D.W., Eagle, D.J., Butt, G., Bedard, M., Millar, P., Stiles, T. (1994). Use of physical restraints and their relationship to medication use in four different institutional settings. Humane Medicine, 10, 17-27.

Research Grants:

Exploring the relationship between medication management and hospital admission among the elderly.

Investigators: Fletcher, P.C., Bedard, M., MacPhee, R.

Funding Agency: Wilfred Laurier University

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $300

Longitudinal analysis of quality of care using St. Peter's Hospital Minimum Data Set.

Investigators: Bedard, M., Richardson, J., Hirdes, J.P., Stones, M.J., Braun E.A., Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital Foundation

Term of Grant: April 1998-April 1999

Amount of Grant: $20 000

An atlas of prescribing in long-term care facilities of Ontario.

Investigators: Levine, M., Papaioannou, A., Bedard, M.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health, Policy Branch

Term of Grant: April 1998-April 1999

Amount of Grant: $26 350

Osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures in Canada.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Parkinson, B., Bedard, M., Adachi, J.A.

Funding Agency: Proctor and Gamble

Term of Grant: March 1998-March 1999

Amount of Grant: $34 800

Uses of clinical data from a Memory Clinic.

Investigators: Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Lever, J., Dubois, S.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Foundation

Term of Grant: October 1997- April 1998

Amount of Grant: $2 000

Development and testing of a computer program to detect potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults residing in long-term care facilities.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Bedard, M., Flett, N., Gagnon, M., Campbell, G., Brown, L., Millar, P., Darzins, P.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St. Joseph's Hospital

Term of Grant: September 1997-August 1998

Amount of Grant: $9 969

Analysis of clinical data from a Memory Clinic.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Lever, J.A.

Funding Agency: Halton-Wentworth Alzheimer Foundation Inc.

Term of Grant: July 1997 - July 1998

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Validity and reliability of an assessment instrument for drug detailing.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Strang, D., Gagnon, M., Guyatt, G., Bedard, M., Darzins, P.

Funding Agency: MRC/PMAC Health Program

Term of Grant: December 1996- November 1998

Amount of Grant: $202 966

Computerized recording of assessments by physicians and nurses.

Investigators: Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Lever, J., Dubois, S.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Foundation

Term of Grant: October 1996 - April 1997

Amount of Grant: $2 000

Data acquisition and entry: Combining two processes into one.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Lever, J. Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Foundation

Term of Grant: September 1995 - April 1996

Amount of Grant: $2 000

Study of 5FU and Levamisole neurotoxicity during adjuvant therapy of colorectal cancer.

Investigators: Figueredo, A.T., Molloy, D.W., Standish, T., Bedard, M., Dobranowski, J., Markus, J.B., Rathbone, M.P., Chouinard, E., Fawcett, S., McCulloch, P., Goodyear, M.D.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Radiology Associates and General Electric of Canada

Term of Grant: March 1995 - February 1997

Amount of Grant: $11 000

A proposal to standardize the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS).

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Standish, T., Bedard, M., Guyatt, G.H.

Funding Agency: NHRDP

Term of Grant: September 1994 - April 1995

Amount of Grant: $40 400

Development of a standardized, comprehensive, "Ideal Drug Detail".

Investigators: Gagnon, M., Strang, D.G., Molloy, D.W., Darzins, P.J., Etchells, E., Bedard, M.

Funding Agency: Physician Services Incorporated

Term of Grant: September 1994 to April 1995

Amount of Grant: $40 000

Systematic application of a health care directive.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Guyatt, G.H., Goeree, R., Willan, A., Harrison, C., O'Brien, B., Bedard, M., Patterson, C., Hwalek, M.

Funding Agency: Agency for Health Care Policy and Development

Term of Grant: June 1994 - May 1998

Amount of Grant: $1 225 488 (U.S.)

Assessing competency.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Darzins, P., Guyatt, G.H., Silberfeld, M., Singer, P., Etchells, E., Naglie, G., Bedard, M., Strang, D.

Funding Agency: Government of Ontario

Term of Grant: March 1994 - November 1994

Amount of Grant: $630 000

CNH-310

phone: 525-9140, ext.23719

fax: (905) 777-8316

e-mail: bishop@mcmaster.ca

Humanistic gerontology; creative writing on aging and old age by caregivers and students; imaginative writing, especially narratives and the impressions they promote about aging and old age; the practical value some imaginative writings have for seniors; the role and effects of popular images in advertising, journalism, etc.

Publications:

Brittain, V. (1998). Letters from a lost generation: The First World War Letters of Vera Brittain. A. Bishop (ed). Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Brittain, V. (1989). Wartime chronicle: Diary 1939-1945. A. Bishop (ed). London: V. Gollancz.

Bishop, A. (1988). Gentleman rider: A life of Joyce Cary. London: Joseph.

Brittain, V. (1986). Chronicle of friendship: Diary of the Thirties, 1932-1939. A. Bishop (ed). London: Gollancz.

Brittain, V. (1985). Testament of a generation: The journalism of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby. P. Berry & A. Bishop (eds). London: Virago.

Brittain, V. (1981). War diary, 1913-1917: Chronicle of Youth. A. Bishop (ed). London: V. Gollancz.

School of Nursing

3N28H

phone: 525-9140 ext. 22726

fax: 521-8834

e-mail: blackm@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Motivational aspects of health behaviour and self-schema of older persons; mammography and cervical screening; participatory action research; falls prevention; impact of social support and mutual aid on health of the elderly; seniors health promotion; self medication.

Publications:

Whall, A., Black, M., Groh, C., Yankou, D., Kupferschmid, B., & Foster, N. (1997). The effect of natural environments upon agitation and aggression in late stage dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 12(5), 221-226.

Black, M.E. (1995). What did popular magazines from 1929 to 1948 say about breast cancer? Cancer Nursing, 18(4), 270-277.

Ploeg, J., Black, M.E., Hutchison, B.G., Walter, S.D., Scott, E.A., & Chambers, L.W. (1994). Personal, home and community safety promotion with community-dwelling elderly persons: Response to a public health nurse intervention. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 85(3), 188-191.

Black, M.E., Ploeg, J., Walter, S.D., Hutchison, B.G., Scott, E.A., & Chambers, L.W. (1993). The impact of a public health nurse strategy on influenza vaccine acceptance. American Journal of Public Health, 83(12), 1751-1753.

phone: 573-7777 ext. 8315

fax: 573-4808

e-mail: brazilk@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Programme evaluation; health care research in the elderly; self-management training in chronic illness.

Publications:

Brazil, K., Jewell, A., Lyle, C., Ciccarelli, L., Stanton, S. (1998). Assessing the impact of staff development on nursing practice. The Journal of Nursing Staff Development, 14(4), 1-7.

Brazil, K., Bolton, C., Ulrichson, D., Knott, C. (1998). Substituting home care for hospitalization: The role of a quick response service for the elderly. Journal of Community Health, 23(1), 29-43.

Brazil, K., Thomas, D. (1995). The role of volunteers in a hospital based palliative care service. Journal of Palliative Care, 11(3), 40-42.

MacNaughton, V., Brazil, K. (1995). The impact of a Wound and Skin Team on the prevalence of pressure ulcers in a chronic care hospital. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 21(2), 45-49.

Papaioannou, A., Wiktorowicz, M., Adachi, J., Brazil, K., Papadimitropoulos, R. (1997). How commonly do physicians attribute hip fractures to osteoporosis in acute care? Clinical and Investigative Medicine, 4(1), S22.

Papadimitropoulos, R., Papaioannou, A., Wiktorowicz, M., Adachi, J., Brazil, K., Goeree, R., Coyte, P., Josse, R., Greenwood, C. (1997). Where do Canadian hip fracture patients go one year post-discharge from acute care hospitals, and what is the cost of their follow-up care? Journal of Bone Mineral Research, 12(1), S366.

Research Grants:

Development of a resource centre for evidence-based long-term care.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Royale, J., Cripps, D., North, J., Lilly, G., LeClair, K., Montemuro, M.

Funding Agency: Interdisciplinary Aging and Health Program, McMaster University

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $7 000

Evaluation of the transitional care service.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Fletcher, P., Bedard, M., MacPhee, R.

Funding Agency: Meadowcroft Homes Corporation

Term of Grant: 1998-1999

Amount of Grant: $7 500

Development of a community hospital network for aging research in the St. Joseph's Health Care System. Phase II

Investigators: Brazil, K., MacLeod, S.

Funding Agency: Foundations of the St. Joseph's Health Care System

Term of Grant: 1998-2001

Amount of Grant: $966 427

Managing the transition from hospital to home: Strategies to assist family members caring for the stroke survivor.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Roberts, J.

Funding Agency: FSORC

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $6 500

Investigating patterns of service utilization in palliative care: Implications for service planning and delivery.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Sandberg Tschopp, A.

Funding Agency: Richardson Greenshields Foundation

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $19 000

A Day Hospice for Brant County: A Needs Assessment.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Sandberg Tschopp, A., Lohfeld, L., Trevor, A., DeRonde, B.

Funding Agency: St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation, Brantford

Term of Grant: 1997

Amount of Grant: $9 698

Factors influencing women's health seeking behaviours and the implications for health promotion strategies. Phase I: Instrument Development.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Wiktorowicz, M., Lewis, D., Adachi, R., Papaioannou, A., Sebaldt, R.

Funding Agency: FSORC

Term of Grant: 1997

Amount of Grant: $8 120

The current pattern of practice in the care of patients at risk for the development of osteoporotic fractures.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Adachi, J., Siminoski, K., Sebaldt, R., Goldsmith, C., Papaioannou, A., Wiktorowicz, M.

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly Canada

Term of Grant: 1997-1999

Amount of Grant: $80 000

Economic implications of hip fractures in Ontario.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Wiktorowicz, M., Papaioannou, A., Adachi, J., Papadimitropoulos, E.

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly Canada

Term of Grant: 1996-1998

Amount of Grant: $65 000

Development of a community hospital network for aging research in the St. Joseph's Health Care System.

Investigators: Brail, K., MacLeod, S.

Funding Agency: Foundations of the St. Joseph's Health Care System

Term of Grant: 1996-1998

Amount of Grant: $585 000

Promoting evidence-based decision-making in health care, what works and what doesn't: A systems approach.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Tranmer, J., Wilson, R., Musiner, J., Swan, B., Johnson, J., Gerlach, J.

Funding Agency: National Health Forum

Term of Grant: 1995-1996

Amount of Grant: $40 000

Evaluation of a geriatric nursing education initiative for registered nurses and registered practical nurses.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Jewell, A., Lyle, C.

Funding Agency: Registered Nursing Association of Ontario Research Fund

Term of Grant: 1995-1996

Amount of Grant: $1 000

An evaluation of the effects of long-term care policy reform on clients, caregivers and service providers.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Stadnyk, R., Greaves, G., Weber, C., Minnes, P., Bickenbach, J.

Funding Agency: Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Health Unit, Home Care Division

Term of Grant: 1995-1996

Amount of Grant: $37 000

Evaluation of the Quick Response Demonstration Project.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Ulrichson, D., Bolton, C.

Funding Agency: Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington Health Unit, Home Care Division

Term of Grant: 1994-1996

Amount of Grant: $23 000

Professor, School of Nursing

Room 3N46

phone: 525-9140 ext. 22293

fax: 528-5099

e-mail: browneg@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Family function and social support; prevalence and predictors of adjustment among the chronically ill; health care delivery research; clinical research into the effectiveness of clinical interventions; economic evaluation; cognitive-behavioural counselling interventions.

Publications Highlights:

Browne, G. (1999). Happenings: Evidence that informs practice and policy: The role of strategic alliances at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 31(1), 79-94.

Roberts, J.G., Browne, G., Milne, C., Spooner, L., Gafni, A., Drummond-Young, M., LeGris, J., Watt, S., LeClair, K., Beaumont, L., & Roberts, J.N. (1999). Problem-solving counselling for caregivers of cognitively impaired: Effective for whom? Nursing Research, 48(3), 162-172.

MacIntyre, I., Corradetti, P., Roberts, J., Browne, G., Watt, S., & Lane, A. (1999). Pilot study of a visitor volunteer programme for community elderly people receiving home health care. Short Papers. Health and Social Care in the Community, 7(3), 225-232.

Browne, G., Byrne, C., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Watt, S., Haldane, S., Thomas, I., Ewart, B., Schuster, M., Underwood, J., Flynn Kingston, S., & Rennick, K. (1999). Benefitting all the beneficiaries of social assistance: The 2-year effects and expense of subsidized versus non-subsidized quality child care and recreation. National Academies of Practice Forum: Issues in Interdisciplinary Care, 1(2), 131-142.

Hay, W.I., van Ineveld, C., Browne, G., Roberts, J., Bell, B., Mills, M., Chambers, L., Gafni, A., & Macpherson, S. (1998). Prospective care of elderly patients in family practice, part 4: Is screening effective? Canadian Family Physician, 44, 2677-2687.

Weir, R., Browne, G., Byrne, C., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Thompson, A., Walsh, M., & McColl, L. (1998). The efficacy and efficiency of the Quick Response Program: A randomized controlled trial. Canadian Journal on Aging, 17(3), 272-295.

Markle-Reid, M., Browne, G., & Roberts, J. (1998). Home care: Client characteristics and patterns of service utilization predictive of acute hospitalization. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 12(1).

Browne, G., Watt, S., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., & Byrne, C. (1997). Within our reach: Evidence-based practice resulting from alliances in health and social services. Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners, 1(2), 1-14.

Watt, S., Roberts, J., Browne, G., & Gafni, A. (1997). Age, adjustment and costs: A study of chronic illnesses. Social Science and Medicine, 44(10), 1483-1490.

Weir, R., Stewart, L., Browne, G., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Easton, S., & Seymour, L. (1997). The efficacy and effectiveness of process consultation in improving staff morale and absenteeism. Medical Care, 35(4), 334-353.

Weir, R., Browne, G., & Roberts, J. (1996). Shadow and substance: Values and knowledge. Guest editorial and discourse. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 28(3), 3-6.

Browne, G., Roberts, J., & Byrne, C. (1996). Intersectoral research shows ways to cut wisely. The Canadian Nurse, 92(9), 20.

Drummond-Young, M., LeGris, J., Browne, G., Pallister, R., & Roberts, J. (1996). Interactional styles of out-patients with poor adjustment to chronic illness receiving problem-solving counselling. Health and Social Care in the Community, 4(6), 317-329.

Byrne, C., Bell, B., Roberts, J., Browne, G., Jamieson, E., & Vandervlist, I. (1996). Problems of people who use primary care in Ontario, Canada: Implications for the complementary role of the nurse practitioner. Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners, 1(1), 1-7.

Weir, R., Browne, G., Tunks, E., Gafni, A., & Roberts, J. (1996). Gender differences in psychosocial adjustment to chronic pain and costs of health care services used. Clinical Journal of Pain, 12, 277-290.

Stevens, B., Stockwell, M., Browne, G., Dent, P., Gafni, A., Martin, R., & Anderson, M. (1995). Evaluation of a home-based traction program for children with congenital dislocated hip and Legg Perthes disease. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 27(4), 133-150.

Jamieson, E., Roberts, J., & Browne, G. (1995). The feasibility and accuracy of anonymized record linkage to estimate shared clientele among three health and social service agencies. Methods of Information in Medicine, 34(4), 371-377.

Browne, G., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Weir, R., Watt, S., & Byrne, C. (1995). More effective and less expensive: Lessons from 5 studies examining community approaches to care. Health Policy, 34(2), 95-112.

Roberts, J., Browne, G., Streiner, D., Gafni, A., Pallister, R., Hoxby, H., & Meichenbaum, D. (1995). Problem-solving counselling or phone call support for outpatients with chronic illness: Effective for whom? The Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 27(3), 111-137.

Hay, W.I., Browne, G., Roberts, J., & Jamieson, E. (1995). Prospective care of elderly patients in family practice Part 3: The prevalence of unrecognized treatable health concerns among the elderly, by age, gender and user group. Canadian Family Physician, 41, 1695-1710.

Roberts, J., Browne, G., Streiner, D., Gafni, A., Pallister, R., Hoxby, H., Jamieson, E., & Meichenbaum, D. (1995). The effectiveness and efficiency of health promotion in specialty clinic care. Medical Care, 33, (9).

Browne, G. (1995). McMaster launches major dysthymia study. Canadian Health Care Manager, 2(3), 17-20.

Browne, G., Roberts, J., Byrne, C., Underwood, J., Jamieson, E., Schuster, M., Cornish, D., Watt, S., & Gafni, A. (1995). Public health nursing clientele shared with social assistance: Proportions, characteristics and policy implications. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 86(3), 155-161.

Majumdar, B., Browne, G., & Roberts, J. (1995). The prevalence of multicultural groups receiving in-home service from three community agencies: Implications for accessibility in cultural sensitivity training. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 86(3), 206-211.

Browne, G., Byrne, C., Roberts, J., & Sword, W. (1994). Methodological challenges in coping and adaptation research. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 26(3), 89-96.

Browne, G., Watt, S., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., & Byrne, C. (1994). A system-linked research unit on health and social services utilization. The Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 26(3), 97-101.

Watt, S., Roberts, J., Browne, G., & Gafni, A. (1994). Women and chronic illness. The Canadian Journal of Ob/Gyn and Women's Health Care, 6(7), 707-711.

Browne, G., Roberts, J., Watt, S., Gafni, A., Stockwell, M., & Alcock, S. (1994). Community rehabilitation: Strategies, outcomes, expenditures. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 8(1), 11-24.

Weir, R., Browne, G., Roberts, J., Tunks, E., & Gafni, A. (1994). The meaning of illness questionnaire: Further evidence for its reliability and validity. Pain, 58, 377-386.

Milne, C., Sacco, C., Cetinski, G., Browne, G., & Roberts, J. (1994). Correlates of well-being among caregivers of cognitively impaired relatives. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 26(1), 27-39.

Stockwell, M., Stevens, B., Browne, G., Dent, P., Gafni, A., Anderson, M., & Martin, R. (1994). An innovative model of system-linked community care: Home based traction as an alternative to institutionalized treatment. Nursing Connections, 7(1), 5-17.

Majumdar, B., Roberts, J., Browne, G., Maclean, M., & Carpio, B. (1993-1994). Non-verbal communication in cross-cultural encounters. Cultural Health, 10(1&2), 207-228.

Research Grants:

Community-based HIV/AIDS services evaluation unit: The effects and expense of intersectoral models of community-based care for people infected and affected with HIV/AIDS.

Investigators: Browne, G., Robinson, G., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Byrne, C., Weir, R., Crook, J., Majumdar, B., Willms, D., & Guenter, D.

Funding Agency: AIDS Bureau, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

Term of Grant: 1999 - 2004

Amount of Grant: $2 767 800

A study of the costs and effectiveness of a flexible client-driven approach to in-home service delivery.

Investigators: McWilliam, C., Stewart, M., Donner, A., Vingilis, E., Hoch, J., Coyte, P., Ward-Griffin, C., & Browne, G.

Funding Agency: MRC

Term of Grant: April 2000-2004

Amount of Grant: $368 248

The prevalence, correlates and costs of psychosocial issues in advanced stage prostate cancer in Central West Ontario.

Investigators: Bryant-Lukosius, D., Reyno, L., Sathya, J., Neville, A., Rath, D., Mings, D., Carson, J., & Browne, G.

Funding Agency: Research Development Fund, McMaster University

Term of Grant: March 1999

Amount of Grant: $11 060

Prevalence of mood disorder (dysthymia or depression) in men with prostate cancer and feasibility study: The predictive value of two different sources of data regarding the affective state of men with prostate cancer.

Investigators: Ingram, D., Reyno, L., Browne, G., Gafni, A., & Roberts, J.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre Foundation

Term of Grant: February 1999

Amount of Grant: $12 000

The effects and expense of an early health promotion/rehabilitation intervention in an elderly home care population.

Investigators: Wishart, L., Richardson, J., Roberts, J., Browne, G., Gafni, A., Wilkins, S., & Shadwick, S.

Funding Agency: Health Transition Fund

Term of Grant: March 1998 - December 2000

Amount of Grant: $225 920

The prevalence, correlates and comparative costs of depression in patients with end stage renal disease undergoing dialysis.

Investigators: Weir, R., Howe, A., Ludwin, D., Browne, G., Roberts, J., & Gafni, A.

Funding Agency: The Kidney Foundation of Canada

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $39 598

Immigrant women and their children: The effectiveness and efficiency of an intersectoral health promotion strategy via English as a second language. A comparison of proactive in-home resources via English as a second language to traditional English as a second language classes.

Investigators: Byrne, C., Browne, G., Sword, W., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Rico, I., Kun, K., & Busser, D.

Funding Agency: The Hamilton Community Foundation

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $15 000

An RCT of the effectiveness and efficiency of pharmacotherapy consultative services for providers and clients of in-home health care services.

Investigators: Browne, G., Willison, D., Gafni, A., & Levine, M.

Funding Agency: MRC

Term of Grant: 1996-1998

Amount of Grant: $247 197

Best practice continuing care models: Focus on persons with dementias.

Investigators: Roberts, J., Browne, G., & Gafni, A.

Funding Agency: NHRDP, Health Canada

Term of Grant: April - November 1996

Amount of Grant: $39 300

Evaluation of Hamilton-Wentworth Quick Response Service.

Investigators: Willison, D., Browne, G., Olson, D., Smith, S., Mandy, P., & Muggah, B.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: April-June 1996

Amount of Grant: $28 000

The quick response programme involving the home care programme for Metropolitan Toronto and the Humber Memorial and Etobicoke General Hospitals: The need, acceptability, capacity, safety, effects and expense from hospital and home care points of view.

Investigators: Weir, R., Browne, G., Byrne, C., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Thompson, A., Merrill, C.F., McColl, L. & Walsh, M.

Funding Agency: Humber Memorial Hospital, Etobicoke General Hospital and Metropolitan Toronto Home Care Program

Term of Grant: December 1995 to March 1996

Amount of Grant: $33 600

A programme of evidence-based planning and policy development of health and social services for seniors at a regional level.

Investigators: Browne, G., Chambers, L., Watt, S., Roberts, J., Weir, R., Crook, J., & Rosenthal, C.

Funding Agency: ECAH

Term of Grant: March 1994 to March 1995

Amount of Grant: $29 000

Assessment of respite needs: Caregivers of cognitively impaired persons living in the Halton community.

Investigators: Roberts, J., Browne, G., Watt, S., & Denton, M.

Funding Agency: New Horizons Grant, Seniors Independence Program, Health and Welfare Canada

Term of Grant: 1994-1995

Amount of Grant: $18 541

The effectiveness and efficiency of phone call support for poorly adjusted chronically ill adults who had attended specialty clinics.

Investigators: Roberts, J., Browne, G., Pallister, R., Gafni, A., & Streiner, D.

Funding Agency: NHRDP

Term of Grant: 1994-1995

Amount of Grant: $19 750

A randomized trial of the effectiveness, benefits and comparative costs of Zoloft (Sertraline) vs. Interpersonal psychotherapy, alone or in combination for people with dysthymia in primary care.

Investigators: Browne, G., Steiner, M., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Byrne, C., Dunn, E., Bell, B., Chalkin, L., Mills, M., Wallik, D., & Kramer, J.

Funding Agency: MRC-PMAC and Pfizer Canada Inc.

Term of Grant: 1994-1998

Amount of Grant: $3 172 500

A randomized trial of the costs, effects and benefits of Zoloft (Sertraline), placebo vs. Interpersonal therapy along or in combination for dysthymic patients in primary care.

Investigators: Browne, G., Steiner, M., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Byrne, C., & Dunn, E.

Funding Agency: Pfizer Canada Inc.

Term of Grant: April 1994 - December 1994

Amount of Grant: $25 000

The behaviour and expenditure outcomes of children receiving the Halton Co-operative Mental Health Programme.

Investigators: Pallister, R., Browne, G., Roberts, J., & Gafni, A.

Funding Agency: Halton Board of Education and the Roman Catholic School Board

Term of Grant: May to October 1994

Amount of Grant: $10 000

A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness and efficiency of problem solving counselling for caregivers of the cognitively impaired living at home.

Investigators: Roberts, J., Browne, G., Milne, C., Spooner, L., Gafni, A., Watt, S., Drummond-Young, M., LeGris, J., & LeClair, K.

Funding Agency: Alzheimer Society of Canada

Term of Grant: April 1994 to March 1996

Amount of Grant: $98 735

Room 3X19

phone: 521-2100 ext. 76477

fax: 521-4965

e-mail: butson@hhsc.ca

Prevalence of pressure ulcers in the elderly; restraint use in older hospitalized adults; falls, risk factors and effective strategies for minimizing falls.

Publications:

Papaioannou, A., Adachi, J., Gagnon, M., Turpie, I., Cividino, A., Beckingham, A. & Butson, T. (1997). A Model for Osteoporosis Education of Students and Health Professionals. Drug Information Journal, 31, 287-291.

Butson, T. & Edwards, M. (1997). Perceptions of family caregiving for elderly patients in acute care. In M.J. McLean (ed) Wisdom from the Field. McMaster University Educational Centre on Aging and Health.

Gerontological Studies

KTH - 230A

phone: 525-9140, ext. 24943

fax: 525-4198

e-mail: lcampbe@mcmaster.ca

Men's filial caregiving; sibling ties in middle and later life; marital status transitions; transition to permanent singlehood.

Publications:

Campbell, L.D., & Martin-Matthews, A. (in press). Primary and proximate: The importance of co-residence and being primary provider of care for men's filial care involvement. Journal of Family Issues, (forthcoming).

Campbell, L.D., & Martin-Matthews, A. (in press). Caring sons: Exploring men's involvement in filial care. Canadian Journal on Aging, (forthcoming).

Campbell, L.D., Connidis, I.A., Davies, L. (1999). Sibling ties in later life: A social network analysis. Journal of Family Issues, 20(1), 114-149.

Campbell, L.D. (1996). Caring sons: Exploring the context of caregiving. In G. Joseph (ed.), Difficult Issues in Aging in Difficult Times (monograph), pp.1-19. Department of Family Studies, University of Guelph.

Martin-Matthews, A., & Campbell, L.D. (1995). Gender roles, employment and informal care. In S. Arber & J. Ginn (eds.) Connecting Gender and Aging: A Sociological Approach, pp.129-143. Buckingham, U.K.: Open University Press.

Connidis, I.A., & Campbell, L.D. (1995). Closeness, confiding and contact among siblings in middle and later adulthood. Journal of Family Issues, 16(6), 722-745.

phone: 546-3531

fax: 546-2856

e-mail: chambers@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Development of community health indicators; community health report cards (concepts and structure); research methodology in the health sciences (teaching and evaluation); health care controlled trials; innovative approaches to university/community collaboration; quantification in quality of health care assessment; continuing education for users of health research information.

Publications:

Krueger, P.D., Raina, P., Braun, E.A., Patterson, C., Chambers, L.W. (in press). Prevalence and risk factors of hypothyroidism: Findings from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Canadian Journal on Aging.

Raina, P., Dukeshire, S., Scanlan, A., Chambers, L., Lindsay, J. (1999). Beyond mortality and hospitalization data: Self-reported injuries among seniors. Canadian Journal on Aging, 18(3), 328-347.

Raina, P., Dukeshire, S., Wong, M., Scanlan, A., Chambers, L.W., Lindsay, J. (1999). Patterns of self-reported health care use among injured and uninjured older adults. Age and Aging, 28, 316-318.

Hay, I.W., van Ineveld, C., Browne, G., Roberts, J., Bell, B., Mills, M., Chambers, L.W., Gafni, A., Macpherson, S. (1998). Prospective care of elderly patients in family practice: Is screening effective? Canadian Family Physician, 44, 2677-2687.

Loney, P.L., Chambers, L.W., Bennett, K.J., Roberts, J.G., Stratford, P.W. (1998). Critical appraisal of the health research literature: Prevalence and incidence of a health problem. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 19(4), 170-176.

Raina, P., Dukeshire, S., Lindsay, J., Chambers, L.W. (1998). Chronic conditions and disabilities among seniors: An analysis of population based health and activity limitation surveys. Annals of Epidemiology, 8, 402-409.

Charles, C., Chambers, L.W., O'Brien, B., Goldsmith, L., Haynes, B. (1996). Provider-patient communication among elderly and non-elderly patients in Canadian hospitals: A national survey. Journal of Health Communication, 8(3), 281-302.

Durand, P., Chambers, L.W., Krueger, P., Grek, A., Charles, C. (1995). Predictors of caregivers' dissatisfaction with community long term care services for seniors: Results from the Canadian Study on Health and Aging. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 86(5), 325-332.

Patterson, C., Chambers, L.W. (1995). Geriatric series: Preventive health care. Lancet, 345, 1611-1615.

Canadian Study on Health and Aging Team. (1994). Patterns of caring for persons with dementia in Canada: The Canadian Study on Health and Aging, 4(13), 470-487.

Canadian Study on Health and Aging Team. (1994). The Canadian Study on Health and Aging: Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease in Canada. Neurology, 44, 2073-2079.

Canadian Study of Health and Aging Team. (1994). Canadian Study of Health and Aging: Study methods and prevalence of dementia. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 150(6), 899-913.

Ploeg, J., Black, M.E., Hutchison, B.G., Scott, A.F., Chambers, L.W. (1994). Personal, home and community safety promotion with community-dwelling elderly: Response to a public health nurse intervention. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 85(3), 188-191.

Greb, J., Chambers, L.W., Gafni, A., Goeree, R., Labelle, R. (1994). Interprovincial comparisons of public and private sector long term care facilities for the elderly in Canada. Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, 20(3), 278-296.

Research Grants:

Networks to improve continuity of care for individuals with dementia and their families/caregivers.

Investigators: Lemieux-Charles, L., Chambers, L.W., Brazil, K., Cohen, C., Cockerill, R., LeClair, K., Jaglal, S., Montemuro, M.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

Term of Grant: 1999-2001

Seniors Health Investigations Network (SHINE).

Investigators: Ounpuu, S., Anand, S., Chambers, L.W., Lonn, E., McQueen, M., Negassa, A., Richardson, J., Williams, Wood, G., Yusuf, S.

Funding Agency: Inter-Agency Program on Aging and Health, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation.

Term of Grant: 1998-1999

Socio-economic dimensions of an aging population.

Investigators: Spencer, B., Abernathy, T., Ballantyne, P., Beland, F., Birch, S., Burbidge, J., Chambers, L.W., Denton, F., Denton, M., French S., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., Liaw, K., Macpherson, A., Magee, L., Martin-Matthews, A., McDonald, L., Moore, E., Mountain, D., Ploeg, J., Raina, P., Robb, A., Robertson, A., Rosenburg, Rosenthal, C., Scarth, W., Stoddart, G.

Funding Agency: A Major Collaborative Research Initiative Grant of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Term of Grant: 1999-2004.

Amount of Grant: $1 924 978

Development of aging research on four theme areas in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Investigator: Chambers, L.W.

Funding Agency: The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation

Term of Grant: 1998-2001

Alzheimer's and other dementias: Changes in health and health care.

Investigator: Chambers, L.W.

Funding Agency: INSERM/MRC International Scientific Exchange Award. Institut National de la Sante de la Recherche Medical (INSERM) and the Medical Research Council of Canada.

Term of Grant: 1998-1999.

Effects of Alzheimer's and other dementias on changes in caregiver health and health care.

Investigator: Chambers, L.W., Raina, P.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada.

Term of Grant: 1997-1998.

The independence and financial security of the elderly population.

Investigators: Burbidge, J., Chambers, L.W., Denton, F., Denton, M., French, S., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., Macpherson, A.S., Magee, L., Mountain, D., Robb, A., Rosenthal, C., Veall, M., Robb, R., Matthews, M., Marshall, V., McDonald, P.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program. Health Canada.

Term of Grant: 1995-1997.

Population Health Promotion Workshops.

Investigators: VanBerkel, C., Underwood, J., Hale-Tomasik, H., Chambers, L.W.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Branch.

Term of Grant: 1995-1996.

Follow-up to the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, McMaster Centre.

Investigators: Chambers, L.W., Raina, P., Patterson, C., Braun, A., Grek, A.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program, Health Canada.

Term of Grant: 1995-1997

Follow-up to the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, Hamilton Centre.

Investigators: Chambers, L.W., Raina, P.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program, Health Canada.

Term of Grant: 1995-1996.

The independence and financial security of the elderly population.

Investigators: Spencer, B., Burbidge, J., Chambers, L.W., Denton, F., Denton, M., French, S., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., MacPherson, A., Magee, L., Mountain, D., Robb, A., Rosenthal, C., Veall, M., Robb, R., Matthews, M., Marshall, V., McDonald, P.

Funding Agency: National Health Research Development Program, Health Canada.

Term of Grant: 1995-1997.

Increasing the research capacity of long term care agencies in the community.

Investigator: Chambers, L.W.

Funding Agency: The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation

Term of Grant: 1996-1999.

The impact of screening and case finding for the elderly in primary care on their financial status, targeted health status costs.

Investigators: Hay, I., Browne, G., Gafni, A., Chambers, L.W., Macpherson, A.S.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program, Health Canada.

Term of Grant: 1991-1994.

Identification of public health intervention studies and systematic reviews in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.

Investigators: Chambers, L.W., Underwood, J., Montano, L., Hayward, S., Ciliska, D.

Funding Agency: Teach Health Unit Program, Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Public Health Department.

Term of Grant: 1994-1995.

Long term care alternative consultation project.

Investigators: Browne, G., Watt, S., Chambers, L.W., Stolle, P., LeClair, K.

Funding Agency: Education Centre on Aging and Health

Term of Grant: 1994-1995.

Population Health-Promotion Workshops.

Investigators: VanBerkel, C., Underwood, J., Hale-Tomasik, H., Chambers, L.W.

Funding Agency: Public Health Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: 1995-1996.

Health priorities analysis unit.

Investigator: Chambers, L.W.

Funding Agency: Educational Centre for Aging and Health

Term of Grant: 1993-1996.

BSB-335

phone: 525-9140 ext. 23518

fax: 546-0463

e-mail: chouinar@mcmaster.ca

Theories of the state and law; feminist, materialist, 'post-structuralist and postmodern perspectives and their implications for geographic research; urban policy, policy struggles and social consequences; methodologies of historical research in human geography; explanations of trends in Canadian social housing policy; urban social movements; historical development of cities and urban planning; the role of class and gender in urban politics and legal struggles; feminist geography: concepts, methods and applied research; feminist perspectives on urban development and planning; disabled women, the state and political organizing; critical philosophies of science.

Publications:

Chouinard, V. (in press). Structure and agency: Contested concepts in human geography. Canadian Geographer.

Chouinard, V. (accepted for publication). Challenging law's empire: Rebellion, incorporation and changing geographies of power in Ontario's legal clinic system. Studies in Political Economy.

Chouinard, V. (1997). Making space for disabling differences: Challenging ableist geographies (guest editorial essay). Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 15(4), 379-386.

Chouinard, V. (1996). Like Alice through the looking glass: Accommodating disabilities in academe. Resource for Feminist Research, 24(3/4), 3-11.

Chouinard, V. (1996). Gender and class identities in process and in place: Local state as a site of gender and class formation. Environment and Planning A, 28, 1485-1506.

Chouinard, V., & Grant, A. (1995). On being not even anywhere near the 'project': Ways of putting ourselves in the picture. Antipode, 27(2), 137-166.

Chouinard, V. (1994). Geography, law and legal struggles: Which ways ahead? Progress in Human Geography, 18(4), 415-440.

Chouinard, V. (1994). Reinventing radical geography: Is what's left right? (Guest editorial commentary). Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 12(1), 2-6.

Research Grants:

Disabled women's activism in Canada

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Term of Grant: 1995-1998

Amount of Grant: $59 171

State regulation and the uneven development of Ontario's legal clinics.

Term of Grant: 1992-1995

Amount of Grant: $68 000

HSC-2C11

McMaster

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22900

fax: 577-0017

St. Joseph's

phone: 521-6079

fax: 521-6068

e-mail: debcook@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Critical care medicine; iron deficiency in hospitalized elderly; quality of life in women with osteoporosis; stroke strengthening.

Publications:

Cook, D.J., Giacomini, M., Johnson, N., & Willms, D., for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. (1999). Life support technology in the ICU: A qualitative investigation of purposes. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 161(9), 1109-1113.

Walter, S., Cook, D.J., Guyatt, G.H., Spanier, A., Jaeschke, R., Todd, T., & Streiner, D.L., for the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. (1998). Confidence in life support decisions in the ICU: A survey of health care workers. Critical Care Medicine, 26(1), 44-49.

Kernerman, P.K., Cook, D.J., & Griffith, L.E. (1997). Documenting life support preferences in hospitalized patients. Journal of Critical Care, 12(4), 155-160.

Smieja, M.J., Cook, D.J., Hunt, D.L., Ali, M., & Guyatt, G.H. (1996). Recognizing and investigating iron deficiency in the hospitalized elderly. Canadian Medical Association, 155(6), 691-696.

Cook, D.J., Guyatt, G.H., Jaeschke, R., Reeve, J., Spanier, A., King, D., Molloy, D.W., Willan, A., & Streiner, D. For the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. (1995). Determinants in Canadian health care workers of the decision to withdraw life support from the critically ill. JAMA, 273(9), 703-708.

Cook, D.J., Adachi, R., Austin, P., & Clifton, J. (1994). Quality of life in women with osteoporosis. Canadian Journal of Ob/Gyn and Women's Health Care, 6(7), 712-715.

Cook, D.J., Guyatt, G.H., Adachi, J.D., et al. (1993). Quality of life in women with vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 36(6), 750-756.

Research Grants:

Stroke strengthening study II: A randomized continuing trial.

Co-Investigators: Cook, D.J., & Goldsmith, C.

Funding Agency: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Term of Grant: 1996

Amount of Grant: $100 606

Quality of life in women with osteoporotic vertebral fractures II: Evaluation of validity, reproducibility and responsiveness.

Principal Investigator: Cook, D.J.

Co-Investigators: Adachi, J.D., & Guyatt, G.

Funding Agency: Merck, Sharpe, and Dohme

Term of Grant: 1992-1994

Amount of Grant: $109 632

Levels of care for critically ill patients: Ethnographic assessment.

Principal Investigator: Cook, D.J.

Co-Investigators: Giacomini, M., & Willms, D.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1996-1997

Amount of Grant: $33 196

Levels of care for ICU patients: An observational prospective study.

Principal Investigator: Cook, D.J.

Co-Investigators: Guyatt, G.H., Jaeschke, R.Z., Streiner, D.L., & Walter, S.W.

Funding Agency: Physicians' Services Incorporated.

Term of Grant: 1996-1997

Amount of Grant: $52 000

Survival and quality of life following critical illness with acute renal failure.

Investigators: Fuller, H., Cook, D.J., Carlisle, E., & Guyatt, G.H.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: 1996-1997

Amount of Grant: $23 400

Institute of Applied Health Sciences Room 403

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22597

fax: 524-0069

e-mail: cooperb@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Environments (physical); colour vision and aging; assistive devices and environmental controls.

Publications:

Green, S., & Cooper, B. (Accepted for publication). Occupation as a quality of life constituent: A nursing home perspective. British Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Cooper, B. (1999). The utility of colour cuing: Seniors' views. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 13(3), 186-202.

Strong, S., Rigby, P., Stewart, D., Law, M., Letts, L., & Cooper, B. (1999). Application of the person-environment-occupation model: A practical tool. The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(3), 122-133.

Cooper, B., & Stewart, D. (1997). The effect of a transfer device in the homes of elderly women. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 15(2), 61-77.

Law, M., Cooper, B., Strong, S., Stewart, D., Rigby, P., & Letts, L. (1996). Person-environment model of occupational performance. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63(1), 9-23.

Sanford, J., Cooper, B., Swanson, L., & Ward, M. (1995). Interprofessional education in gerontology: A problem-based model. Gerontology and Geriatrics in Education, 16(2), 37-51.

Law, M., Cooper, B.A., Stewart, D., Letts, L., Rigby, P., & Strong, S. (1994). Person-environment relations. Work: Journal of Assessment, Prevention and Rehabilitation, 4(4), 228-238.

Letts, L., Law, M., Rigby, P., Cooper, B., Stewart, D., & Strong, S. (1994). Environmental Assessments: A Critical Review. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48(7), 608-618.

Research Grants:

Towards understanding the health economic benefits of environmental control devices: Evaluation of outcomes, benefits and psychosocial impact.

Investigators: Ryan, S., Rigby, P., Jutai, J., Cooper, B., & Naumann, S.

Funding Agency: Ontario Neurotrauma Incentive Programme (ONIP)

Term of Grant: 1998-2000

Amount of Grant: $78 730

Development of a standard for accessibility of automated banking machines for persons with disabilities and seniors.

Investigators: Geoff, F., & Cooper, B.

Funding Agency: The Canadian Bankers Association

Term of Grant: 1996

Amount of Grant: $66 076

Developing clinical education in rehabilitation.

Investigators: Members of the Ontario Council of Universities Programmes in Rehabilitation Science

Funding Agency: Ministry of Health (Ontario)

Term of Grant: 1995-1996

Amount of Grant: $1 000 000

Substudy: Maximizing the use of existing clinical sites.

Co-ordinator: Barbara Cooper

Term of Grant: 1995-1997

Amount of Grant: $80 000

HSC-3V46

phone: 525-9140, ext. 76714

fax: 521-4971

e-mail: denburgs@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Nervous system lupus; sertraline in autoimmunity and neuro-behavioural dysfunction.

Publications:

Denburg, S.D., & Denburg, J.A. (1999). Cognitive dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus. In Lahita, R.G. (ed) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 3^rd edition. San Diego: Academic Press, p. 611-629.

Denburg, J.A., Denburg, S.D., Carbotte, R.M., Sakic, B., & Sechtman, H. (1998). In Shoenfeld, Y. (ed.) The Decade of Autoimmunity. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science BV, p.119-125.

Sakic, B., Gurunlian , L., & Denburg, S.D. (1998). Reduced aggressiveness and low testosterone levels in autoimmune MRL-lpr males. Physiol Behav, 63, 305-309.

Brey, R.L., Sakic, B., Szechtman, H., & Denburg, J.A. (1997). Animal models for nervous system disease in systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 823, 97-106.

Sakic, B., Szechtman, H., & Denburg, J.A. (1997). Neurobehavioural alterations in autoimmune mice. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 21, 337-340.

Szechtman, H., Sakic, B., & Denburg, J.A. (1997). Behaviour of MRL mice: An animal model of disturbed behaviour in systemic autoimmune disease. Lupus, 6, 223-229.

Denburg, S.D., Carbotte, R.M., & Denburg, J.A. (1997). Cognition and mood in SLE: Evaluation and pathogenesis. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 823, 44-59.

Denburg, S.D., Carbotte, R.M., & Denburg, J.A. (1997). Psychological aspects of SLE: Cognitive function, mood and self-report. Journal of Rheumatology, 24, 998-1002.

Denburg, S.D., Carbotte, R.M., Ginsberg, J.S., & Denburg, J.A. (1997). The relationship of antiphospholipid antibodies to cognitive function in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 3, 377-386.

Research Grants:

An investigation of two intensities of warfarin for the prevention of recurrent thromboembolism in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (Multi-centred clinical trial).

Investigators: Ginsberg, J.S., Denburg, J.A., & Gent, M.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1997-2000

Amount of Grant: $56 941

Warfarin prophylaxis in SLE patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (Multi-centred clinical trial).

Investigators: Mitchell, L., Ginsberg, J., Andrew, M., Denburg, S., Gent, M., Silverman, E., Crowther, M., & Denburg, J.A.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1998-2001

Amount of Grant: $162 938

Lupus as a model of depression.

Investigators: Denburg, S.D., & Denburg, J.A.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1999-2002

Amount of Grant: $51 504

KTH-413

phone: 525-9140, ext. 24595

fax: 521-8232

e-mail: dentonf@mcmaster.ca

Econometrics; population economics; economic-demographic simulation.

Publications:

Denton, F., & Spencer, B.G. (Forthcoming). Population aging and its economic costs: A survey of the issues and evidence. Canadian Journal on Aging.

Denton, F., Fretz, D., & Spencer, B.G. (Forthcoming). Independence and economic security in old age. UBC Press.

Denton, F., & Spencer, B.G. (1999). The changing economic circumstances of the older population: A cohort analysis. In L. Stone (ed.), Cohort Flow and the Consequences of Population Aging: An International Analysis and Review, Statistics Canada.

Denton, F., Mountain, C., & Spencer, B.G. (1999). Age, trend, and cohort effects in a macro model of Canadian expenditure patterns. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.

Denton, F., & Spencer, B.G. (1999). How old is old? Revising the definition based on life table criteria. Mathematical Population Studies, 7(2).

Denton, F., Feaver, C.H., & Spencer, B.G. (1998). Population change in Atlantic Canada: Looking at the past, thinking about the future. Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Research Report Series.

Denton, F., Feaver, C.H., & Spencer, B.G. (1998). The future population of Canada: Its age distribution and dependency relations. Canadian Journal on Aging, 17(1).

Denton, F., Feaver, C.H., & Spencer, B.G. (1998). Student enrollment and faculty renewal: The response of a tenure-based university system to demographic and budgetary shocks. Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 34(1).

Denton, F., & Spencer, B.G. (1998). Population, labour force and long-term economic growth. Policy Options, 19(1).

Denton, F., & Spencer, B.G. (1997). Population aging and the maintenance of social support systems. Canadian Journal on Aging, 16(3).

Denton, F., Mountain, D.C., & Spencer, B.G. (1996). The response of aggregate production to fertility-induced changes in population age distribution. Southern Economic Journal, 62(3).

Denton, F., Gafni, A., & Spencer, B.G. (1995). The SHARP way to plan health care services: A description of the system and some illustrative applications in nursing human resource planning. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 29(2).

Denton, F., Gafni, A., & Spencer, B.G. (1995). Physician supply in Ontario: Further observations on SHARP and the SHARP projections. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 152(9).

Denton, F., & Spencer, B.G. (1995). Demographic change and the cost of publicly funded health care. Canadian Journal on Aging, 14(2).

KTH-230

phone: 525-9140, ext. 23923

fax: 525-4198

e-mail: mdenton@mcmaster.ca

Formal caregiving; health and aging; community health and social services; long-term care; supportive housing; retirement; income equality; women's health.

Publications:

Denton, M.A., Hajdukowski-Ahmed, M., O'Connor, M., & Zeytinoglu, I.U. (eds). (1999). Women's Voices in Health Promotion. Canadian Scholars Press.

Denton, M.A., Zeytinoglu, I.U., Webb, S. & Lian, J. (1999). Occupational health issues in home care work. Canadian Journal on Aging, 18(2), 154-181.

Denton, M., & Walters, V. (1999). Gender differences in structural and behavioural determinants of health: An analysis of the social production of health. Social Science and Medicine, 48, 1221-1235.

Westmorland, M.G., Zeytinoglu, I.U., Pringle, P., Denton, M.A., & Chouinard, V. (1998). The elements of a positive workplace environment: Implications for persons with disabilities. Journal of Work, 10(2), 109-117.

Roberta, R., Denton, M.A., Joshi, A., Lian, J., Gafni, A., Rosenthal, C., & Willison, D. (1999). Valuation of unpaid help by seniors in Canada: An empirical analysis. Canadian Journal on Aging, 18(4), 430-446.

Denton, M.A., Raina, P., Lian, J., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., French, S., Rosenthal, C., & Wilson, D. (2000). Health, age and financial preparations for later life. In B.E. Spencer et al (eds.), Independence and Economic Security in Old Age. University of British Columbia Press.

Denton, M.A. (1997). The linkages between informal and formal care of the elderly. Canadian Journal on Aging, 16(1), 30-50.

Research Grants:

Preparations for later life.

Investigators: Denton, M.A., French, S., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., Martin-Matthews, A., & Rosenthal, C.

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1999 - 2002

Amount of Grant: $60 238

Social and economic dimensions of an aging population.

Investigators: Spencer, B., et al

Funding Agency: SSHRC

Term of Grant: 1999-2004

Amount of Grant: $1 924 978

Workplace change and workers' health in long-term care work.

Investigators: Zeytinoglu, I., et al.

Funding Agency: McMaster Arts Research Board

Term of Grant: 1999 - 2000

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Healthy work environments in community based health and social service agencies.

Investigators: Denton, M., Zeytinoglu, I.

Funding Agency: SSHRCC

Term of Grant: 1996-1999

Amount of Grant: $83 000

HSC-1R1

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22913

fax: 525-7400

e-mail: doering@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Transplants of genetically modified cells and neural stem cells are studied in the central and the peripheral nervous system of laboratory animals used as models of neurodegenerative disorders. The transplants are studied for therapeutic potential to restore neural function and replace the neuronal populations that die in specific brain regions.

Publications:

Doering, L.C. (2000). The components of cell and gene therapy for neurological disorders. In An Introduction to Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine, T.F. Kresina (ed.), Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. In press.

Doering, L.C., & Snyder, E.Y. (2000). Cholinergic expression by neural stem cell grafts to the adult medial septum/diagonal band complex. In press.

Gaspar, E.M., Tokiwa, M.A., & Doering, L.C. (1997). Effects of neurotrophic factors and cell substrates on the differentiation of a sympathoadrenal progenitor cell line. Journal of Neurocytology, 26, 407-422.

Doering, L.C. (1996). Towards gene therapy in the nervous system. In: Gene Therapy and Neurodegeneration (guest editor). Clinical Neuroscience, 4, 259-321.

Dingwell, K.S., Doering, L.C., & Johnson, D.C. (1995). Glycoproteins E and I facilitate neuron-to-neuron spread of herpes simplex virus. Journal of Virology, 69, 7087-7098.

DoeriDoering, L.C., Roder, J.C., & Henderson, J.T. (1995). Ciliary neurotrophic factor promotes the terminal differentiation of v-myc immortalized sympathoadrenal progenitor cells in vivo. Developmental Brain Res, 89, 56-66.

Research Grants:

Modulation of the aging process in genetically modified cells.

Principal Investigator: Doering, L.

Funding Agency: NSERC

Term of Grant: 1994-1998

Amount of Grant: $80 000

KTH- 226

phone: 525-9140, ext. 24124

fax: 525-4198

e-mail: elliotg@mcmaster.ca

Communicating with cognitively impaired elderly, with a focus on DAT and Validation Communication Techniques; cross-cultural awareness in an aging society; intergenerational connections through storytelling.

Publications:

Elliot, G. (1999). Caring in an aging multicultural society: Operating a culturally sensitive practice. Geriatrics and Aging, 2(5).

Ryan, E.B., Elliot, G., & Meredith, S. (1999). From Me to You: Intergenerational Connections Through Storytelling. McMaster University, Hamilton.

Elliot, G. (1999). "Cross-Cultural Awareness in an Aging Society: Effective Approaches for Communication and Caring". McMaster University, Hamilton.

Elliot, G., Hunt, M., & Hutchison, K. (1996). "Facts on Aging in Canada". McMaster University, Hamilton.

Elliot, G. (1995). "A Report on the 'At-Risk' Elderly: A Definition and Programming Options/Ideas". Parks and Recreation Department, The Corporation of the Town of Oakville.

phone: 525-9140, ext. 23344

fax: 522-8804

e-mail: fahnest@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Regulation of NGF and BDNF gene expression; neurotrophin structure/function and expression; neurotrophic factors in Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, depression and spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury; Kallikreins and furins.

Publications:

Holsinger, R.M., Schnarr, J., Henry, P., & Fahnestock, M. (In press). Determination of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA levels by competitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction: Decreased levels in the parietal cortex of Alzheimer's disease patients. Mol. Brain Res.

Osehobo, P., Adams, B., Sazgar, M., Xu, Y., Racine, R.J., & Fahnestock, M. (1999). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor infusion delays amygdala and perforant path kindling without affecting paired pulse measures of neuronal inhibition in adult rats. Neuroscience, 92, 1367-1375.

Fahnestock, M., & Zhu, W. (1999). Expression of human prohormone convertase PC2 in a baculovirus system. DNA & Cell Biol., 18, 407-417.

Adams, B., Ling, E., Vaccarella, L., Ivy, G.O., Fahnestock, M., & Racine, R.J. (1998). Time course for kindling-induced changes in the hilar area of the dentate gyrus: Reactive gliosis as a potential mechanism. Brain Res, 804, 331-336.

Veenstra, T.D., Fahnestock, M., & Kumar, R. (1998). An AP-1 site in the nerve growth factor promoter is essential for 1,25-dihydroyvitamin D₃-mediated nerve growth factor expression in osteoblasts. Biochemistry, 37, 5988-5994.

Racine, R.J., Adams, B., Osehobo, P., & Fahnestock, M. (1997). Neural death, neural growth and neurotrophins in the kindling model of epilepsy. In W.M. Burnham (ed.), Intractable seizures: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention. Plenum, N.Y.

Racine, R.J., Adams, B., Osehobo, P., Milgram, N.W., & Fahnestock, M. (1997). Neuronal growth and neuronal loss in kindling epileptogenesis. In M. Corcoran and S. Moshe (eds.), Kindling V, Raven Press.

Adams, B., Lee, M., Fahnestock, M., & Racine, R. (1997). Long-term potentiation trains induce mossy fiber sprouting. Brain Res, 775, 193-197.

Adams, B., Sazgar, M., Osehobo, P., Van der Zee, C.E.E.M., Diamond, J., Fahnestock, M., & Racine, R.J. (1997). Nerve growth factor accelerate seizure development, enhances mossy fiber sprouting and attenuates seizure-induced decreases in neuronal density in the kindling model of epilepsy. J Neuroscience, 17, 5288-5296.

Fahnestock, M., Scott, S.A., Jetté, N., Weingartner, & Crutcher, K.A. (1996). Nerve growth factor mRNA and protein levels measured in the same parietal cortex tissue from normal and Alzheimer's disease patients. Mol. Brain Res, 42, 175-178.

Young, L.T., Asghari, V., Li, P.P., Kish, S.J., Fahnestock, M., & Warsh, J.J. (1996). Stimulatory G-protein -subunit mRNA levels are not increased in autopsied cerebral cortex from patients with bipolar disorder. Mol Brain Res, 42, 45-50.

St. Amand, D., Pottage, C., Henry, P., & Fahnestock, M. (1996). Method for quantitation of low abundance nerve growth factor mRNA expression in human nervous tissue using competitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. DNA & Cell Biol, 15, 415-422.

Rashid, K., Van der Zee, C.E.E.M., Ross, G.M., Chapman, C.A., Stanisz, J., Riopelle, R.J., Racine, R.J., & Fahnestock, M. (1995). An NGF peptide retards seizure development and inhibits neuronal sprouting in a rat model of epilepsy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 92, 9495-9499.

Van der Zee, C.E.E.M., Rashid, K., Le, K., Moore, K.-A., Diamond, J., Racine, R.J., & Fahnestock, M. (1995). Intraventtricular administration of antibodies to NGF retards kindling and blocks mossy fiber sprouting in adult rats. J. Neuroscience, 15, 5316-5323.

Cowie, A., Ivanco, T.L., & Fahnestock, M. (1994). Mouse NGF promoter upstream sequences do not affect gene expression in mouse fibroblasts. Mol. Brain Res., 27, 58-62.

Fahnestock, M. (1994). The role of kallikreins in growth factor processing: The kallikrein gene family from the African rodent Mastomys. Br. J. Med. Biol. Res., 27, 1885-1990.

Jetté, N., Cole, M.S., & Fahnestock, M. (1994). NGF mRNA is not decreased in frontal cortex of Alzheimer's disease patients. Mol. Brain Res, 25, 242-250.

Fahnestock, M. (1994). Characterization of kallikrein cDNAs from the African rodent Mastomys. DNA & Cell Biol., 13, 293-300.

Research Grants:

Regulation of glial NGF in spinal cord injury.

Investigator: Fahnestock, M.

Funding Agency: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation

Term of Grant: July 1999 to June 2002

Amount of Grant: $ 80 000 per year

Potential regulation of neurotrophic factors and their receptors by Cerebrolysin.

Investigator: Fahnestock, M.

Funding Agency: EBEWE Arnzneimittel GmBH, Austria

Term of Grant: June 1998 to May 2000

Amount of Grant: $30 000 + $6 000 studentship

Role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in major depressive disorder.

Investigator: Fahnestock, M.

Funding Agency: NARSAD

Term of Grant: September 1998 to August 2000

Amount of Grant: $75 000 per year

Regulation of cAMP coupled gene expression in mood disorders.

Investigators: Young, T., & Fahnestock, M.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: October 1998 to September 2000

Amount of Grant: $49 838 per year

Role of neurotrophic factors in epileptogenesis.

Investigators: Racine, R., & Fahnestock, M.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: September 1998 to August 2001

Amount of Grant: $69 589 per year

The role of BDNF in major depressive disorder.

Investigators: Fahnestock, M., & MacQueen, G.

Funding Agency: Stanley Foundation

Term of Grant: July 1997 to June 1999

Amount of Grant: $50 000 U.S. per year

Neurotrophic factor processing enzymes in the CNS.

Investigator: Fahnestock, M.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: April 1996 to March 1999

Amount of Grant: $51 327 per year

IAHS Room 403

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22524

fax: 524-0069

e-mail: finche@mcmaster.ca

Health promotion in aging; musculoskeletal disability in aging.

Publications:

Finch, E., Walsh, M., Thomas, S., Woodhouse, L. (1998). Functional ability perceived by individuals following total knee arthroplasty compared to age-matched individuals without knee disability. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 27, 255-263.

Walsh, M., Thomas, S., Woodhouse, L., Finch, E. (1998). Knee physical impairment and functional limitation: A comparison of individuals one year after total knee arthroplasty to healthy controls. Physical Therapy, 78, 248-258.

Finch, E., Kennedy, D. (1995). The lower extremity activity profile: A health status instrument for measuring lower extremity disability. Physiotherapy Canada, 47(fall), 239-246.

Research Grants:

Functional outcome measures: A comparison of individuals 1 year post total knee anthroplasty with healthy controls.

Investigators: Finch, E., Thomas, S., Woodhouse, L., Kennedy, D., Welsh, P.

Funding Agency: The Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital.

Term of Grant: June 1993 to July 1995

Amount of Grant: $14 000

Stepping Out.

Investigators: Dayler, L., Finch, E., Solomon, P.

Funding Agency: Health Promotion and Program Branch, Health Canada

Term of Grant: July 1997 to April 1998

Amount of Grant: $29 800

phone: 681-3928

e-mail: pfox@idirect.ca

Assessment and treatment of pain in older adults; treatment of contractures in institutionalized older adults; barriers to getting around in the environment for older adults; functional status and disability.

Publications:

Fox, P.L., Raina, P., Jadad, A. (1999). Prevalence and treatment of pain in older adults in nursing homes and other long-term care institutions: A systematic review. CMAJ, 160(3), 329-333.

Fox, P., Richardson, J., McInnes, B., Tait, D. (1997). Bed positioning programs for geriatric patients in a chronic care hospital - A survey. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 15(1), 75-87.

Fox, P.L. (1995). Environmental modifications in the homes of elderly Canadians with disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 17(1), 43-49.

Research Grants:

Development of an evidence-based, user-centred clinical algorithm to assess and treat pain in older adults in long-term care settings.

Investigator: Fox, P.

Term of Grant: 1998-1999.

Amount of Grant: $19 300.

Identifying barriers to the assessment and treatment of pain in patients in long-term care settings by formal caregivers.

Investigator: Fox, P.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital Research Department Fund

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $750.

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22318

fax: 524-5199

e-mail: french@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Determinants of health and well-being of the elderly living in the community.

Publications:

Denton, M.A., Raina, P., Lian, J., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., French, S.E., Rosenthal, C., Willison, D. (1997). The role of health and age in financial preparations for later life. Working Paper No. 21. Hamilton, ON, Canada: Program for Research on the Independence and Economic Security of the Older Population (IESOP), McMaster University.

Research Grants:

Independence and economic security of the elderly.

Principal Investigator: Spencer, B. et al

Funding Agency: NHRDP

Term of Grant: April 1995 to March 1998

Amount of Grant: $519 505

HSC-3V38

phone: 521-2100, ext.73371

fax: 521-4971

The relationship between hyperglycemia and cardiovascular disease; new therapies for treating hyperglycemia in NIDDM; angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and antioxidants for the prevention of macrovascular disease in elderly people with diabetes.

Publications:

Anand, S.S., Yusuf, S., Vuksan, V., Devanesen, S., Montague, P., Keleman, L., Bosch, J., Sigouin, C., Teo, K.K., Lonn, E., Gerstein, H.C., Hegele, R.A., McQueen, M. for the SHARE investigators. (1998). The study of health assessment and risk in ethnic groups (SHARE): Rationale and design. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 14, 1349-1357.

Kwan, T., Gerstein, H.C., Leber, B., Ahuja, S., Carter, R. (1998). Patients with Type 2 Diabetes have a high frequency of the C282Y mutation of the hemochromatosis gene. Clin Invest Med, 21, 251-257.

Meltzer, S., Leiter, L., Daneman, D., Gerstein, H.C., Lau, D., Ludwig, S., Yale, J.F., Zinman, B., Lillie, D., Steering and Expert Committees. (1998). 1998 clinical practice guidelines for the management of diabetes in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 159(suppl. 8), S1-S29.

Gerstein, H.C. (1998). Dysglycemia - a cardiovascular risk factor. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 40(suppl.), S9-S14.

Gerstein, H.C., & Yusuf, S. (1996). Dysglycemia and the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lancet, 347, 949-950.

Vander Meulen, J. & Gerstein, H.C. (1996). Understanding the link between cow's milk protein and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Practical Allergy and Immunology, 11, 22-27.

Research Grants:

Exercise training and insulin resistance in coronary artery disease.

Investigators: McKelvie, R., Gerstein, H.C., & Suskin, N.

Funding Agency: CDA

Term of Grant: 1997-1999

Insulin therapy for preventing cardiovascular disease in IGT and mild diabetes: A pilot study

Investigators: Gerstein, H.C., Yusuf, S.

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly

Term of Grant: 1997-1999

Microalbuminuria, cardiovascular and renal outcomes in the HOPE study (MICRO-HOPE Study).

Investigators: Gerstein, H.C., Zinman, B., Yusuf, S., Taylor, D.W.

Funding Agency: MRC

Term of Grant: Five years

Epidemiologic survey of metabolic, dietary, behavioural and other cardiovascular risk factors and their relationship to carotid atherosclerosis in First Nations.

Investigators: Yusuf, S., Gerstein, H.C., Anand, S., et al.

Funding Agency: Heart and Stroke

Term of Grant: 1998-1999

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acarbose for the prevention of NIDDM.

Co-Investigator: Gerstein, H.C.

Funding Agency: Bayer

Term of Grant: 1995-1999

KTH-325

phone: 525-9140, ext. 23786

fax: 577-4667

Family; grandparenting; elderly married couples; long-term care.

Publications:

Gladstone, J., & Wexler, E. (in press). A family perspective of family-staff interaction in long-term care facilities. Geriatric Nursing.

Gladstone, J., & Reynolds, T. (in press). Responding to changing corporate paradigms: The role of EAP group work in promoting self-reliant employees. Employee Assistance Quarterly.

Gladstone, J.W., & Westhues, A. (1998). Adoption reunions: A new side to intergenerational family relationships. Family Relations, 47(2), 177-184.

Gladstone, J.W., & Reynolds, T. (1997). Single session group work intervention in response to employee stress during workforce transformation. Social Work with Groups, 20(1), 33-49.

Gladstone, J.W.(1995). The marital perceptions of elderly persons living or having a spouse living in a long-term care institution. The Gerontologist, 35(1), 52-60.

Gladstone, J.W. (1995). Elderly married persons living in long-term care institutions: A qualitative analysis of feelings. Aging and Society, 15, 493-513.

Westhues, A., & Gladstone, J.W. (1994). Adoption reunion outcomes: The experience of self-initiating and searched registrants. International Journal of Family and Marriage, 1(2), 31-47.

Research Grants:

An exploratory analysis of family-staff involvement in the care of cognitively-impaired residents in long-term care institutions.

Funding Agency: Alzheimer Society of Canada

Amount of Grant: $15 065

phone: 522-1155, ext. 5221

fax: 521-6136

e-mail: grootend@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Econometric models of health care (especially pharmaceutical) utilization; measurement and modelling of health; program evaluation.

Publications:

Grootendorst, P. (1997). Health care policy evaluation using longitudinal insurance claims data: An application of the panel tobit estimator. Health Economics, 6(4), 365-382.

Grootendorst, P., O'Brien, B., Anderson, G.M. (1997). On becoming 65 in Ontario: Effects of drug plan eligibility on use of prescription medicines. Medical Care, 35(4), 386-398.

Holbrook, A.M., Dolovich, L., Grootendorst, P., Brogan, T., Kitching, A., Crossley, T.F. (1996). Efficacy, effectiveness and cost analysis of nitrate therapy for the prevention of angina pectoris. Final report submitted to the Canadian Coordinating Office of Health Technology Assessment, pursuant to grant 6606-5678-55.

Research Grants:

The impact of reference-based pricing of nitrates on the use of prescription drugs, hospital and physicians' services in British Colombia.

Investigators: Grootendorst, P., Dolovich, L., Holbrook, A.M., O'Brien, B.J.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, B.C. Ministry of Health, Brogan, Inc.

Term of Grant: November 1998 to February 2001

Amount of Grant: $322 498

The effects of changes of co-payment and premium policies on use of prescription drugs in Nova Scotia Seniors' Pharmacare Program.

Investigators: Kephart, G., Ruedy, J., Grootendorst, P.V., Somers, E., Hoar, J.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, N.S. Health Services Research Fund, Nova Scotia's Senior's Pharmacare Program, Nova Scotia Department of Health

Term of Grant: November 1998 to November 2000

Amount of Grant: $124 501

Do provincial drug plans matter? Effects of provincial drug plan eligibility on drug utilization among the elderly.

Investigators: Grootendorst, P.V., Anderson, G.A., Fenny, D.H.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program

Term of Grant: February 1997 to January 1999

Amount of Grant: $35 611

IWC - AB120

phone: 525-9140, ext. 24643

fax: 523-6011

e-mail: hicksal@mcmaster.ca

Aging muscle; effects of exercise training in the elderly.

Publications:

Winegard, K.J., Hicks, A.L., Vandervoort, A.A. (1998). The reliability of measuring voluntary strength and isometric twitch properties in the ankle muscles of very old adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 6(3), 222-231.

Winegard, K.J., Hicks, A.L., Vandervoort, A.A. (1997). An evaluation of the length-tension relationship in elderly human plantarflexor muscles. Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 52A, B337-B343.

McCartney, N., Hicks, A.L., Martin, J., Webber, C.E. (1996). A longitudinal trial of resistance training in the elderly: Continued improvements in year 2. Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 51A, B425-B433.

Hicks, A., & McCartney, N. (1996). Gender differences in isometric contractile properties and fatiguability in elderly human muscle. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 21, 441-454.

Winegard, K., Hicks, A., Vandervoort, A. (1996). A 12-year follow-up study of ankle muscle function in older adults. Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 51A, B202-B207.

Cottreau, M., Chambers, L.F., Gordon, C.L., Martin, J., Hicks, A.L., McCartney, N., Webber, C.E. (1995). Lumbar spine and total body bone mass in healthy elderly men and women. Canadian Journal on Aging, 14, 553-563.

McCartney, N., Hicks, A., Martin, J., Webber, C. (1995). Long term resistance training in the elderly: Effects on dynamic strength, exercise capacity, muscle and bone. Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 50A(2), B97-B104.

van Schaik, C., Hicks, A., & McCartney, N. (1994). An evaluation of the length-tension relationship in elderly human ankle dorsiflexors. Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 49(3), B121-B127.

phone: 522-1155, ext. 5269

fax: 521-6136

e-mail: holbrook@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Prescribing guidelines; drug policy; computerized interventions to change prescribing; electronic medical records and medical practice; patient preferences, influences on decision-making: clinician, policy maker, patient.

Publication Highlights:

Holbrook, A.M., Crowther, R., Lotter, A., Cheng, C., King, D. (2000). The diagnosis and management of insomnia in clinical practice: A practical evidence-based approach. CMAJ, 162, 216-220.

Holbrook, A.M., Crowther, R., Lotter, A., Cheng, C., King, D. (2000). Meta-analysis of benzodiazepine use in the treatment of insomnia. CMAJ, 162, 225-233.

Bucher, H., Guyatt, G.H., Cook, D.J., Holbrook, A.M., McAlister, F.A. for the Evidence-based Medicine Working Group. (1999). Users' Guides to the medical literature. XIX. Applying clinical trial results A. How to use an article measuring the effect of an intervention on surrogate end points. JAMA, 282, 771-777.

Crowther, R., Holbrook, A.M. (1997). Drug interactions among commonly used medications: A critical literature review and graphical presentation of the data. Canadian Family Physician, 43, 1972-1981.

Holbrook, A.M., Dolovich, L., Grootendorst, P., Kitching, A., Brogan, T., Crossley, T. (1996). The efficacy, effectiveness and cost analysis of nitrates for stable angina pectoris. Ottawa: Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment, 192p.

Research Grants:

Privacy, confidentiality and security re: secondary use of health information.

Investigators: Willison, D., Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Tri-Council Workshop/Networking Program, MRC

Term of Grant: November 1999 - February 2001

Amount of Grant: $29 345

The impact of reference-based pricing of nitrates on the use of prescription drugs, hospital and physicians' services in British Columbia.

Investigators: Grootendorst, P., Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Service Research Foundation

Term of Grant: November 1998 - February 2001

Amount of Grant: $322 498

COMPETE: Computerization of Medical Practices for the Enhancement of Therapeutic Effectiveness. A trial of drug utilization review and educational intervention via electronic medical records.

Principal Investigator: Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Searle Canada

Term of Grant: March 1997 - December 2000

Amount of Grant: $2 500 000

Evaluating the appropriateness of prescribing. Validation of a programmable tool (APEQ).

Principal Investigator: Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Ontario Program for Optimal Therapy

Term of Grant: December 1999 - December 2000

Amount of Grant: $32 741

A toolkit for easy implementation of best evidence in primary care: Type II Diabetes.

Investigators: Evans, M., Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Ontario Program for Optimal Therapy

Term of Grant: December 1999 - December 2000

Amount of Grant: $72 275

The impact of reference-based pricing of ACE inhibitors and calcium channel blockers on the use of prescription drugs, hospital and physicians' services in British Columbia.

Investigators: Grootendorst, P., Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Health Transitions Fund

Term of Grant: March 1999 - October 2000

Amount of Grant: $151 000

Levels of evidence for drug interactions among antidepressant drugs.

Principal Investigator: Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Organon Canada Ltd.

Term of Grant: September 1998 - May 2000

Amount of Grant: $16 300

Development of a detailed Action Plan on prescribing.

Investigators: Dolovich, L., Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Health Canada

Term of Grant: August 1999 - February 2000

Amount of Grant: $14 896

Views of concerned patients regarding the EMR and use of their health information for research purposes.

Investigators: Willison, D., Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Searle Canada

Term of Grant: August 1998 - December 1999

Amount of Grant: $20 000

Development of practice guidelines for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

Principal Investigator: Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Drug Programs Branch, Ministry of Health of Ontario

Term of Grant: May 1998 - October 1998

Amount of Grant: $87 637

Development of practice guidelines for the treatment of dyspepsia in primary care in Ontario.

Principal Investigator: Holbrook, A.M.

Funding Agency: Drug Programs Branch, Ministry of Health of Ontario

Term of Grant: May 1997 - May 1998

Amount of Grant: $87 414.38

HSC - 3HID

phone: ext. 22123

fax: 546-5211

e-mail: hutchb@mcmaster.ca

Disease prevention; organization and delivery of primary and community care; synthesis, dissemination and application of scientific knowledge; health care funding and resource allocation.

Publications:

Hutchison, B.G., Hurley, J., Birch, S., Lomas, J., Walter, S.D., Eyles, J., & Stratford-Deval, F. (In press). Needs-based primary medical care capitation: Development and evaluation of alternative approaches. Health Care Management Science.

Borgiel, A.E.M., Williams, J.I., Davis, D.A., Dunn, E.V., Hobbs, N., Hutchison, B., Wilson, C.R., Jensen, J., O'Neil, J.J.S., & Bass, M.J. (1999). Evaluating the effectiveness of 2 educational interventions in family practice. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 161, 965-970.

Hutchison, B.G., Oxman, A.D., Shannon, H., Lloyd, S., Altmayer, C., & Thomas, K. (1999). Clinical effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine: Meta-analysis. Canadian Family Physician, 45, 2381-2393.

Brown, J.A., Abelson, J., Woodward, C.A., Hutchison, B., & Norman, G. (1998). Fielding standardized patients in primary care settings. Lessons from a study using unannounced SPs to assess preventive care practices. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 10(3), 199-206.

Woodward, C.A., Hutchison, B., Norman, G., Brown, J.A., & Abelson, J. (1998). What factors influence primary care physicians' charges for their services? An exploratory study using standardized patients. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 158, 197-202.

Hutchison, B., Woodward, C.A., Norman, G., Abelson, J., & Brown, J.A. (1998). Provision of preventive care to unannounced standardized patients. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 158, 185-193.

Markham, B., Hutchison, B., Birch, S., Goldsmith, L., & Evans, C.E. (1997). Casting the screening net: Separating big fish from little fish. Health Policy, 42, 171-184.

Hutchison, B.G., Hurley, J., Lomas, J., Birch, S., & Stratford-Devai, F. Defining the practice population in fee-for-service practice. Health Services Research, 32, 55-70.

Woodward, C.A., Hutchison, B.G., Abelson, J., & Norman, G. (1996). Do female primary care physicians practice preventive care differently from their male colleagues? Canadian Family Physician, 42, 2370-2379.

Hutchison, B.G., Abelson, J., Woodward, C.A., & Norman, G. (1996). Preventive care and barriers to effective prevention. How do family physicians see it? Canadian Family Physician, 42, 1693-1700.

Hutchison, B., Birch, S., Hurley, J., Lomas, J., & Stratford-Devai, F. (1996). Do physician-payment mechanisms affect hospital utilization? A study of Health Service Organizations in Ontario. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 154, 653-661.

Lomas, J., Abelson, J., & Hutchison, B. (1995). Registering patients and paying capitation in family practice: Lessons from Canada. British Medical Journal, 311, 1317-1318.

Hutchison, B.G., Oxman, A.D., & Lloyd, S. (1995). Comprehensiveness and bias in reporting clinical trials. Study of reviews of pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness. Canadian Family Physician, 41, 1356-1360.

Oxman, A.D., Davis, D.A., Feightner, J.W., Finnie, N.V., Hutchison, B.G., Lusk, S., MacDonald, P.J., McAuley, R.G., & Sellors, J.W. (1994). Evidence-based care: 5. Lifelong-learning: How can we learn to be more effective? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 150, 1971-1973.

Ploeg, J., Black, M.E., Hutchison, B.G., Walter, S.D., Scott, E.F.A., & Chambers, L.W. (1994). Personal, home and community safety promotion with community-dwelling elderly persons: Response to a public health nurse intervention. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 85, 188-191.

Oxman, A.D., Davis, D.A., Feightner, J.W., Finnie, N.V., Hutchison, B.G., Lusk, S., MacDonald, P.J., McAuley, R.G., & Sellors, J.W. Evidence-based care: 4. Improving performance: How can we improve the way we manage this problem? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 150, 1793-1796.

Hutchison, B.G., Feightner, J.W., Lusk, S., Davis, D.A., Finnie, N.V., MacDonald, P.J., McAuley, R.G., Oxman, A.D., & Sellors, J.W. Evidence-based care: 3. Measuring performance: How are we managing this problem? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 150, 1575-1579.

Oxman, A.D., Feightner, J.W., Davis, D.A., Finnie, N.V., Hutchison, B.G., Lusk, S., MacDonald, P.J., McAuley, R.G., & Sellors, J.W., Evidence-based care: 2. Setting guidelines: How should we manage this problem? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 150, 1417-1423.

Oxman, A.D., MacDonald, P.J., Feightner, J.W., Finnie, N.V., Hutchison, B.G., Lusk, S., McAuley, R.G., & Sellors, J.S. Evidence-based care: 1. Setting priorities: How important is this problem? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 150, 1249-1254.

Research Grants:

Deconstructing the determinants of health: Towards an understanding of local-level heterogeneities.

Investigators: Eyles, J., Abernathy, T., Birch, S., Ehrlich, A., Elliott, S., Herring, A., Hutchison, B., Jerrett, M., Justice, C., Moffat, T., Veenstra, G., & Warry, W.

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Term of Grant: 2000 - 2003

Amount of Grant: $465 000

Improving continuity of care in the community for home care clients.

Investigators: Woodward, C., Abelson, J., & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Term of Grant: September 1999 - August 2001

Amount of Grant: $187 773

Collaborative research and mentorship program: Hamilton-Wentworth Community Care Access Centre, Social and Public Health Services Division and Victorian Order of Nurses.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Research and Education in Aging and Health

Term of Grant: November 1999 - June 2000

Amount of Grant: $29 000

Collaborative community research training project.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Hutchison, B., Abelson, J., Chambers, L., Giacomini, M., Medcof, I., North, J., Ruetz, J., & Underwood, J.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Term of Grant: August 1999 - February 2000

Amount of Grant: $27 300

Meta-analysis of anticipatory care interventions for the elderly (data analysis).

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Hutchison, B., Feightner, J., Patterson, C.

Funding Agency: Public Health, Research and Development Program

Term of Grant: September 1999 - December 1999

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Collaborative research and mentorship program: Hamilton-Wentworth Community Care Access Centre, Regional Public Health Department and Victorian Order of Nurses

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: July 1999 - October 1999

Amount of Grant: $30 000

Assessing the attitudes, knowledge base and practices of Canadian family physicians in the management of urinary incontinence.

Investigators: Swanson, G., Skelly, J., & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: PSI Foundation

Term of Grant: March 1999 - September 1999

Amount of Grant: $4 700

Development of clinical practice guidelines for elder abuse.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Bolan, G., Mueller, D., Shott, P., Hutchison, B., Chan, D., Krueger, P., Eveleigh, K., Patterson, C., Taniguchi, A., & Young, L.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research.

Term of Grant: November 1998 to October 1999

Amount of Grant: $12 200

Telephone support for family caregivers.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Conti, E., Bramberger, S., Willison, K., Hutchison, B., Chambers, L., & Lancaster, S.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Community Foundation

Term of Grant: April 1998 to September 1999

Amount of Grant: $25 970

Efficiency, equity and resource allocation: Developing decision tools to support decision- making by health district boards.

Investigators: Hurley, J., Giocomini, M., & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (HEALNet).

Term of Grant: January to December 1998

Amount of Grant: $38 871

Comparison of Health Service Organization (HSO) vs. fee-for-service (FFS) practices in patient utilization of emergency services.

Investigators: Kaczorowski, J., Allega, R., Levitt, C., Hutchison, B., Wooder, S., Everson, J., Piccinin, & Paterson, M.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: Study not yet begun

Amount of Grant: $10 000

A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness and efficiency of pharmacotherapy consultative services to clients and caregivers receiving Home Care service.

Investigators: Browne, G., Willison, D., Gafni, A., Levine, M., & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council

Term of Grant: October 1996 to September 1999

Amount of Grant: $247 197

The impact of walk-in clinics in Ontario's health care system.

Investigators: Barnsley, J., Williams, A.P., Brown, J.B., Campbell, A., Campbell, M.K., Davis, D., Detsky, A., Harris, S., Hutchison, B., Kaczorowski, J., Narine, L., Ogilvie, G., Ostbye, T., Stewart, M., & Vingilis, E.

Funding Agency: PSI Foundation

Term of Grant: January 1997 to December 1999

Amount of Grant: $596 400

Evaluation of the primary care nurse practitioner initiative.

Investigators: DiCenso, A., Hutchison, B., Laschinger, H., Irvine, D., Sidani, S., Gafni, A., Guyatt, G., Walter, S., & Bhatia, V.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: July 1996 to June 2001

Amount of Grant: $500 000

Financial incentives and disincentives in Canada's health care system.

Investigators: Giacomini, M., Birch, S., Hurley, J., Lomas, J., O'Brien, B., Stoddart, G., & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program

Term of Grant: April 1995 to December 1995

Amount of Grant: $142 801

Primary health care delivery models: Literature review.

Investigators: Abelson, J., & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: November 1993 to April 1994

Amount of Grant: $18 095

Health promotion and preventative practices: Correlates of physician behaviour.

Investigators: Woodward, C., Hutchison, B., Norman, G., & Abelson, J.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program

Term of Grant: 1993 to 1995

Amount of Grant: $215 609

Capitation policy and capitation formulae for intergrated health systems.

Co-Principal Investigator: Hurley, J.

Co-Investigators: Birch, S., Giacomini, M., Dorland, J., & Reid, R.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Term of Grant: August 1998 to February 1999

Amount of Grant: $49 990

Collaborative research and mentorship program: Hamilton-Wentworth Community Care Access Centre, Regional Public Health Department and Victorian Order of Nurses

Co-Investigator: Ploeg, J.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: July 1998 to June 1999

Amount of Grant: $80 000

Development of an interagency research mentorship program.

Co-Investigators: Ploeg, J., Giacomini, M., & Chambers, L.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: July 1997 to June 1998

Amount of Grant: $46 000

Models for primary health care delivery.

Co-Investigator: Abelson, J.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: June 1995 to October 1995

Amount of Grant: $24 550

Comparison of health care utilization and costs in HSO and fee-for-service practice.

Co-Investigators: Hurley, J., Eyles, J., & Birch, S.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: October 1995 to December 1998

Amount of Grant: $263 394

Relative needs-based health care resource allocation to the regional, district and local levels: Methods, effects and policy implementation issues.

Co-Investigators: Brich, S., Eyles, J., Hurley, J., & Lomas, J.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development Program ($68 533) and the Medical Research Council ($112 074)

Term of Grant: January 1997 to December 1998

Amount of Grant: $180 607

Needs-based health care capitation: Development and evaluation of alternative approaches. Phase 2.

Co-Investigators: Birch, S., Eyles, J., Hurley, J., Lomas, J., & Walter, S.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: September 1994 to December 1995

Amount of Grant: $149 358

Needs-based health care capitation: Development and evaluation of alternative approaches.

Co-Investigators: Birch, S., Eyles, J., Hurley, J., & Lomas, J.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: April 1993 to February 1994

Amount of Grant: $75 815

Centre for Gerontological Studies

KTH-204

phone: 525-9140, ext. 23242

fax: 525-4198

e-mail: joshia@mcmaster.ca

Case management; economic security and older workers; value of unpaid work by seniors; value based practice.

Publications:

Robb, R., Denton, M., Lian, J., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., Rosenthal, C., & Willison, D. (1999). Valuation of Unpaid Help by seniors: An empirical analysis. Canadian Journal on Aging, 18(4), 430-436.

Deveau, E., Blumberg, P., & Joshi, A. (1997). Charting the outcomes of an interdisciplinary Summer Institute on Gerontology. In Educational Gerontology, 23, 707-723.

Joshi, A., & Berger, E. (eds.) (1996). Aging workforce, retirement income system: Policy and practical implications. Proceedings from the Twelfth Annual McMaster Summer Institute on Gerontology. Office of Gerontological Studies.

Weisel, L., & Joshi, A. (1995). Shifting to client-driven case management services: From vision to reality. Geriatric Case Management, 5(2), 6-10.

Research Grants:

Socio-economic dimensions of an aging population: A program of research.

Principal Investigator: Spencer, B.

Co-Investigator: Joshi, A.

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI)

Term of Grant: 1998 to 2003

Amount of Grant: $3 218 353

Interdisciplinary preparation of 'clinical educators': Improving the quality of practice education for students.

Investigators: Sammon, S., Joshi, A., et al.

Funding Agency: University Committee on Teaching and Learning, McMaster University

Term of Grant: 1998 to 1999

Amount of Grant: $ 6 872

The independence and financial security of the elderly population.

Principal Investigator: Spencer, B.

Funding Agency: Seniors' Independence Research Program, NHRDP, Health Canada

Term of Grant: 1995 to 1998

Amount of Grant: $519 505

Educational program on value-based practice in long term care.

Investigators: Joshi, A., Rose, T., & Rosenthal, C.

Funding Agency: Ontario University Coalition on Education in Aging & Health

Term of Grant: 1995 to 1996

Amount of Grant: $9 880

Elderly East Indians in Canada: Perceptions and experiences.

Investigators: Joshi, A., & Maclean, M.

Funding Agency: Arts Research Board, McMaster University

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1996

Amount of Grant: $4 805

Centre for Gerontological Studies

KTH-228

phone: 525-9140, ext. 24078

fax: 525-4198

e-mail: justice@mcmaster.ca

Anthropology of aging; eschatological and thanatological aspects of Hinduism and how prescriptive scriptural texts and local cultural understandings and practices contribute to the construction of physiological process and the experience of aging and dying; anthropology projects related to health both within Canada and internationally; the practice of international development, primarily at the NGO level; international issues in the study and practice of aging.

Publications:

Justice, C. (1997). Dying the Good Death: The Pilgrimage to Die in India's Holy City. State University of New York Press.

Justice, C. (1994). The natural death by not eating: A type of palliative care in Banaras, India. The Journal of Palliative Care, 11(1), 38-42.

Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Senior Research Associate, St. Joseph's Health Care System Research Network

phone: (519)753-8641, ext.473

fax: (519)753-1468

e-mail: kruegerp@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Research methods; survey methods; program evaluation; data analysis; patient/client/caregiver satisfaction; quality of life; palliative care; the continuum of care between community and long-term care settings.

Publications

Krueger, P.D., Brazil, K., Lohfeld, L., daPonte, J., & Slobodnik, M. (under review). Health care needs of community-dwelling older adults: Views from a mid-sized Ontario community. Canadian Journal of Public Health.

Lohfeld, L., Sandberg-Tschopp, A., Brazil, K., & Krueger, P.D. (under review). A day hospice needs assessment: The qualitative component. Journal of Palliative Care.

Krueger, P.D., Raina, P., Braun, E.A., Patterson, C., & Chambers L.W. (In press). Prevalence and risk factors for hypothyroidism: Findings from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Canadian Journal on Aging.

Bedard, M., Martin, N.J., Krueger, P.D., & Brazil, K. (in press). Assessing reproducibility of data obtained with instruments based on continuous measurements. Experimental Aging Research.

Loeb, M., Simor, A., Mandell, L., Krueger, P.D., McArthur, M., James, M., Walter, S., Richardson, E., Lingley, M., Tang, P., Stout, J., Stronach, D., & McGeer, A. (1999). Two nursing home outbreaks of respiratory infection with Legionella sainthelensi. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47(5), 547-552.

Krueger, P.D., Sandberg-Tschopp, A., Garbedian, J., daPonte, J., So, G., & Jamieson, D. (1999). Ranitidine prescribing practices at a community hospital. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 52(3), 172-173.

Mann, D., Brazil, K., Krueger, P.D., Garbedian, J., & So, G. (1998). An outpatient respiratory rehabilitation program: Findings from a community hospital. Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy, 34(4), 123-127.

Krueger, P.D., & Patterson, C. (1997). Detecting and managing elder abuse: Challenges in primary care. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 157, 1095-1100.

Chambers, L., Gold, M., Krueger, P.D., Ciliska, D., & Hayward, S. (1996). Randomized trials of public health interventions reported in the Canadian Journal of Public Health: 1966 to 1996. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 87, 411-412.

Durand, P.J., Krueger, P.D., Chambers, L.W., Grek, A., & Charles, C. (1995). Predictors of caregivers' dissatisfaction with community long-term care services for seniors: Results from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 5, 325-332.

phone: 527-4322, ext. 44933

fax: 527-1941

e-mail: latimere@hhsc.ca

Palliative care; cross-cultural issues in health care; ethical issues in caring for the dying; ethical decision-making at the end of life; care delivery issues in palliative care.

Publications:

Latimer, E.J., Deakin, A., Ingram, C., O'Brien, L., Smoke, M., & Wishart, L. (1999). An interdisciplinary approach to a day-long palliative care course for undergraduate students. CMAJ, 161(6), 729-731.

Latimer, E.J. (1999). Managing delerium in seriously ill and dying patients. Can J of CME, (Sept.), 91-109.

Latimer, E.J. (1998). Caring for seriously ill and dying patients: The importance of working in cultural context. Gerontology Newsletter: Office of Gerontology, McMaster University.

Latimer, E.J., Kiehl, K., Lennox, S., & Studd, S. (1998). An interdisciplinary palliative care course for practising health professionals: Ten years' experience. Journal of Palliative Care, 14(4), 27-33.

Latimer, E.J., Crabb, M.R., Roberts, J.G., Ewen, M., & Roberts, J. (1998). The patient care travelling record in palliative care: Effectiveness and efficiency. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 16(1), 41-51.

Latimer, E.J. (1998). Ethical care at the end of life. CMAJ, 13, 1741-1747.

Latimer, E.J., & LeSage, P. (1998). An approach to ethical issues. Palliative Medicine: A Care-Based Manual. In N. MacDonald (ed.). Oxford University Press: Toronto.

Latimer, E.J. (1998). Pain control in palliative care. In J. Gray (ed.) Therapeutic Choices, 2^nd edition. Canadian Pharmaceutical Association.

Latimer, E.J. (1997). Truth with tenderness: Ethics and communication in clinical practice. Canadian Journal of Diagnosis, 1-7.

Latimer, E.J. (1997). Attentive care at the end of life. Knoll Pain Management Newsletter, 10(1), 4-6.

Latimer, E.J. (1997). Successes in palliative care. In van Bommel, H. (ed.) Knoll Pain Management Newsletter, 10(4), September 6 & 8.

Latimer, E.J. (1997). Euthanasia and assisted suicide: The issues in the care of the dying. Canadian Family Physician, 43, 189-191.

Latimer, E.J. (1996). Palliative care: Easing the pain. Canadian Journal of Diagnosis, (September), 97-104.

Latimer, E.J. (1995). Caring for the dying in Canada. Canadian Family Physician, 41, 362-369.

Latimer, E.J. (1995). Caring for the dying: The physician's role. Can Jr. of CME, 1-4.

Research Grants:

Identifying the factors that cause palliative patients to seek hospital admission.

Investigators: Marshall, Latimer, et al.

Funding Agency:

Term of Grant: work in progress

Amount of Grant: $9 000

Travelling Record Research Project - Part II - Impact of record on patient outcomes.

Investigators: Latimer, Crabb, Robertson, et al.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Research Fund

Term of Grant: 1996 to 1997

Amount of Grant: $8 200

CH, Building 74

phone: 521-2100, ext.4007

fax: 318-6556

e-mail:leclairk@mcmaster.ca

Program development and interprofessional education and health care in the aged; innovations and evaluation in policy, planning, health care delivery and education of health and social care providers servicing the older person; cognitive, behavioural and emotional problems in neurological disorders in old age; treatment resistant depression in the aged.

Publications:

Sadavoy, J., & LeClair, K. (submitted). Anxiety disorders in the elderly. Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal.

Stolee, P., Kessler, K., & LeClair, K. (1996). A community development and outreach program in geriatric mental health, four years' experience. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 44, 314-320.

LeClair, K. (1995). The difficult older patient. Canadian Journal of CME.

Stolee, P., LeClair, K., & Kessler, L. (1994). Geriatric psychiatry consultation in the community. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 39, S27-S33.

Research Grants:

Development of small group, problem-based learning for family doctors working in long-term care in Ontario.

Investigators: Taniguchi, A., LeClair, K., Macpherson, A., Premi, J.

Funding Agency: ECAH

Term of Grant: in progress

Amount of Grant: $20 000

Evaluation of a method to improve doctor/patient communication between psychiatry residents and ethnoracial seniors.

Co-Investigators: LeClair, K., et al.

Funding Agency: not stated

Term of Grant: 1996

Amount of Grant: $10 000

Evaluation of core experience in geriatric psychiatry.

Co-Investigator: LeClair, K.

Funding Agency: Centre for Aging and Health, Ontario

Term of Grant: 1995

Amount of Grant: $5 000

The use of opinion leaders as a consultative resource for the care of the frail elderly in the community: A feasibility study of a community-based consultation model.

Co-Investigator: LeClair, K.

Funding Agency: ECAH

Term of Grant: 1995

Amount of Grant: $3 000

The responsiveness of depression rating instruments in medically ill geriatric patients.

Principal Investigator: Turpie, I.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Grant

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1995

Amount of Grant: $11 520

School of Rehabilitation Science

IAHS Rm 403

phone: 525-9140, ext.27816

fax: 524-0069

e-mail: lettsl@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Creating supportive environments with older adults; participatory research; person-environment relations, theory and assessment; promoting the well-being of seniors in the community; occupational therapy and health promotion; programme evaluation.

Publications:

Letts, L., Law, M., Pollock, N., Stewart, D., Westmorland, M., Philpot, A., & Bosch, J. (1999). A programme evaluation workbook for occupational therapists: An evidence-based practice tool. Ottawa, ON: CAOT Publications ACE.

Strong, S., Rigby, P., Cooper, B., Law, M., Letts, L., & Stewart, D. (1999). Application of the person-environment-occupation model: A powerful and practical tool. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(3), 122-133.

Cohen, C.A., Blumberger, C., Zucchero-Sarracini, C., Letts, L., & Marshall, L. (1998). Network therapy: A unique intervention for dementia caregivers. Aging & Mental Health, 2(4), 343-345.

Letts, L., Dawson, D., & Kaiserman-Goldenstein, E. (1998). Development of the Power-Mobility Community Driving Assessment. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 11(3), 117-123.

Letts, L., Scott, S., Burtney, J., Marshall, L., & McKean, M. (1998). The reliability and validity of the Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation (SAFER Tool). British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61(3), 127-132.

Law, M., Cooper, B.A., Strong, S., Stewart, D., Rigby, P., & Letts, L. (1996). The person-environment-occupation model: A transactive approach to occupational performance. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, 9-23.

Letts, L., & Marshall, L. (1995). Evaluating the validity and consistency of the SAFER tool. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 13(4), 49-66.

Letts, L., & Dunal, L. (1995). Tackling evaluation: Applying a programme logic model to community-based rehabilitation for adults with brain injury. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62(5), 268-277.

Law, M., Cooper, B.A., Stewart, D., Letts, L., Rigby, P., & Strong, S. (1994). Person-environment relations. Work: Journal of Assessment, Prevention and Rehabilitation, 4(4), 228-238.

Letts, L., Law, M., Rigby, P., Cooper, B.A., Stewart, D., & Strong, S. (1994). Person-environment assessments in occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48(7), 608-618.

Research Grants:

Evidence-based occupational therapy.

Investigators: Law, M., Stewart, D., Bosch, J., Letts, L., Philpot, M., Pollock, N., & Westmorland, M.

Funding Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation

Term of Grant: 1999-2000

Amount of Grant: $35 000

Reliability and validity of the Power-Mobility Community Driving Assessment (PCDA).

Investigators: Letts, L., Dawson, D., Bretholz, I., Fisher, K., Gleason, J., Kaiserman-Goldenstein, E., McLellan, E., & Norton, L.

Funding Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation

Term of Grant: 1998 to 1999

Amount of Grant: $10 000

Effective occupational therapy: Gathering, analyzing, and using the evidence.

Investigators: Law, M., Pollock, N., Bosch, J., Letts, L., Westmorland, M., & Philpot, A.

Funding Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation

Term of Grant: 1997 to 1998

Amount of Grant: $9 985

Inter-Rater and Test-Retest reliability and construct validity of the SAFER tool.

Investigators: Letts, L., Marshall, L., & Cawley, B. Funding Agency: Research and Programme Development Fund, Community Occupational Therapists and Associates

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1996

Amount of Grant: $10 028

Development of the Community Driving Assessment for Power Mobility users.

Investigators: Dawson, D., Letts, L., & Kaiserman, E.

Funding Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1995

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Community resources at Community Occupational Therapists and Associates.

Investigators: Letts, L., & Miko, J.

Funding Agency: Research and Programme Development Fund, COTA

Term of Grant: 1993 to 1994

Amount of Grant: $9 700

Network therapy: A pilot study optimizing informal and formal supports to spouse caregivers.

Investigators: Cohen, C., Blumberger, C., Letts, L., Marshall, L., & Zucchero, C.

Funding Agency: Ontario Alzheimer Association

Term of Grant: 1992 to 1994

Amount of Grant: $13 200

St. Joseph's Hospital

Room H-306

phone: 522-1155, ext. 4276

fax: 521-6136

e-mail: levinem@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Clinical pharmacology; economic evaluation; physician behaviour; patient adherence; post-marketing drug assessment; adverse symptoms; clinical epidemiology; evidence-based medicine; drug utilization.

Publication Highlights:

Dolovich, L., & Levine, M.A. (1997). The development and implementation of a medication assessment clinic. Can J Hosp Pharm, 50, 182-184.

Levine, M.A., Hamet, P., Novosel, S., & Jolain, B. (1997). A prospective comparison of four study designs used in assessing safety and effectiveness of drug therapy in hypertension management. American Journal of Hypertension, 10, 1-10.

O'Brien, B.J., Heyland, D., Richardson, W.S., Levine, M.A., & Drummond, M.F. for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. (1997). Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. XIII. How to use an article on economic analysis of clinical practice. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Journal of the American Medical Association, 277, 1802-1806.

Drummond, M.F., Richardson, W.S., O'Brien, B.J., Levine, M.A., & Heyland, D. for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. (1997). Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. XIII. How to use an article on economic analysis of clinical practice. A. Are the results of the study valid? Journal of the American Medical Association, 277, 1552-1556.

Zamke, K.B., Levine, M.A., & O'Brien, B.J. (1997). Cost-benefit analyses in the health care literature: Don't judge a study by its label. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 50(7), 813-822.

O'Brien, B., Goeree, R., Hunt, R., Wilkinson, J., Levine, M., & Willan, A. (1997). Cost-effectiveness of alternative H. pylori eradication strategies in the management of duodenal ulcer. Can J Gastroenterology, 11, 323-331.

Dolovich, L., & Levine, M.A. (1997). The development and implementation of a medication assessment clinic. Can J Hosp Pharm, 50(4), 182-184.

Holbrook, A.M., MacLeod, S.M., Fisher, P., & Levine, M.A. (1996). Developing a Canadian prescribing practices network. Can Med Assoc J, 154, 1325-1331.

Lafferty, J.D., Crowther, M.A., Ali, M.A., & Levine, M.A. (1996). The evaluation of various mathematical RBC indices and their efficacy in discriminating between thalassemic and non thalassemic microcytosis. Journal of Hematology, 106, 201-205.

Walker, V., Streiner, D.L., Novosel, S., Rocchi, A., Levine, M.A., & Dean, D.M. (1995). Health-related quality of life in patients with major depression who are treated with moclobemide. J Clin Psychopharmacol, 15(suppl 2), 605-675.

Willison, D.J., Gaebel, K., Levine, M.A., Borden, E.K., Poston, J., Goldsmith, C.H., & Wong, B. (1995). Experience in the development of a pharmacy-based postmarketing surveillance network: The pharmacy medication monitoring program. Ann Pharmacotherapy, 29, 1208-1213.

Levine, M. (1994). The cost-effective use of drug therapy: The role for drug program sponsors, physicians and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Can J Clin Pharmacol, 1, 53-54.

Oxman, A.D., Cook, D.J., & Guyatt, G. for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. (1994). Users' guides to the medical literature. VI. How to use an overview. Journal of the American Medical Association, 272, 1367-1371.

Feagan, B.G., McDonald, J.W., Rochon, J. et al for the Canadian Crohn's Relapse Prevention Trial Investigators. (1994). Low-dose cyclosporine for the treatment of Crohn's disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 330, 1846-1851.

Research Grants:

Patient views on medication.

Investigators: Dolovich, L., & Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $6 500/year

Drug use in Ontario long-term care facilities.

Principal Investigator: Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $26 350

Physicians influence on patient perception.

Principal Investigator: Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Apotex

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $85 635/ year

COMPETE - Computerization of Medical Practices for the Enhancement of Therapeutic Effectiveness.

Investigators: Holbrook, A., & Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Searle Canada & MRC

Term of Grant: 1997-1999.

Amount of Grant: $2 650 000/year

Transfer of clinic documents to community pharmacies.

Investigators: Dolovich, L., & Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation

Term of Grant: 1997

Amount of Grant: $ 5 637

Home care pharmacist study.

Investigators: Browne, G., & Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: MRC

Term of Grant: 1997-1999

Amount of Grant: $247 197/year

Biphosphonate prescribing problems.

Investigator: Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals

Term of Grant: 1996

Amount of Grant: $42 000

PMMP-Topiramate Study

Investigator: Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Janssen - Ortho

Term of Grant: October 1996 to March 1997

Amount of Grant: $31 950

PMMP GI Drug Study

Investigator: Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Astra Pharma Inc.

Term of Grant: July 1996 to December 1997

Amount of Grant: $86 255

Drugs of Choice Project

Investigator: Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Clinidata

Term of Grant: 1996 to 1997

Amount of Grant: $117 000

PMMP - Bronchodilator Study

Investigator: Levine, M.A.

Funding Agency: Ciba-Geigy Canada Limited and Glaxo Canada Inc.

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1996

Amount of Grant: $392 500

Chedoke Campus, Building 74

phone: 521-2100, ext. 74665

fax: 318-6556

e-mail: mcaineyc@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Evaluation of geriatric psychiatry programs; evaluation of educational initiatives in geriatric psychiatry; quality of work life among long-term care staff; quality of life among long-term care residents.

Publications:

McAiney, C.A. (1998). The development of "The Empowered Aide Model" (TEAM): An intervention for long-term care staff who care for Alzheimer residents. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 24(1), 17-22.

Forbes, W.F., Agwani, N., Lessard, S., Gentleman, J.F., & McAiney, C.A. (1997). Geochemical risk factors for mental functioning, based on the Ontario Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSA). VI. The effects of iron on the associations of aluminum and flouride water concentrations and of pH with mental functioning, based on results obtained from the LSA and from death certificates mentioning dementia. Canadian Journal on Aging, 16(1), 142-159.

Forbes, W.F., McAiney, C.A., Hayward, L.M., & Agwani, N. (1994). Geochemical risk factors for mental functioning based on the Ontario Longitudinal Study on Aging (LSA) II. The role of pH. Canadian Journal on Aging, 13(2), 249-267.

Research Grants:

The development and implementation of a standardized, evidence-based assessment record for long-term care.

Investigators: Chan, D., McAiney, C.A., et al.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre

Term of Grant: 2000

Amount of Grant: $20 800

Behavioural Urgent Service (BUS): A pilot project to provide improved communication and urgent response for older individuals with behavioural problems in long-term care facilities and the community.

Investigators: LeClair, J.K., McAiney, C.A., et al.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: 1999-2000

Amount of Grant: $20 000

An evaluation of sustainability activities and the development and dissemination of a sustainability resource inventory: The Mental Health/Long Term Care provincial education initiative.

Investigators: McAiney, C.A., & LeClair, J.K.

Funding Agency: Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: 1999 to 2000

Amount of Grant: $18 000

A multicentre, double-blind comparison of efficacy and safety of seroquel, haloperidol, and placebo in the treatment of elderly subjects residing in nursing homes or assisted care facilities and presenting with Alzheimer's dementia in psychoses or other selected psychoses.

Investigators: McAiney, C.A., LeClair, J.K., et al.

Funding Agency: AstraZeneca

Term of Grant: 1999

Amount of Grant: $2 500

IWC-AB116phone: ext. 24469

fax: 523-6011

e-mail:

mccartne@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca

Weightlifting and resistance training in the elderly.

Publications:

Benn, S.J., McCartney, N., & McKelvie, R.S. (1996). Circulatory responses to weight-lifting, walking and stair climbing in older males. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 44,1-5.

Hicks, A.L. & McCartney, N. (1996). Gender differences in isometric contractile properties and fatiguability in elderly human muscle. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology, 21, 441-454.

McCartney, N., Hicks, A.L., Martin, J., & Webber, C.E. (1996). A longitudinal trial of resistance training in the elderly: Continued improvements in year two. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 51A, B425-B433.

Cottreau, M., Chambers, L.F., Gordon, C.L., Martin, J., Hicks, A.L., McCartney, N. & Webber, C.E. Lumbar spine and total body bone mass in health elderly men and women. Canadian Journal of Aging, 14, 553-563.

McCartney, N., Hicks, A., Martin, J. & Webber, C. (1995). Long-term resistance training in the elderly: Effects on dynamic strength, exercise capacity, muscle and bone. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 50A, B97-B104.

van Schaik, C.W., Hicks, A.L., & McCartney, N. (1994). An evaluation of the length-tension relationship in elderly human ankle dorsiflexors. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 49, B121-B127.

Research Grants:

To investigate the efficacy of home-based exercise for improving quality of life and reducing risk of future fractures among elderly women with symptomatic osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures.

Principal Investigators: McCartney, N., Papaioannou, A., Webber, C.E., Adachi, J. &

Parkinson, W.

Funding Agency: Drummond Foundation

Term of Grant: 1998-2000

Amount of Grant: $80 000

To investigate neurocardiac effects of resistance training in patients with chronic stable heart failure.

Principle Investigators: McCartney, N., Fallen, E.L., & McKelvie, R.S.

Funding Agency: Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation

Term of Grant: 1994-1996

Amount of Grant: $61 371

To investigate a randomized controlled trial of exercise training in congestive heart failure patients.

Principle Investigators: McCartney, N., McKelvie, R.S., & Yusuf, S.

Funding Agency: Medical Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1994-1996

Amount of Grant: $256 651

To investigate assessment of left ventricular mass and wall motion following weightlifting training in patients with coronary artery disease.

Principle Investigators: McCartney, N., & McKelvie, R.S.

Funding Agency: Health and Welfare Canada

Term of Grant: 1994-1996

Amount of Grant: $69 303

Psychology

PC-414

phone:525-9140, ext. 24361

fax: 529-6225

e-mail: millike@mcmaster.ca

Human memory and attention; memory deficits and the decline of attentional processes with age; attentional deficits in Alzheimer's patients

compared to healthy elderly adults.

Director, Geriatric Research Group and Memory Clinic

Henderson Hospital

phone: 527-4322, ext.42490

fax: 575-5121

e-mail: molloy@mcmaster.ca

Advance health care directives; dementia/Alzheimer's disease; drug detailing process of pharmaceutical representatives; capacity assessments; clinical drug trials.

Research Grants:

Pilot study to examine the acute effects of aluminum on cognition in healthy volunteers and cognitively impaired older adults.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Turnbull, J.D., Nieboer, E., Strang, D., Gibson, B.L., Bedard, C., Gauvreau, D.

Funding Agency: Physicians Services Incorporated.

Term of Grant: September 1995 to September 1997

Amount of Grant: $140 000

Study of 5FU and Levamisole neurotoxicity during adjuvant therapy of colorectal cancer.

Investigators: Figueredo, A.T., Molloy, D.W., Chouinard, E., Dobranowski, J., Marcus, J.B., Rathbone, M.P., Standish, T., Bedard, M.

Funding Agency: Radiology Group and General Electric Co.

Term of Grant: March 1995 to March 1997

Amount of Grant: $11 000

Data acquisition and entry for Geriatric Research Group.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Bedard, M., Lever, J.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Foundation

Term of Grant: September 1995 to May 1996

Amount of Grant: $2 000

Treatment decision survey.

Funding Agency: Alzheimer Society of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario

Term of Grant: May 1996 to October 1996

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Computerized recording of assessments by physicians and nurses.

Investigators: Bedard, M., Molloy, D.W., Lever, J., Dubois, S.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Foundation.

Term of Grant: October 1996 to April 1997

Amount of Grant: $2 000

Improving delivery of health care to people suffering from cognitive impairments.

Investigators: Molloy, D.W., Langley, N., Guyatt, G., Cook, D., Strang, D., McKutcheon, D.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Foundation.

Term of Grant: October 1996 to April 1997

Amount of Grant: $2 000

St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton;

Assistant Clinical Professor,

School of Nursing, McMaster

phone: 549-6525, ext. 2380

fax: 546-0822

e-mail:

mmontemuro@sph.on.ca

Dementia care; evidence-based long-term care; client-centred care; collaborative care.

Publications:

Montemuro, M., Royle, J., Brazil, K., Lillie, J., North, J., Church, A., & Cripps, D. (1999). The benefits of a long term care resource centre. Long Term Care Journal, 9(3), 29-31.

Richardson, J., Montemuro, M., Cripps, D., Mohide, E.A., et al. (1999). Training for interprofessional teamwork: Evaluation of an undergraduate experience. Educational Gerontology, 25, 411-434.

Royle, J., Church, A., Montemuro, M., Lillie, J., Goldblatt, E., & Blythe, J. (1999). The Hamilton-Wentworth Long Term Care Resource Centre Project. Bibliotheca Medica Canadiana, 20(3), 103-107.

Royle, J., Sammon, S., Montemuro, M., Blythe, J., & Morrison, F. (In press). Preparing today's health care providers to educate tomorrow's practitioners: Interdisciplinary collaboration. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 19(2), 31-45.

Richardson, J., Montemuro, M., Cripps, D., Mohide, E.A., & Macpherson, A.S. (1997). Educating students for interprofessional teamwork in the clinical placement setting. Educational Gerontology, 23, 669-693.

Montemuro, M., McInnes, B., McInnes, K., et al. (1997). Linking the practice and the academic setting: Evolution of a clinical teaching unit (pp.123-148). In Wisdom from the Field: Linking Education and Practice in Aging and Health. Edited by M. MacLean, Hamilton, ON: McMaster University, Educational Centre for Aging and Health.

Montemuro, M., Mohide, E.A., Schindel Martin, L., Beecroft, M.L., Jakobson, S., Porterfield, P., & Ollinger, D. (1994). Participatory control in chronic hospital-based hemodialysis patients. American Nephrology Nurses' Association Journal, 21(7), 429-439.

Research Grants:

Improving Continuity of Care for Individuals with Dementia and their Families/Caregivers.

Investigators: Lemieux-Charles, L., Chambers, L., Brazil, K., Cohen, C., Cockerill, R., LeClair, K., Jaglal, S., & Montemuro, M.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation ($135 767) and the Ontario Ministry of Health ($271 533)

Term of Grant: June 1999 - June 2001

Evaluation of a Long Term Care Resource Centre.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Royle, J., & Montemuro, M.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Research and Education in Aging and Health, McMaster University

Term of Grant: November 1998 - June 2000

Amount of Grant: $24 000

Feasibility of Establishing a Long-Term Care Resource Centre in Hamilton-Wentworth.

Investigators: Lillie, J., Montemuro, M., Royle, J., Chambers, L., North, J., Brazil, K., Cripps, D., Church, A., Le Clair, K., & Goldblatt, E.

Funding Agency: Interdisciplinary Aging and Health Program, McMaster University

Term of Grant: June to October 1998

Amount of Grant: $7 500

Interdisciplinary Preparation of "Clinical Educators": Improving the Quality of Practice

Education of Students.

Investigators: Sammon, S., Montemuro, M., Royle, J., et al.

Funding Agency: Teaching and Learning Committee, McMaster University

Term of Grant: June 1998 to May 1999

Amount of Grant: $6 872

Reintegration into the Community - Does Rehabilitation Facilitate the Process?

Investigators: Richardson, J., Wishart, L., Wilkins, S., Tompkins, C., & Montemuro, M.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: May 1997 to May 1998

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Evaluation of the Clinical Teaching Units of the Educational Centre for Aging and Health.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Woods, J., Montemuro, M., Chambers, L., French, S., Le Clair, K., Macpherson, A.S., & Mohide, E.A.

Funding Agency: Educational Centre for Aging and Health

Term of Grant: September 1996 to March 1997

Amount of Grant: $15 000

Interprofessional Clinical Education Experience in Gerontology Project.

Investigators: Sanford (Richardson), J., Montemuro, M., Mohide, E.A., Cripps, D. & Macpherson, A.S.

Funding Agency: University Coalition Fund of the Educational Centre for Aging and Health

Term of Grant: February 1994 to April 1996

Amount of Grant: $9 500

School of Rehabilitative Science

phone: 522-1155, ext. 3246

fax:

e-mail: moreland@mcmaster.ca

Exercise in older adults, in particular muscle strengthening; stroke rehabilitation; the role of empathy in caring for institutionalized older adults.

Publication:

Moreland, J., Thomson, M.A., & Fuoco, A. (1998). Electromyographic biofeedback to improve lower extremity function after stroke: A meta-analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 79, 134-140.

Moreland, J., DePaul, V., & Fournel, D. (1997). Practice patterns for the physiotherapy management of clients with maintenance goals: A Canadian survey. Physiotherapy Canada, 49, 222-229.

Vanspall, B., Richardson, J., & Moreland, J. Variables for assessing shoulder pain following stroke: A modified Delphi survey. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 10, 25-34.

Moreland, J., & Thomson, M.A. (1994). Efficacy of EMG feedback compared to conventional physiotherapy for upper extremity function in stroke patients: A research overview and meta-analysis.  Physical Therapy, 74, 534-547.

Research Grants:

Development of an inter-sectoral practice guideline for the secondary prevention of falls in older adults.

Investigators: Moreland, J., O'Neill, J., Belissimo, A., Ackerman-Rainville, R., Richardson, J., Chan, D., & Worral, E.J.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation.

Term of Grant: 1998-2000

Amount of Grant: $19 000

Muscle weakness as a risk factor for falls in older adults: A research overview and meta-analysis.

Investigators: Moreland, J. & Richardson, J.

Funding Agency: School of Rehabilitation

Science Research Funding

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $4 000

The effectiveness of isokinetic closed chain training following stroke: A randomized controlled factorial study.

Investigators: Moreland, J. & Shilton, M.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital Foundation

Term of Grant: 1996

Amount of Grant: $13 420

Stroke Strengthening Study II: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Investigators: Moreland, J., Cook, D., Goldsmith, C., Thomson, M.A., Huijbregts, M., Anderson, R., & Prentice, D.

Funding Agency: Heart and Stroke Foundation

Term of Grant: 1996-1998

Amount of Grant: $100 608

phone: 628-6325

fax: 546-3156

e-mail:

dmueller@hamilton-went.on.ca

Elder abuse risk factors; violence prevention.

Research Grants:

Collaborative Research and Mentorship Program.

Investigators: Jenny Ploeg,

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health.

phone: 521-2100, ext. 7715

fax: 318-5141

e-mail:

papaioannou@exchange1.cmh.on.ca

Osteoporosis and fractures; nursing homes; pharmacology and aging.

Publications:

Adachi, J.S., Cranney, A., Goldsmith, C.H., Bensen, W.G., Bianchi, F., Cividino, A., Craig, G.L., Kaminska, E., Sebaldt, R.J., Papioannou, A., Boratto, M., Gordon, M., Steele, M. (1994). Intermittent cyclic therapy with etidronate in the prevention of corticosteroid induced bone loss. The Journal of Rheumatology, 21(10), 1922-1926.

Papaioannou, A., Adachi, J.D., Gagnon, M., Turpie, I., Cividino, A., Beckingham, A., Butson, T. (1997). A model of osteoporosis education of students and health professionals. Drug Information Journal, 31.

Papaioannou, A., Parkinson, W., Adachi, J., O'Connor, A., Jolly, E.E., Tugwell, P., Bedard, M. (1998). Women's decisions about hormone replacement after education and bone densitometry. CMAJ, 159(10), 1253-7.

Research Grants:

Career Scientist.

Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: 1999

Amount of Grant: $65 000

Efficacy of home-based exercise for improving quality of life and reducing risk of future fractures among elderly women with symptomatic osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., McCartney, N., Webber, C., Adachi, J.D., Parkinson, Wm., Gagnon, M.

Funding Agency: The Drummond Foundation

Term of Grant: January 1998 - 1999

Amount of Grant: $79 698

Fellowship for Mature Women's Health Research.

Investigator: Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly Canada Inc.

Term of Grant: September 1997 - 1999

Amount of Grant: $100 000

Multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized dose in finding study on the efficacy and safety of Ibandronate during two

year's treatment in postmenopausal women for prevention of postmenopausal bone loss.

Investigators: Adachi, J.D., Bensen, W., Cividino, A., Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency:

Term of Grant: November 1998

Amount of Grant: $393 898

Calculation of the burden of illness attributable to osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Canada.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Adachi, J.D., Bedard, M., Parkinson, Wm.

Funding Agency: Proctor and Gamble

Term of Grant: May 1998

Amount of Grant: $35 000

Longitudinal analysis of quality of care using St.

Peter's Hospital minimum data set.

Investigators: Bedard, M., Richardson, J., Stirdis, J., Stones, M., Braun, A., Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Foundation

Term of Grant: April 1998

Amount of Grant: $20 000

Medication use in long-term care facilities in Ontario.

Investigators: Levine, M., Papaioannou, A., Bedard, M.

Funding Agency: Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: April 1998

Amount of Grant: $26 350

A retrospective cohort study of the frequency and severity of adverse effects associated with Amantadine dosing programs during influenza outbreaks in central west long-term care facilities.

Investigators: Kolbe, F., Papaioannou, A., Campbell, G.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: February 1998

Amount of Grant: $3 000

Comparison of Raloxifene and Placebo in the treatment of post-menopausal women with osteoporosis.

Investigators: Adachi, J.D., Bensen, W., Cividino, A., Papaioannou, A.

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $10 000

Inappropriate prescribing in long-term care facilities.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Bedard, M., Flett, N., Gagnon, M., Campbell, G., Brown, L., Millar, P., Darzins, P.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, Young Investigator Award

Term of Grant: September 1997

Amount of Grant: $10 000

LY333334 compared with Alendronate.

Investigator: Papioannou, A.

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly Canada Inc.

Term of Grant: June 1997

Amount of Grant: $79 755

Investigator: Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontologic Health Research

Term of Grant: July 1996 to July 1997

Amount of Grant: $25 000

Factors influencing women's health seeking behaviours and its implications for health promotion strategies.

Investigators: Brazil, K., Wiktorowicz, M., Lewis, D., Adachi, J.D., Papaioannou, A., Sebaldt, R.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: May 1997

Amount of Grant: $8 120

The current pattern of practice in the care of patients at risk for the development of osteoporosis fractures.

Investigators: Adachi, J.D., Siminoski, K., Sebaldt, R.J., Goldsmith, C.H., Papaioannou, A., Wiktorowicz, M., Brazil, K.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: January 1997

Amount of Grant: $80 000

Economic impact of hip fracture in Hamilton-Wentworth research

Principal Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Wiktorowicz, M.

Co-Investigators: Brazil, K., Adachi, J.D., Papadimitropoulos, E., Goeree, R.

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: October 1996

Amount of Grant: $55 000

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Father

Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: October 1996

Amount of Grant: $55 000

Intensity and cost of long-term care following hip fracture.

Co-Principal Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Wiktorowicz, M.

Co-Investigators: Brazil, K., Adachi, J.D., Brown, L., Flett, N.

Funding Agency: Eli Lilly Canada Inc.

Term of Grant: October 1996

Amount of Grant: $10 000

The effect of user-specified computerized information systems on 'High-risk Prescribing' falls and fractures at St. Joseph's Villa.

Principal Investigator: Darzins, P.

Co-Investigator: Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre

Term of Grant: 1996

Amount of Grant: $15 000

Group outpatient program for hip fracture rehabilitation.

Investigators: Papaioannou, A., Patterson, C., Adachi, J.D.

Funding Agency: Chedoke-McMaster Foundation Award, Hamilton, Ontario

Term of Grant: 1996

Amount of Grant: $20 000

Effect of selective bone mineral density screening on decisions about taking estrogen by women with post-menopausal fractures.

Co-Investigator: Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: National Health Research and Development

Term of Grant: 1995

Amount of Grant: $23 783

Victoria Medical Centre

304 Victoria Ave. N., Suite 402

Hamilton, ON

phone: 521-1983

fax: 521-8039

e-mail: bparkins@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Osteoporosis; musculoskeletal diseases associated with aging; age-related recovery from injury.

Publications:

Papaioannou, A. et al. (1998). Women's decisions about hormone therapy. Canadian Medication Association Journal, (November).

Cott, A. et al. (1994). "Letter to the Editor" Response to F. Wolfe on "Inter-rater reliability of fibromyalgia". Journal of Rheumatology, 21(2), 370-371.

Research Grants:

Effects of selective bone density screening on decisions about taking estrogen by women with post-menopausal fractures.

Principal Investigator: Adachi, J.

Funding Agency: NHRDP

Term of Grant: October 1995 to February 1996

Amount of Grant: $23 788

Home exercise for symptomatic osteoporosis related vertebral fractures.

Principal Investigator: Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: Drummond Foundation.

Term of Grant: May 1998 to April 2000

Amount of Grant: $80 000

Burden of illness of osteoporosis related vertebral fractures in Canada.

Principal Investigator: Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals

Term of Grant: 1998-1999

Amount of Grant: $35 000

Chedoke Campus

phone: 521-2100, ext. 77939

fax: 318-5141

e-mail: patterson@exchange1.cmh.on.ca

Preventive health care; health services; education; aspects of cognitive functioning in the elderly.

Publications:

Turpie, I., Bergman, H., Patterson, C., Hogan, D. (1998). Preparing Canadian physicians for health care of older adults. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 46(4), 511-516.

Hogan, D.B., Bergman, H., McCracken, P.N., Patterson, C.J. (1997). The history of geriatric medicine in Canada. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 45, 1134-1139.

Patterson, C., Feightner, J. (1997). Promoting the health of senior citizens. Journal of the Canadian Medical Association, 157(8), 1107-1113.

Patterson, C., Rosenthal, C. (1997). Living a little more dangerously. Lancet, 350, 1164-1165.

Krueger, P., Patterson, C. (1997). Detecting and managing elder abuse: Challenges in primary care. CMAJ, 157(8), 1095-1100.

Jaeschke, R., Guyatt, G., Gerstein, H., Patterson, C., Molloy, W., Cook, D., Harper, S., Griffith, L., Carbotte, R. (1996). Does treatment with L-thyroxine influence health status in middle-aged and older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism? Journal of General Internal Medicine, 11, 744-749.

Research Grants:

Randomized controlled trial of Donepezil in moderately severe Alzheimer's disease.

Co-Investigator: Patterson, C.

Funding Agency: Pfizer Canada Inc.

Term of Grant: 1996-1998.

Amount of Grant: $153 735

Canadian consensus conference on dementia (preparation of evidence-based guidelines).

Co-Investigator: Patterson, C.

Funding Agency: Multiple sources

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $65 000

A population based study of Ontario Seniors.

Co-Investigator: Patterson, C.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital Foundation: Seniors Health Investigation Network (SHINE)

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $10 000

SHINE pilot study.

Co-Investigator: Patterson, C.

Funding Agency: McMaster University: Research

in Aging Program

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $20 000

Specialized health care for the elderly program: SHINE pilot study

Co-Investigator: Patterson, C.

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $20 000

SHINE pilot study.

Co-Investigator: Patterson, C.

Funding Agency: Hoechst-Marion Roussel

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $25 000

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22294

fax: 521-8834

e-mail: ploegj@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Gerontology; community health nursing; health promotion; disease prevention.

Publications:

Ploeg, J. (1999). Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 2: Qualitative designs. Evidence-Based Nursing, 2, 36-37.

Ward-Griffin, C., & Ploeg, J. (1997). A feminist approach to health promotion for older women. Canadian Journal on Aging, 16, 279-296.

Ploeg, J., Ciliska, D., Dobbins, M., Hayward, S., Thomas, H., & Underwood, J. (1996). A systematic overview of adolescent suicide prevention programs. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 87, 319-324.

Ploeg, J., Black, M., Hutchison, B., Walter, S., Scott, A., & Chambers, L. (1994). Personal, home, and community safety promotion with community-dwelling elderly: Response to a public health nurse intervention. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 85, 188-191.

Research Grants:

Collaborative research and mentorship program: Planning and implementation of a research education curriculum, Community Care Access Centre, Regional Public Health Department, Victorian Order of Nurses

Investigators: Ploeg, J. & Hutchison, B.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: December 1999 to June 2000

Amount of Grant: $29 000

Collaborative community care research training project.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Hutchison, B., Abelson, J., Chambers, L., Giacomini, M., Medcof, I., North, J., Ruetz, J., Underwood, J.

Funding Agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Development Grant

Term of Grant: September 1999 to February 2000

Amount of Grant: $27 300

Meta-analysis of anticipatory care interventions for the elderly.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Feightner, J., Hutchison, B., Patterson, C.

Funding Agency: PHRED Program, Social and Public Health Services Division

Term of Grant: September 1999 to December 1999

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Development of clinical practice guidelines for elder abuse.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Alton, B., Bolan, G., Chan, D., Eveleigh, K., Hutchison, P., Krueger, P., Mueller, D., Patterson, C., Shott, P., Taniguchi, A., Young, L.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: January 1999 to January 2000

Amount of Grant: $12 200

Socioeconomic dimensions of an aging population.

Investigators: Spencer, B.G., Gafni, A., Martin-Matthews, A., Birch, S., Burbidge, J., Rosenthal, C., Denton, F.T., Moore, E.G., Beland, F., French, S., Stoddart, G., Joshi, A., Chambers, L., McDonald, L., Magee, L., Rosenberg, M., Denton, M., Mountain, D., Raina, R., Ploeg, J., Liaw, K., Robb, L., Robb, R., Robertson, A., Macpherson, A., Scarth, W., Abernathy, T., Veall, M.

Funding Agency: SSHRCC, Major Collaborative Research Initiatives

Term of Grant: 1999-2004

Amount of Grant: $1 924 978

Collaborative Research and Mentorship Program, Community Care Access Centre, Regional Public Health Department, Victorian Order of Nurses

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Hutchison, B., Giacomini, M.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin

Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: July 1998 to June 1999

Amount of Grant: $80 000

Telephone support services for family caregivers.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Bramberger, S., Conti, E., Willison, K., Davis, D., Lancaster, S., Hutchison, B., Chambers, L.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Community Foundation.

Term of Grant: April 1998 to October 2000

Amount of Grant: $25 970

Development of an interagency research and mentorship program.

Investigators: Hutchison, B., Ploeg, J., Giacomini, M., Chambers, L.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health

Term of Grant: July 1997 to June 1998

Amount of Grant: $46 000

A participatory planning and evaluation initiative for primary health care in the First Place neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario

Investigators: Ehrlich, A., Ploeg, J., Abernathy, T., First Place Team members.

Funding Agency: Educational Centre for Aging and

Health

Term of Grant: March 1997 to March 1998

Amount of Grant: $15 000

A study of the impact of a life skills curriculum and the relationship between hopelessness and risk behaviour among teens.

Investigators: DiCenso, A., Ploeg, J., & Siracussa, L.

Funding Agency: Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Public Health Department

Term of Grant: 1996-1997

Amount of Grant: $5 000

The process of community development with seniors: An ethnographic study.

Investigators: Ploeg, J., Rootman, E., &

Pringle, D.

Funding Agency: Canadian Nurses Foundation, Dr. Dorothy J. Kergin Research Grant in Primary Health Care

Term of Grant: December 1995 to December 1996

Amount of Grant: $10 714

IWC-AB122

phone: 525-9140, ext. 23590

fax: 523-6011

e-mail: riachc@mcmaster.ca

Postural control; falls in the elderly.

Publications:

Vamos, L., & Riach, C.L. (1998). Strength training and postural stability in the elderly. Clinical Kinesiology, (forthcoming).

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22471

fax: 522-6750

e-mail: richards@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Cellular and molecular control of chronic inflammation; the role of macrophage and T cell cytokines, metalloproteinases and their inhibitors, and prostaglandins in joint inflammation.

Publications:

Langdon, C., Leith, J., Smith, F. & Richards, C.D. (1997). Oncostatin M stimulates monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and interleukin-1-induced matrix metalloproteinase-1 production by human synovial fibroblasts in vitro. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 40(12), 2139-2146.

Richards, C.D., Langdon, C., Botelho, F., Brown, J., & Agro, A. (1996). Oncostatin M inhibits IL-1-induced expression of IL-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor by synovial and lung fibroblasts. Journal of Immunology, 156, 343-349.

Richards, C.D., & Agro, A. (1994). Interaction between oncostatin-M, interleukin-1 and prostaglandin E2 in induction of IL-6 expression in human fibroblasts. Cytokine, 6, 40-47.

Research Grants:

Synovial cell phenotypes in joint inflammation.

Investigator: Richards, C.

Funding Agency: Canadian Arthritis Society

Term of Grant: 1997-2000

Amount of Grant: $60 000

phone: 525-9140, ext. 27811

fax: 524-0069

e-mail: jrichard@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Competence, rehabilitation, stroke, falls.

Publications:

Richardson, J., Montemuro, M., Mohide, E.A., Cripps, D., & Macpherson, A.S. (1998). Training for interprofessional teamwork: Evaluation of an undergraduate experience. Journal of Gerontology (accepted for publication).

Richardson, J., Stratford, P., & Cripps, D. (1998). Assessment of reliability of the hand-held dynamometer for measuring strength in healthy older adults. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 14, 49-54.

Richardson, J., & Edwards, M. (1997). An undergraduate clinical skills laboratory developing interprofessional skills in physical and occupational therapy. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 17(4), 33-43.

Fox, P., Richardson, J., McInnes, B., & Tait, D. (1997). Bed positioning programs for older adults in a chronic care hospital: A survey. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 15(1), 75-89.

Richardson, J., Cripps, D., Mohide, A., & McPherson, A.D. (1997). Educating students for interprofessional teamwork in the clinical placement setting. Educational Gerontology, 23(7), 669-693.

Richardson, J., Stratford, P., DePaul, V., Chisolm, K., & Balsor, B. (1997). A multirater reliability study of isometric elbow extensors in healthy adults. Physiotherapy Canada, summer, 178-190.

Vanspall, B., Richardson, J., & Moreland, J. (1997). Variables for assessing should pain following stroke: A modified Delphi survey. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 10(1).

Richardson, J., Cooper, B., Swanson, L., & Ward, M. (1995). Interprofessional education in gerontology: A problem-based model. Geriatrics and Gerontology Education, 16(2), 37-51.

Gill, G., Sanford, J., Binkley, J., Stratford, P., Finch, E. (1994). Low back pain - Program description and outcome in a case series. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 20(1), 11-16.

Research Grants:

Longitudinal analysis of quality of care using St. Peter's Hospital minimum data set.

Investigators: Richardson, J., Bedard, M., Hirdes, J., Stones, M., Braun, A., & Papaioannou, A.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Foundation

Term of Grant: June 1998 to June 1999

Amount of Grant: $20 000

The relationship between depression and disability in new admissions to chronic care institutions: A clinical cohort study

Investigators: Richardson, J., Steiner, M., Streiner, D., & Walker, J.

Funding Agency: St Peter's Foundation

Term of Grant: 1998 to 1999

Amount of Grant: $12 120

Development of an inter-sectoral practice guideline for the secondary prevention of falls in older adults.

Investigators: Moreland, J., O'Neill, J., Bellisimo, A., Ackerman-Rainville, R., Richardson, J., Chan, D., & Worral, E.J.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation

Term of Grant: 1998 to 1999

Amount of Grant: $19 000

Screening for functional change in community dwelling older adults: A prevention programme for physical disability.

Investigators: Richardson, J., Chan, D., Cripps, D., Giles, C., & Anderson, D.

Funding Agency: The Change Foundation

Term of Grant: 1997-1999

Amount of Grant: $83 862.80

Grip Strength: A proxy measure for lower limb strength?

Investigators: Richardson, J., Stratford, P.,

Jewell, L., & Braun, A.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Foundation

Term of Grant: 1997-1999

Amount of Grant: $7 907.96

Muscle weakness as a risk factor for falls in older adults: A research overview and meta-analysis.

Investigators: Moreland, J., & Richardson, J.

Funding Agency: School of Rehabilitation Science Research Fund

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $4 000

Beta testing of the revised International Classification Impairment Disability and Handicap.

Investigators: Law, M., Baptiste, S., Rosenbaum, P., & Richardson, J.

Funding Agency: Canadian Institute for Health Information

Term of Grant: 1997-1998

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Reintegration into the community: Does rehabilitation facilitate this process?

Investigators: Richardson, J., Wishart, L., Wilkins, S., Tompkins, C., Montemuro, M.

Funding Agency: Educational Centre for Aging and Health

Term of Grant: 1997

Amount of Grant: $2 150

Reintegration into the Community: Does rehabilitation facilitate this process?

Investigators: Richardson, J., Wishart, L.,

Wilkins, S., Tompkins, C., Montemuro, M.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: 1997

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Transitions in disability and handicap in frail older adults.

Investigator: Richardson, J.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital

Foundation

Term of Grant: 1997

Amount of Grant: $15 682

Evaluation of an instrument to assess functional balance in older adults.

Investigators: Richardson, J., Moreland, J., Cripps, D., & De Paul, V.

Funding Agency: The Edith Herman Fund, McMaster University

Term of Grant: 1995 to 1996

Amount of Grant: $4 275

Interprofessional clinical education experience in gerontology project.

Investigators: Richardson, J., Montemuro, M., Mohide, A., Cripps, D., & Macpherson, A.S.

Funding Agency: The Coalition Development Fund of the Educational Centre for Aging and Health

Term of Grant: 1994-1996

Amount of Grant: $9 500

EASY STREET Effectiveness trial: A study to compare two methods of rehabilitation to improve Independent Living Skills in the elderly.

Investigators: Sanford, J., Law, M., Swanson, L., & Guyatt, G.

Funding Agency: Ministry of Health

Term of Grant: 1994-1996

Amount of Grant: $126 819

Aging with a pre-existing disability.

Investigators: Tremblay, M., McColl, M., Pentland, W., Rosenthal, C., Richardson, J.,

Tryssenaar, J., Tompkins, C., Turpie, I., & Watts, S.

Funding Agency: The Coalition Development Fund of the Educational Centre for Aging and Health

Term of Grant: 1994-1995

Amount of Grant: $9 500

The efficacy of resistance exercise training in stroke patients: A multiple baseline study.

Investigators: Moreland, J., & Sanford, J.

Funding Agency: The Bickell Foundation

Term of Grant: 1993-1995

Amount of Grant: $9 564.76

School of Nursing

HSC-3N28B

phone: 525-9140, ext. 22725

fax: 521-8834

e-mail: robertsj@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Menopause; caregivers of persons with cognitive impairment; community care: Health Services Research

Publications:

Roberts, J., Browne, G., Milne, C., Spooner, L., Gafni, A., Drummond-Young, M., Legris, J., Watt, S., LeClair, K., Beaumont, L., & Roberts, J.E. (1999). Problem solving counseling for caregivers of cognitively impaired: Effective for whom? Nursing Research, 48(3), 162-172.

Markle-Reid, M., Browne, G., & Roberts, J. (1998). Home-care: Client characteristics and patterns of service utilization predictive of acute hospitalization. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 12(1), 39-51.

Hay, I., Van Ineveld, K., Browne, G., Roberts, J., Bell, B., Mills, M., Chambers, L., Gafni, A., & Macpherson, S. (1998). Screening the elderly in primary care: More effective for whom? Journal of Family Physicians, 44, 2677-2687.

MacIntyre, I., Corradetti, P., Roberts, J., Browne, G., Watt, S., & Lane, A. (accepted). The enhancement of social support, life satisfaction, and health of frail elderly in a friendly visitor volunteer program. Health and Social Care 7(3), 225-232.

Roberts, J., Browne, G., Gafni, A., Varieur, M., Loney, P., & DeRuyter, M. (2000). Specialized continuing care models for persons with dementia: A systematic review of the research literature. Canadian Journal of Aging, 19(1), 106-126.

Latimer, E., Crabb, M.R., Roberts, J.G., Ewen, M., & Roberts, J. (1998). The patient care travelling record in palliative care: Effectiveness and efficiency. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 16(1), 41-51.

Watt, S., Roberts, J., Browne, G., & Gafni, A. (1997). Age, adjustment, and costs: A study of chronic illnesses. Social Science and Medicine, 44(10), 1483-1490.

Hay, W.I., Browne, G., Roberts, J., & Jamieson, E. (1995). Prospective care of elderly patients in family practice part 3: The prevalence of unrecognized treatable health concerns among the elderly by age, gender and user group. Canadian Family Physician, 41, 1695-1710.

Browne, G., Roberts, J., Watt, S., Gafni, A., & Stockwell, S. (1994). Community rehabilitation: Strategies, outcomes, expenditures. Canadian Journal of Rehabilitation, 8(1), 11-24.

Webber, C.E., Balke, J.M., Chambers, L.F., & Roberts, J. (1994). Effects of 2 years of hormone replacement upon bone mass, serum lipids and lipoproteins. Maturitas, 19, 13-23.

Research Grants:

The effects and expense of an early health promotion/rehabilitation intervention in an elderly home care population.

Investigators: Wishart, L., Richardson, J., Roberts, J., Browne, G., Gafni, A., Wilkins, S., & Shadwich, S.

Funding Agency: Health Transition Fund

Term of Grant: 1999-2001

Amount of Grant: $224 870

Hamilton-Wentworth Needs Assessment of caregivers of relatives with cognitive impairment.

Investigators: Roberts, J., & Browne, G.

Funding Agency: VON Canada

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $9 000

Managing the transition from hospital to home.

Investigators: Brazil, K. & Roberts, J.

Funding Agency: FSORC

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $6 500

Best practice continuing care models: Focus on persons with dementias.

Investigators: Roberts, J., Browne, G., & Gafni, A.

Funding Agency: Health Canada

Term of Grant: April 1996 - May 1997

Amount of Grant: $39 300

The quick response programme involving the home care programme for metropolitan Toronto and the Humber Memorial and Etobicoke General Hospitals: The need, acceptability, capacity, safety, effects, and expense from hospital to home care points of view.

Investigators: Weir, R., Browne, G., Byrne, C., Roberts, J., Gafni, A., Thompson, A., Merrill, C.F., McColl, L., & Walsh, M.

Funding Agency: Humber Memorial Hospital, Etobicoke General Hospital, and Metropolitan Toronto Home Care Program

Term of Grant: December 1995 to March 1996

Amount of Grant: $33 600

A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness and efficiency of problem solving counselling for caregivers of the cognitively impaired living at home.

Investigators: Roberts, J., Browne, G., Milne, C., Spooner, L., Gafni, A., Watt, S., Drummond-Young, M., LeGris, J., & LeClair, K.

Funding Agency: The Alzheimer Society of Canada.

Term of Grant: April 1994 to September 1996

Amount of Grant: $98 735

Assessment of respite needs: Caregivers of cognitively impaired persons living in the Halton community.

Investigators: Roberts, J., Browne, G., Watt, S., & Denton, M.

Funding Agency: New Horizons Grant, Seniors Independence Program, Health and Welfare Canada

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1995

Amount of Grant: $18 541

A programme of evidence-based planning and policy development of health and social services for seniors at a regional level.

Investigators: Browne, G., Chambers, L., Watt, S., Roberts, J., Weir, R., Crook, J., & Rosenthal, C.

Funding Agency: Pilot funding supported by ECAH

Term of Grant: March 1994 to 1995

Amount of Grant: $29 000

The patient-carried travelling record in palliative care: Effectiveness and efficiency.

Investigators: Latimer, E., Crabb, M., Roberts, J.G., Ewen, M., & Roberts, J.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Civic Hospitals Research Fund

Term of Grant: 1993-1995

Amount of Grant: $9 000

HSC-3G15

phone: 521-2100, ext. 6180

fax: 521-2362

e-mail:

rosebush@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Late-onset psychosis; depressive symptoms, treatment response and outcome; neuroleptic-induced akathisia in elderly patients.

Publications:

Rosebush, P.I., Garside, S., Levinson, A.J., & Mazurek, M.F. (1998 in press). The neuropsychiatry of adult-onset adrenoleukodystrophy. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

Mazurek, M.F., Savedia, S.M., Bobba, R.S., Garside, S., & Rosebush, P. (1998). Persistent loss of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the substantia nigra after neuroleptic medication. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 64, 799-901.

Rosebush, P.I., & Mazurek, M.F. (1996). Catatonia after benzodiazepine withdrawal. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 16, 315-319.

Mazurek, M.F., & Rosebush, P.I. (1996). Circadian pattern of acute neuroleptic-induced dystonic reactions. American Journal of Psychiatry, 153, 708-710.

Rosebush, P.I., MacQueen, G.M., & Mazurek, M.F. (1995). Late-onset Tay-Sachs disease presenting as catatonic schizophrenia: Diagnostic and treatment issues. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 56(8), 347-353.

Research Grants:

Lorazepam supplementation of conventional antidepressant therapy in severe depression with psychomotor retardation: A randomized, placebo-controlled in-patient trial.

Investigators: Rosebush, P.I., & Mazurek, M.F.

Funding Agency: Ontario Mental Health Foundation

Term of Grant: 1996 to 1997

Amount of Grant: $60 000

Long term effects of neuroleptic medication on midbrain dopamine neurons.

Investigators: Mazurek, M.F., & Rosebush, P.I.

Funding Agency: Ontario Mental Health Foundation

Term of Grant: 1996 - 1997

Amount of Grant: $15 000

The neuroanatomical substrate of catatoni and its relationship to the psychomotor retardation of depression.

Investigators: Mazurek, M.F., & Rosebush, P.I.

Funding Agency: Ontario Mental Health Foundation

Term of Grant: 1994-1995

Amount of Grant: $15 000

Professor, Gerontology & Sociology

phone: ext. 24449

fax: 525-4198

e-mail:

crosent@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca

How family responsibilities over the life course affect economic security in later life; how employed men and women balance responsibilities for the care of elderly relatives and employment-related responsibilities; family issues in the context of an older relative's long-term care.

Publications Highlights:

Clarke, P., Marshall, V., Ryff, C., & Rosenthal, C. (2000). Well-being in Canadian seniors: Findings from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Canadian Journal on Aging, 19(3), (in press).

Keefe, J., Rosenthal, C., & Beland, F. (2000). The impact of ethnicity on helping for older relatives: Findings from a sample of employed Canadians. Canadian Journal on Aging, 19(3), (in press).

Rosenthal, C. (2000). Aging families: Have current changes and challenges been "oversold"? In E. Gee & G. Gutman (eds.) The Overselling of Population Aging: Apocalyptic Demography, Intergenerational Challenges and Social Policy, pp. 45-63. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.

Rosenthal, C., Denton, M., Martin-Matthews, A., & French, S. (In press). Changes in work and family over the life course: Implications for economic security of today's and tomorrow's older women. In F. Denton, D. Fretz, & B. Spencer (eds.) Independence and Economic Security in Old Age. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Robb, R., Denton, M., Lian, J., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., Rosenthal, C., & Willison, D. (1999). Valuation of unpaid help by seniors: An empirical analysis. Canadian Journal on Aging, 18(4), 430-446.

Stone, L.O., Rosenthal, C.J. & Connidis, I. (1998). Parent-child exchanges of supports and intergenerational equity. Ottawa: Ministry of Industry, Statistics Canada, Catalogue No. 89-557-XPE.

Patterson, C. & Rosenthal, C.J. (1997). Living a little more dangerously. The Lancet, 350, 1164-1165.

Rosenthal, C.J. (1997). Family care in Canada in the context of social and demographic change. Aging International, 24, 13-31.

Ross, M., Rosenthal, C.J., & Dawson, P. (1997). Patterns of caregiving following the institutionalization of elderly husbands. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 29, 79-98.

Ross, M., Rosenthal, C.J., & Dawson, P. (1997). Spousal caregiving in the institutional setting: Visiting. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 6, 473-483.

Bengtson, U.L., Rosenthal, C.J., Burton, L. (1996). Paradoxes of families and aging. Pp.253-282 in G. Maddox and L. George (eds.), Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 4^th edition. San Diego: Academic Press.

Stone, L.O. & Rosenthal, C.J. (1996). Profiles of the social networks of Canada's elderly: An analysis of 1990 General Social Survey data. Pp.77-98 in H. Litwin (ed.), The Social Networks of Older People: A Cross-National Analysis. Greenwood.

Connidis, I., Rosenthal, C.J. & McMullin, J. (1996). The impact of family composition on providing help to older parents: A study of employed adults. Research on Aging, 402-429.

Ross, M., Rosenthal, C. & Dawson, P. (1997).

Spousal caregiving in the institutional setting: Task performance. Canadian Journal on Aging, 16(1), 51-69.

Rosenthal, C., Martin-Matthews, A., & Mathews, S. (1996). Caught in the middle? Occupancy in multiple roles and help to parents in a national probability sample of Canadian adults. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 51B(6): S271-S273.

Dawson, P. & Rosenthal, C. (1996). Wives of institutionalized elderly men: What influences satisfaction with care? Canadian Journal on Aging, 15(2), 245-263.

Sulman, J., Rosenthal, C., Marshall, V. & Daciuk, J. (1996). Elderly patients in the acute care hospital: Factors associated with long stay and its impact on patients and families. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 25, 33-52.

Research Grants:

Social and economic dimensions of an aging population.

Principal Investigator: Spencer, B.

Funding Agency: SSHRCC

Term of Grant: 1999 to 2004

Amount of Grant: $3 218 353

An examination of the roles of family members in various long-term care settings.

Investigators: Dupuis, S., & Rosenthal, C.

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1999-2002

Amount of Grant: $91 500

Social inequalities and preparation for later life.

Investigators: Denton, M., French, S., Gafni, A., Joshi, A., Martin-Matthews, A. and Rosenthal, C.

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Term of Grant: 1999-2002

Amount of Grant: $60 238

The independence and financial security of the elderly population.

Principal Investigator: Spencer, B.

Funding Agency: Seniors' Independence

Research Program and Health Canada

Term of Grant: 1995 to 1998

Amount of Grant: $519 505

School of Nursing

HSC-2J30

phone: ext. 22405 or 22312

fax: 570-0667

e-mail:

roylejo@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Gerontology; interdisciplinary education and practice; client-centred care; evidence-based health care; chronic illness; dementia care.

Publications:

Royle, J., Sammon, S., Blythe, M., & Morrison, F. (In press). Preparing today's health care providers to educate tomorrow's practitioners: Interdisciplinary collaboration. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.

Research Grants:

Feasibility of establishing a long-term care resource centre in Hamilton-Wentworth.

Investigators: Lillie, J., Montemuro, M., Royle, J., Chambers, L., North, J., Brazil, K., Cripps, D., Church, A., Le Clair, K., & Goldblatt, E.

Funding Agency: Interdisciplinary Aging and Health Program, McMaster University

Term of Grant: June to October 1998

Amount of Grant: $7 500

Interdisciplinary preparation of "clinical educators": Improving the quality of practice

education of students.

Investigators: Sammon, S., Montemuro, M., Royle, J., et al.

Funding Agency: Teaching and Learning Committee, McMaster University

Term of Grant: June 1998 to May 1999

Amount of Grant: $6 872

Faculty of Health Sciences,

HSC-3G48

phone: ext. 24995

fax: 525-4198

e-mail: ryaneb@mcmaster.ca

Psychology of aging; communication, aging and health; social cognition and aging; aging and mental health; psychology of language; cognitive processes; computer applications.

Publications:

Ryan, E.B., Kennaley, D.E., Pratt, M.W., & Shumovich, M.A. (In press). Patronizing speech and assertive responses in the nursing home: Evaluative perceptions by staff, residents and community seniors. Psychology and Aging.

Jin, Y.S., Ryan, E.B., & Anas, A.P. (In press). Korean beliefs about memory and aging for self and others. International Journal of Aging and Human Development.

Ryan , E.B., & Norris, J.E. (In press). The interface between research and practice in communication, aging and health. In M.L. Hummert and J.F. Nussbaum (eds.), Communication, aging and health. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Press.

Hummert, M.L., & Ryan, E.B. (In press). Patronizing communication. In P. Robinson & H. Giles (eds.), Handbook of language and social psychology (second edition). London: Wiley.

Orange, J.B., & Ryan, E.B. (In press). Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: Implications for patient-physician communication. In R. Adelman & M. Greene (eds.), Communication between older adults and their physicians (Clinics in Geriatric Medicine volume).

Bieman-Copland, S., Ryan, E.B., & Cassano, J. (1998). Responding to the challenges of late life: Strategies for maintaining and enhancing competence. In D. Pushkar, W. Bukoski, A., Schwartzman, D. Stack & D. White (eds.), Improving competence across the lifespan (pp.141-157). New York: Plenum Press.

Ryan, E.B., Anas, A.P., Hummert, M.L., & Laver-Ingram, A. (1998). Young and old adults' views of telephone talk: Conversation problems and social uses. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 26, 83-98.

Bieman-Copland, S., & Ryan, E.B. (1998). Age-biased interpretation of memory successes and failures in adulthood. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 53B, P105-P111.

Harwood, J., Ryan, E.B., Giles, H., & Tysoski, S. (1997). Evaluations of patronizing speech and three response styles in a non-service-providing setting. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 25, 170-184.

Williams, A., Ota, H., Giles, H., Pierson, H.D., Gallois, C., Ng, S.H., Lim, T.S., Ryan, E.B., Somera, L.B., Maher, J., Cai, D., & Harwood, J. (1997). Young people's beliefs about intergenerational communication: An initial cross-cultural comparison. Communication Research, 24, 370-393.

Hummert, M.L. & Ryan, E.B. (1996). Toward understanding variations in patronizing talk addressed to older adults: Psycholinguistic features of care and control. International Journal of Psycholinguistics, 12, 149-169.

Kwong See, S.T., & Ryan, E.B. (1996). Cognitive mediation of discourse processing in later life. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 20, 109-117.

Ryan, E.B. (1996). Psychosocial perspectives on discourse and hearing differences among older adults. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 20, 95-100.

Ryan, E.B., & Butler, R.N. (1996). Communication, aging and health: Toward understanding relationships between health providers and older clients. Health Communication, 8(3), 191-197.

Kwong See, S.T., & Ryan, E.B. (1995). Cognitive mediation of adult age differences in language performance. Psychology and Aging, 10, 458-468.

Orange, J.B., Ryan, E.B., Meredith, S.D., & MacLean, M.J. (1995). Application of the Communication Enhancement Model for long-term care residents with Alzheimer's disease. Topics in Language Disorders, 15(2), 20-35.

Ryan, E.B., Hummert, M.L., & Boich, L. (1995). Communication predicaments of aging: Patronizing behaviour toward older adults. Journal of Language and Social Pathology, 13, 144-166.

Ryan, E.B., Meredith, S.D., MacLean, M.J., & Orange, J.B. (1995). Changing the way we talk with elders: Promoting health using the Communication Enhancement Model. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 41(2), 87-105.

Cargile, A.C., Giles, H., Ryan, E.B., & Bradac, J.J. (1994). Language attitudes as a social process: A conceptual model and new directions. Language & Communication, 14, 211-236.

Ryan, E.B. (1994). Intergenerational communication: Evaluations and analyses of talk exchanged between older adults and younger adults. International Journal on Aging and Human Development, 39(1), 1-4.

Ryan, E.B., Hamilton, J.M., & Kwong See, S. (1994). Patronizing the old: How do younger and older adults respond to baby talk in the nursing home? International Journal on Aging and Human Development, 39, 21-32.

Ryan, E.B., MacLean, M., & Orange, J.B. (1994). Inappropriate accommodation in communication to elders: Inferences about nonverbal correlates. International

Journal of Aging and Human Development, 39, 273-291.

Ryan, E.B., Meredith, S.D., & Shantz, G.D. (1994). Evaluative perceptions of patronizing speech addressed to institutionalized elders in contrasting conversational contexts. Canadian Journal on Aging, 13, 236-248.

Research Grants:

Language and aging: Social cognitive studies of intergenerational communication.

Investigator: Ryan, E.B.

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Term of Grant: 1997-2000

Amount of Grant: $105 000

Intergenerational communication across the

Pacific Rim.

Investigators: Giles, H., Cai, D., Gallois, C., Lim, T-S., Maher, J., Ng, S.H., Pierson, H., Ryan, E.B., Somera, L.B., Somera, R., Tao, H.

Funding Agency: University of California

Term of Grant: 1996 to 1997

Amount of Grant: $25 000

Language and aging: Social cognitive studies of intergenerational communication.

Investigators: Ryan, E.B.

Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1997

Amount of Grant: $105 000

Aging with an intellectual disability.

Investigators: Tremblay, M., Salvatori, P., Ryan, E.B., Rosenthal, C., Marcaccio, D., McLeod, K.

Funding Agency: R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: 1994 to 1995

Amount of Grant: $3 000

School of Rehabilitation

IAHS Room 403

phone: 525-9140, ext. 27818

fax: 524-0069

e-mail: salvator@fhs.mcmaster.ca

Aging with an intellectual/developmental disability, particularly the impact of government policy and social services on individuals' and their families' quality of life.

Publications:

Salvatori, P., Tremblay, T., Sandys, J., & Marcaccio, D. (1998). Aging with an intellectual disability: A review of Canadian literature. Canadian Journal on Aging, 17, 249-271.

CNH-518

phone: ext. 23903

fax: 522-5993

e-mail: saunders@mcmaster.ca

Age estimation of sub-adult humans from microscopic patterns of development of tooth enamel; variability in human tooth formation and development; age-at-death estimation of adults for forensic purposes and archaeological study.

Publications:

Fitzgerald, C.M., Saunders, S.R., Macchiarelli, R., & Bondioli, L. (1999). Large scale histological assessment of deciduous crown formation. In Proceedings of the 11^th International Symposium of Dental Morphology, August 26-30, 1998, Oulu, Finland, ed. J.T. Mayhall, and T. Heikkinen, pp.92-101.

Saunders, S.R. & Keenleyside, A. (1999). Enamel hypoplasia in a Nineteenth Century Church Cemetary Sample. American Journal of Human Biology, 11, 513-524.

Garlie, T.N., & Saunders, S.R. (1999). Midline facial tissue thicknesses of subadults from a longitudinal radiographic study. Journal of Forensic Science, 44, 59-65.

Herring, D.A., Saunders S.R., & Katzenberg, M.A. (1998). Investigating the weaning process in past populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 105, 425-440.

Hoppa, R.D., & Saunders, S.R. (1998). The MAD Legacy: How meaningful is mean age-at-death in skeletal samples. International Journal of Anthropology, 13(3), 1-14.

Hoppa, R.D., & Saunders, S.R. (1998). Two quantitative methods for rib seriation in human skeletal remains. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 43(1), 174-177.

Yang, D.Y., Eng, B., Waye, J.S., Dudar, J.C., & Saunders, S.R. (1998). Technical Note: Improved DNA extraction from ancient bones using silica-based prin columns. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 105, 539-543.

Research Grants:

Development and testing of standardized procedures for dental microscopic age estimation.

Principal Investigator: Saunders, S.R.

Co-Investigator: Fitzgerald, C.

Funding Agency: SSHRC

Term of Grant: 1998

Amount of Grant: $53 000

Shalom Village

phone: 529-1613

fax: 529-7542

e-mail: schinmar@ican.net

Behavioural assessment in dementia; creative interventions in dementia care; bathing techniques in dementia; qualitative methodologies.

Publications:

Schindel-Martin, L. (1997). The art of bathing in dementia: Expanding the practice repertoire through research. Wisdom from the Field: Linking Education and Practice in Aging and Health, Educational Centre for Aging and Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Research Grants:

Training staff in long-term care to manage aggression in cognitively impaired elderly: Evaluation of a certification program for clinical staff.

Investigators: Schindel-Martin, L., Lasky, N., Morden, P., McDowell, C., Roberts, J.

Funding Agency: The R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Gerontological Health Research

Term of Grant: October 1998 to April 1999

Amount of Grant: $5 000

Management of aggression in the care of the cognitively impaired elderly: An evaluation of a certification program for clinical and program support staff.

Investigators: Rivers, S., Schindel-Martin, L., Moonsawmy, C.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital Foundation

Amount of Grant: $3 258

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital Annual Research Competition Grant

Amount of Grant: $750

Term of Grant: September 1997 to April 1998

An investigation into the sensory environment of patients and staff living and working on behavioural health one.

Investigators: Schindel-Martin, L., Tompkins, C., Humphrey, J., Pieper, L.

Funding Agency: Educational Bursary awarded by Educational Centre for Aging and Health

Term of Grant: September 1996 to present

Amount of Grant: $10 000

Alternative bathing strategies in dementia: An evaluation of the therapeutic towel bath.

Investigators: Schindel-Martin, L., Carnegie Letcher, H.

Funding Agency: St. Peter's Hospital First Annual Research Competition.

Term of Grant: March 1995

Amount of Grant: $1 500

Evaluation of the memory centre to decrease behavioural disturbances in patients with dementia.

Investigators: Schindel-Martin, L., Sanford, J., Law, M., Plews, N., Aarden, J.

Funding Agency: Hamilton Community Foundation, The McGregor Fund

Term of Grant: March 1995

Amount of Grant: $1 000

phone: 662-1100, ext. 8100

fax: 571-5594

e-mail: sellors@fhs.csu.mcmaster.ca

Drug utilization; cost-effectiveness of interventions; quality of life; pharmacist-physician collaboration; visiting primary care nursing services; telephone information services; meals on wheels; predictors of morbidity/mortality; access/barriers to services; vaccines/vaccination; diabetes mellitus-type II; osteoporosis; palliative care; urinary incontinence.

Publications:

Dalby, D.M., Sellors, J.W., Fraser, F., Fraser, C., van Ineveld, C.H., Howard, M. (2000). Effect of preventive home visits by a nurse on the outcomes of frail elderly people in the community: A randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 162, 497-500.

Dalby, D.M., Sellors, J.W., Fraser, F., Fraser, C., van Ineveld, C.H.M., Pickard, L., Howard, M. (1999). Screening seniors for risk of functional decline: Results of a survey in family practice. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 90, 133-137.

Research Grants:

Study of the modifiable factors associated with cancer patients' use of hospitals or emergency departments.

Investigators: Sellors, J., Latimer, E., Marshall, D., Kaczorowski, J.

Funding Agency: Purdue Frederick

Term of Grant: 1999-2001

Amount of Grant: $12 097

Randomized trial of expanded role pharmacists in seniors covered by a provincial drug plan (SMART Project).

Investigators: Sellors, J., Woodward, C., Kaczorowski, J., Dolovich, L., Sellors, C., Farris, K., Gafni, A., Poston, J., Cave, A., Willan, A.

Funding Agency: Health Transition Fund (Health Canada and Province of Ontario)

Term of Grant: 1999 - 2000