Peer-reviewed Publications

Student names are in bold.

Vivoda, J. M., Cao, J., Koumoutzis, A., Harmon, A., & Babulal, G. (2020). Planning for driving retirement: The effect of driving perceptions, driving events, and assessment of driving alternatives. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior

Corpora, M., Kelley, M., Kasler, K., Heppner, A., Van Haitsma, K., & Abbott, K. M. (Accepted) “It’s been a whole new world”: Staff perceptions of implementing a person-centered communication intervention during COVID-19. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, (47)5

Corpora, M., Liggett, E., & Leone, A. F. (2021). The effects of guided imagery and hand massage on wellbeing and pain in palliative care: Evaluation of a pilot study. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 42(101303). doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101303

 Dikhtyar, O., Cummins, P. A., McGrew, K., & Bahr, P. R. (2020). Strategies employed by Ohio community colleges to improve labor market outcomes for older students. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1-12. Doi: 10.1080/10668926.2020.1738289

Janssen, L.M., Kinney, J.M., Farfsing, K.M. (2020). Through the Montessori looking-glass: Barriers to implementing a Montessori-based intervention. Journal of Applied Gerontology,1-5. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820938270

Kennedy, K.A., Applebaum, R., & Bowblis, J.R. (2020). Facility-level factors associated with CNA turnover and retention: lessons for the long-term services industry. The Gerontologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa098

Applebaum, R., Nelson, I., Straker, J.K., & Kennedy, K. (2020). Policy does matter: Changing an unchangeable long-term services system. The Journal of Elder Policy, 1(1), 21-38. doi: 10.18278/jep.1.1.2

Kennedy, K.A., Applebaum, R., Bowblis, J.R., & Straker, J.K. (2020). Organizational factors associated with retention of direct care workers: A comparison of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The Gerontologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa130

Kennedy, K.A., Hua, C.L., & Nelson, I.M. (2020). A comparison of emergency preparedness policies by long-term care setting type in Ohio: Assisted living settings lag behind nursing homes in key areas. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820902010.

Koumoutzis, A., Cichy, K. E., Dellmann-Jenkins, M., & Blankemeyer, M. (2020). Age differences and similarities in associated stressors and outcomes among young, midlife, and older adult family caregivers. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. doi.org/10.1177/0091415020905265.

Koumoutzis, A., Stemen, S. E., Maharjan, R., Heston-Mullins, J., Mayberry, P. S., & Applebaum, R. (2020). Local initiatives to fund services for older Americans: Community recognition of the importance of social care. The Journal of Applied Gerontology. Advance access publication July 27, 2020. doi: 10.1177/0733464820944325

Koumoutzis, A. & Cichy, K. E. (2020). What’s eating you?: Risk factors for poor health behaviors among family caregivers. Journal of Aging and Mental Health. doi.org/ 10.1080/13607863.2020.1805722

Heston-Mullins, J. & Koumoutzis, A. (2021-in press). Care management in residential settings: Added benefit or unnecessary duplication? Generations.

Nwakasi, C., C., Brown, J., S., Subedi., S., & Esiaka, D. (2020). Depression, functional disability, and accessing health care among older adults in Ghana and South Africa: A comparative study based on WHO Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). Aging & Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1758904

Stemen, S. E. (2020). "I can't explain it": An examination of social convoys and after death communication narratives. Death Studies. Advance access publication September 25, 2020. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1825296

Stemen, S. E. (2020). “They’re in my heart, mind, and cells”: What continuing bonds reveal about social networks. The Gerontologist, 60(6), 1085-1093. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz188 *Article selected as Editor’s Choice.

Stemen, S. E., de Medeiros, K., & Radina, M. E. (2020). Exploring cause of death as a factor in social convoy membership: The case of Pauline. The Journal of Women and Aging. Advance access publication November 11, 2020. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2020.1825033

Sun, N., Hua, C. L., Qiu, X., & Brown, J. S. (2020). Urban and Rural Differences in Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Later Life in the United States. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0733464820972527.

Valenti, K.G., Janssen, L.M., de Medeiros, K., & Enguidanos, S. (2021). We speak a different language: End-of-life and bereavement experiences of older lesbian, gay, and bisexual women who have lost a spouse or partner. Qualitative Health Research, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10497323211002823

Vivoda, J. M., Walker, R. M., Cao, J., & Koumoutzis, A. (2020). How Accumulated Wealth Affects Driving Reduction and Cessation. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa039