Ann
Gruber-Baldini, PhD | Reba
Cornman, MSW
|
W. Gary
Erwin, PharmD
Donald
O. Fedder, BSP, DrPH | Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD
Robert Michocki, PharmD |
C. Daniel Mullins, PhD | Denise Orwig,
PhD
Francis Palumbo, PhD, JD
| Gary
Smith, PharmD
Sheila Weiss,
PhD
Ann
Gruber-Baldini, PhD
Ann
Gruber-Baldini, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive
Medicine, Division of Gerontology, at the University of Maryland
School of Medicine.
Dr.
Gruber-Baldini's research interests are in gerontology, epidemiology
of aging, longitudinal methods, cognitive functioning, and
the impact of chronic conditions on functioning. Her experience
has included work with both community-dwelling and institutionalized
elderly.
Much of her current effort is spent as the senior analyst
for the both the University of Maryland Long-Term Care Project
and the Collaborative Studies of Long-term Care.
Dr.
Gruber-Baldini’s research is currently investigating the interaction
of cognition (including dementia and delirium) and health
in hospitals, rehabilitation, and long-term care settings.
She has been the Principal Investigator of pilot studies that
examine the cognitive functioning of hip fracture patients
in the hospital and the rehabilitation placement of hip fracture
patients with dementia. She currently studies issues related
to health outcomes, health service utilization, and costs
of nursing home residents with dementia and examining the
treatment of residents with mental health concerns (including
dementia, behavioral problems, and depression) in residential
care/assisted living facilities. She also examines measurement
issues in long-term care, including measurement of cognition
and dementia in long-term care, use of Medicare and Medicaid
data in nursing home cohorts, and the utility of the Minimum
Data Set for research use.
Select
Peer reviewed publications:
Gruber-Baldini,
A.L., Schaie, K.W., & Willis, S.L. (1995). Similarity in
married couples: A longitudinal study of mental abilities and
rigidity-flexibility.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality
Processes and Individual Differences: 69 (1), 191-203.
Cohen-Mansfield,
J., Lipson, S., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Farley, J., & Woosley,
R. (1996).
Longitudinal prescribing patterns of psychotropic drugs
in nursing home residents.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology,
4(2), 224-233.
Gruber-Baldini,
A.L., Zimmerman, S.I., Mortimore, E. & Magaziner, J. (2000).
The validity of the Minimum Data Set in measuring the cognitive
impairment of persons admitted to nursing homes.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 48(12): 1601-1606.
Menon,
A.S., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Hebel, J.R., Kaup, B., Loreck, D.,
German, P., & Magaziner, J. (2001). Relationship between
aggressive behaviors and depression among nursing home residents
with dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry,
16: 139-146.
Port,
C.L., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Burton, L., Baumgarten, M., Hebel,
J.R., Zimmerman, S., & Magaziner, J. (2001). Resident contact
with family and friends following nursing home admission. The
Gerontologist, 41(5), 589-596.
Zimmerman,
S., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Hebel, J.R., Sloane, P.D., & Magaziner,
J. (2002). Nursing
home facility risk factors for infection: Importance of
Registered Nurse turnover, administration, and social
factors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(12):1987-1995.
Zimmerman,
S., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Sloane, P.D., Eckert, J.K., Hebel,
J.R., Morgan, L.A., Stearns, S.C., Wildfire, J., Magaziner,
J., Chen, C., & Konrad, T.R. (2003, in press). Assisted
living and nursing homes: Apples and oranges? The
Gerontologist
van
Doorn, C., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Zimmerman, S., Hebel, J.R.,
Port, C., Baumgarten, M., Quinn, C., Taler, G., May, C., &
Magaziner, J. (2003, in press).
Dementia as a risk factor for falls and fall injuries
among nursing home residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society.
Gruber-Baldini,
A.L., Zimmerman, S., Morrison, R.S., Grattan, L.M., Dolan, M.,
Hebel, J.R., Hawkes, W., & Magaziner, J. (2003, in press).
Cognitive impairment in hip fracture patients: Timing of detection
and longitudinal follow-up. Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society, 51.
Watson,
L., Garrett, J., Sloane, P.S., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., & Zimmerman,
S. (2003, in press).
Are residents of assisted living depressed? Results from
a four-state study.
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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