PUBLICATIONS.   



Understanding frail older persons

 

Cognitive decline

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Reisberg, B. (1995).  Temporal order of cognitive and functional
loss in a nursing home population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 43:974-978.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Reisberg, B., Bonnema, J., Berg, L, Dastoor, D.P., Pfeffer, R.I., & Cohen, G.D.
(1996).  Staging methods for the assessment of dementia: Perspectives. Journal of Clinical
Psychiatry, 57, 190-198.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Gruber-Baldini, A., Culpepper, W., & Werner, P. (1996). Assessment of
longitudinal changes in cognitive functioning in adult day care participants: A summary of preliminary
results. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neurology, 9(1), 30-38.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1996/1997).  Trends in the treatment of frail elderly persons. Gerontology:
Journal of Aging Studies (Hebrew), 76, 57-65. Also Monograph 169 (English), Research Institute
of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Taylor, L. (1998).  The relationship between depressed affect, pain and cognitive
function: A cross-sectional analysis of two elderly population. Aging and Mental Health, 2(4):313-318.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2000). Heterogeneity in dementia: Challenges and opportunities. Alzheimer
Disease and Associated Disorders, 14(2):60-63
 

McKeith, I., Mintzer, J., Aarsland, D., Burn, D., Chiu, H., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Dickson, D., Dubois, B., Duda, J., Feldman, H., Gauthier, S., Halliday, G., Lawlor, B., Lippa, C., Lopez, O., Machado, J., O’Brien, J., Playfer, J., Reid, W. (2004). Dementia with Lewy bodies (review). The Lancet: Neurology, 3, 19-28.

Pain in frail older persons

  Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Marx, M. S. (1993).  Pain and depression in the nursing home: Corroborating
results.Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 48(2), P96-P97.  Also abstracted in  The
Brown University Long-Term Care Quality Letter, 5(14), July 30, 1993, p. 5; and  Psychiatry
Digest, November 1993, and in Psychiatry Digest (Spanish), 2, 1994, p. 26-27.

Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Watson, V., & Pasis, S. (1998).  Pain in participants of adult day
care centers: Assessments by caregivers, staff, physicians, and self-report. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management, 15(1), 8-17.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Taylor, L. (1998).  The relationship between depressed affect, pain and cognitive
function: A cross-sectional analysis of two elderly population. Aging and Mental Health, 2(4):313-318.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Creedon, M. (2002).  Nursing staff members’ perceptions of pain indicators in persons with 
severe dementia.  Clinical Journal of Pain, 18(1), 64-73.

Cohen-Mansfield, J.,&  Lipson, S.  (2002).  Pain in cognitively impaired nursing home residents:  How well are
 physicians diagnosing it?  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(6), 1039-1044.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Lipson, S.  (2002).  The underdetection of pain of dental etiology in persons with dementia. 
 
American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 17(4), 249-253.

Cohen-Mansfield, J.  (2002).  Relatives’ assessment of pain in cognitively impaired nursing home residents.  
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 24
(6), 561-571.

Leveille, S.G., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Guralnik, J.M. (2003). The impact of chronic musculoskeletal 
pain on exercise attitudes, self‑efficacy, and physical activity.  Journal of Aging and Physical Activity,11(2), 275-283

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Lipson, S. (2004). Pain in cognitively impaired nursing home residents: How well are physicians 
diagnosing it? Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease, Vol. 9, Springer Publishing Company, New York; Serdi Publisher, Paris, 210-214.

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

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (June 2005). Nursing staff members’ assessment of pain in cognitively impaired nursing home residents. Pain Management Nursing,  Vol 6, Issue 2. Pages 68-75.  

Cohen-Mansfield, J (2005) Self-report of pain in cognitively impaired nursing home residents with dementia: A comparison of assessments  American Journal of Pain Management.Vol 15, N0.4 October. 128-139.

Cohen-Mansfield J. (2006). Pain Assessment in Noncommunicative Elderly Persons- PAINE. Clinical Journal of Pain. Jul-Aug;22(6):569-575 Also abstracted in Currents: Pain Management News and Research.

Preserved identity in dementia

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Golander, H., & Arnheim, G. (2000). Self-identity in older persons suffering from
dementia: Preliminary results. Social Science & Medicine, 51:381-394  

Cohen-Mansfield, J. Parpura-Gill., A. & Golander, H.  (2006). Salience of self-identity roles in persons with dementia: Differences in perceptions among patients themselves, family members and caregivers.  Social Science & Medicine 62(3), 745-757.

Parpura-Gill, A. & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2006). Utilization of self-identity roles in individualized activities designed to enhance well-being in persons with dementia. In L.Hyer & R.C. Intrieri (eds.) Clinical Applied Gerontological Interventions in Long-Term Care. Chapter 7, 157-184. 

 

Depression and its assessment in noncommunicative older persons

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Marx, M.S. (1988). The relationship between depression and agitation in
nursing home residents. Comprehensive Gerontology - B 2:141‑146

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Marx, M. S. (1993).  Pain and depression in the nursing home: Corroborating
results.  Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 48(2), P96-P97.  Also abstracted in  The
Brown University Long-Term Care Quality Letter, 5(14), July 30, 1993, p. 5; and  Psychiatry Digest
November 1993, and in Psychiatry Digest (Spanish), 2, 1994, p. 26-27.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1994/1995).  Depression in senior day care participants: Ratings
by different informants.  Depression, 2, 272-277.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Taylor, L. (1998).  The relationship between depressed affect, pain and cognitive
function: A cross-sectional analysis of two elderly population. Aging and Mental Health, 2(4):313-318.

 

Sleep assessment in frail older persons

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Waldhorn, R., Werner, P., & Billig, N. (1990).  The validation of sleep observations
in a nursing home.  Sleep, 13(6), 512-525.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Waldhorn, R., & Billig, N. (1993). Portable sleep monitors in the
nursing home population.  Clinical Gerontologist, 12(12), 65-67.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. &  Jensen, B. (2005). Sleep-related habits and preferences in older adults: A pilot study of their range and self rated importance. Behav Sleep Med, 3(4), 209-26.

Vision in frail older persons

Marx, M. S., Werner, P., Fridman, P., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1989).  Visual acuity estimates in the
aged.  Clinical Vision Sciences, 4(2), 179‑182.

Marx, M. S., Werner, P., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1990).  Visual acuity estimates in noncommunicative
elderly persons.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 31(3), 593-596.

Marx, M. S., Wolf, D., Pheng, L., Walker, V., Elises, A., Feldman, R. C., Werner, P.,
Cohen-Mansfield, J., Dubroff, S., & Lipson, S. (1991).  Eye care in a nursing home.  Journal of
Visual Impairment & Blindness, 85(3), 105-107.

Marx, M. S., Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Feldman, R. (1992).  The relationship between
low vision and performance of activities of daily living in nursing home residents.  Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society, 40, 1018-1020.

Marx, M.S., Werner, P., Feldman, R., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1994).  The eye disorders of residents
of a nursing home.Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 88(5), 462-468.

Marx, M. S., Werner, P., Billig, N., Watson, V. J., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Feldman, R. (1995).
Outcomes of cataract surgery in nursing home residents.  Psychosomatics,36(6), 254-261.

Billig, N., Stockton, P., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1996).  Cognitive and affective changes after cataract
surgery in an elderly population. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 4(1), 29-38.

Marx, M.S., Werner, P., Feldman, R.C., Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1997). Progression of Eye Disorders
in a Nursing Home.  Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. Nov-Dec. 571-578  

Cohen-Mansfield, J. & Taylor, J. (2004) Hearing aid use in nursing homes, part 1: Prevalence rates of hearing impairment and hearing aid use. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 5(5) September/October 283-288

Cohen-Mansfield, J. & Taylor, J.  (2004) Hearing aid use in nursing homes, part 2:  Barriers to effective utilization of hearing aids. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 5(5) September/October 289-296.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Infeld, DL. (2006) Hearing aids for nursing home residents: Current policy and future needs.  Health Policy, 79 (1), 49-56.  

Religious beliefs and practices

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Rabinovich, B. A., (1990). Religious beliefs and practices of elderly nursing
home residents. The Journal of Aging and Judaism, 5(2), 87-94.

 

Mobility and falls

Marx, M. S., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1990).  Agitation and falls in institutionalized elderly
persons.The Journal of Applied Gerontology, 9(1), 106‑117.

Koroknay, V., & Werner, P. (1995).  Assessing the risk of falls in long-term care facilities: Description
of a modified scoring tool. In M. J. Rantz & T. V. Miller (Eds.), Quality Documentation for Long-
Term Care: A Nursing Diagnosis Approach (Supplement #2).  pp. 3:112-3:115.  Gaithersburg,
MD:Aspen Publishers.

Koroknay V. J., Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Braun, J. V.  (1995).  Maintaining  ambulation
in the frail nursing home resident: A nursing administered walking program.  Journal of Gerontological
Nursing21(11):18-24.

Measurement of health and disease severity

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Pawlson, G., Lipson, S., Volpato, S.  (2001).  The measurement of health: A comparison of indices of disease severity.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 54, 1094-1102.

Desai, A., Cohen-Mansfield, J.  (2002).  Is there evidence that patients with dementia decline in health after being admitted to long-term care facilities?  Annals of Long-Term Care, 10(2), 61,67.

Drug Interactions

 

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Lipson, S., Woosley, R.L., & Farley, J.  (2002).  An evaluation of a computer software program in identifying drug interactions in the nursing home.  The Consultant Pharmacist, 17(4), 328-336.

Personnel preferences

 

Cohen-Mansfield, J & Jensen, B. (2005).  The preference and importance of bathing, toileting, and mouth care in older persons.  Gerontology, 51(6): 375-385.

Loneliness 

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Parpura-Gill, A. (2006). Loneliness in elderly persons: a theoretical model and empirical findings. International Psychogeriatrics, 1:1-16.



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