Research in the nursing home

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Lawton, P., & Riskin, C. (1990).  Research institutes affiliated with
nursing homes: Strengths and developmental issues. The Gerontologist, 30(3), 411-416.

Informed consent for research

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Kerin, P., Pawlson, L. G., Lipson, S., & Holdridge, K. (1988).  Informed
consent for research in a nursing home: Processes and issues. The Gerontologist, 28(3), 355-359.  

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2003). Consent and refusal in dementia research: conceptual and practical considerations.
  Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2003 Apr-Jun;17 Suppl 1:S17-25..

Facilitation of research in clinical nursing home staff members

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Braun, J. (1994).  Facilitating clinician-initiated research: A
program of a research institute based in a nursing home.  Journal of Applied Gerontology, 13(4),
469-480.

Using the MDS

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Taylor, L., McConnell, D., Horton, D. (1999). Estimating the cognitive ability
of nursing home residents from Minimum Data Set. Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice.
3, 1:43-46.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Libin, A., & Lipson, S. (2003).  Differences in presenting advanced directives in the chart, Minimum Data Set, 
and through staff’s perceptions: Which directive is it? The Gerontologist, 43(3), 302-308.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2004) The adequacy of the minimum data set assessment of pain in cognitively impaired nursing home residents. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 27(4):343-351.

Recruitment rates  

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2002). Recruitment rates in gerontological research: The situation for drug trials 
in dementia may be worse than previously reported.  Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated Disorders, 16(4), 279-282.