Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living (PCEAL) Lab
Publications
The following are selected publications related to hospice, palliative, end-of-life, and dementia care from our team.
Dobbs D, Yauk J, Vogel CE, Fanfan D, Buck H, Haley WE, Meng H. Feasibility of the Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living Intervention for Dementia Care Providers: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Gerontologist. 2023 Feb 26:gnad018. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnad018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36842068.
Debra Dobbs, PhD, Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, Paula Carder, PhD, Anna S Beeber, PhD, RN, Stephanie J Palmertree, MSW, Staff Reports of Behavioral Expressions of Persons with Dementia in 250 Assisted Living Communities, The Gerontologist, 2021;, gnab059, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab059
Dobbs, D., Kaufman, S. & Meng, H. (2018). The association between assisted living direct care worker end-of-life training and hospice use patterns. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 4:1-5. PMID:29623288 https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721418765522
Peterson, LJ, Hyer, K., Meng, H. Dobbs, D. Gamaldo, A., & O’Neil, (2019). Discussing End-of-Life Care Preferences With Family: Role of Race and Ethnicity. Research on Aging, 41(9) 823–844. PMID: 31230582 https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027519858716
Dobbs, D., Park, N.S., Jang, Y. & Meng, H. (2015). Awareness and completion of advance directives in older Korean-American adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63(3):565-70. Epub 2015 Mar 2. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13309
Dobbs, D., Baker, T. A., Carrion, I. V., Vongxaiburana, E., & Hyer, K. (2014). Certified nursing assistants' perspectives of nursing home residents' pain experience: Communication patterns, cultural context, and the role of empathy. Pain Management Nursing, 15 (1), 87-96. doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2012.06.008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2012.06.008
Meng, H., Dobbs, D., Wang, S., & Hyer, K. (2013). Hospice use and public expenditures at the end of life in assisted living residents in a Florida Medicaid waiver program. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(10), 1777-1781. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12459
Dobbs, D., Meng, H., Hyer, K., & Volicer, L. (2012). The influence of hospice use on nursing home and hospital use in assisted living among dual-eligible enrollees. Journal of the American Medical Director’s Association, 13, 189.e9-189.e13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2011.06.001
Dobbs, D., Emmett, C., Hammarth, A., & Daaleman, T. P. (2012). Religiosity and death attitudes and engagement of advance care planning among chronically ill older adults. Research on Aging, 34(2), 113-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027511423259
Park, N. S., Carrion, I. V., Lee, B. S., Dobbs, D., Shin, H. J., & Becker, M. A. (2012). The role of race and ethnicity in predicting length of hospice care among older adults. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(2), 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2011.0220
Krok, J., Dobbs, D., Hyer, K., & Polivka-West, L. (2011). Nurse managers’ perspectives of structural and process characteristics related to resident's advance directives in nursing homes. Applied Nursing Research. 24(4), e45-e50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2010.11.004
Emmett, C., Dobbs, D., Williams, S., & Daaleman, T. (2011). “Peace with my Maker”: Voices of seriously ill African Americans regarding advance care planning. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(2), 119-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800410390775
Daaleman, T.P., Emmett, C., Dobbs, D., & Williams, S.W. (2008). An exploratory study of advance care planning in seriously ill African American elders. Journal of the National Medical Association, 100(12), 1457 – 1462. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31547-9
Hanson, L. C., Dobbs, D., Usher, B. M., Williams, S. W., Rawlings, J., & Daaleman, T. P. (2008). Providers and types of spiritual care during serious illness. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 11(6), 907-14. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2008.0008
Munn, J. C., Dobbs, D., Meier, A., Williams, C. S., Biola, H., & Zimmerman, S. (2008). The end-of-life experience in long-term care: Five themes identified from focus groups with residents, family members, and staff. The Gerontologist, 48(4), 485-94. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/48.4.485
Hanson, L. C., Eckert, J. K., Dobbs, D., Williams, C.S., Caprio, A., Sloane, P. D., & Zimmerman, S. (2008). Symptom experience of dying long-term care residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(1), 91-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01388.x
Dobbs, D. J., Hanson, L., Williams, C. S., Zimmerman, S., & Munn, J. (2006). Hospice attitudes among assisted living and nursing home administrators, and the Long-Term Care Hospice Attitudes Scale. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(6), 1388-1400. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1388