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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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