IU GERIATRICS e-news for March 2006

Usha Subramanian, MD, MS, received the VA Junior Investigator Award for research from the Indiana Institute for Medical Research. The $25,000 in funding supports, “Topic Development and Evaluation of a Decision Support Tool for Evidence-based Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.”

PUBLICATIONS
Bakas, T. Stroke. In Fitzpatrick JJ, Wallace M, editors. Encyclopedia of Nursing Research. (ENR) 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 2006.

Miller DK, Andresen EM, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Wolinsky FD. Test-retest reliability of subclinical status for functional limitation and disability. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2006 Jan;61(1):S52-6.

Samuel M, Maidment I, Boustani M, Fox C. Clinical management of Parkinson's disease dementia: pitfalls and progress. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. 2006 Mar;12: 121-9.

Amarasingham R, Diener-West M, Weiner M, Lehmann H, Herbers JE, Powe NR.  Clinical information technology capabilities in four U.S. hospitals: testing a new structural performance measure.  Med Care 2006 (March); 44(3):216-24.

Hall K, Murrell J, Ogunniyi A, Deeg M, Baiyewu O, Gao S, Gureje O, Dickens J, Evans R, Smith-Gamble V, Unverzagt FW, Shen J, Hendrie H. Cholesterol, APOE genotype, and Alzheimer disease: an epidemiologic study of Nigerian Yoruba. Neurology. 2006 Jan 24;66(2):223-7.

Maidment I, Fox C, Boustani M. Cholinesterase inhibitors for Parkinson's disease dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Jan 25;(1):CD004747.

Steffens DC, Otey E, Alexopoulos GS, Butters MA, Cuthbert B, Ganguli M, Geda YE, Hendrie HC, et al. Perspectives on depression, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Feb;63(2):130-8.

Schootman M, Andresen EM, Wolinsky FD, Malmstrom TK, Miller JP, Miller DK. Neighborhood Conditions and Risk of Incident Lower-Body Functional Limitations among Middle-aged African Americans. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Mar 1;163(5):450-8.

PRESENTATIONS
Chris Callahan, MD, Hugh Hendrie, MB, ChB, DSc, and Mary Guerriero Austrom, PhD, attended the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry held March 10-13 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
   On March 10 Hugh presented “Pharmacological Management of Late-Life Depression: The IMPACT Experience” and Chris presented “Improving Care for Dementia in Primary Care” as part of the Distinguished Scientist Award Lectures that honored the winners of the 2006 AAGP scientist awards.
   Mary and Hugh were faculty participants in the symposium “Psychosocial Aspects of Retirement for Physicians and Their Spouses” on March 11.
   Chris presented an “Effectiveness of Guideline Level Care for Older Adults with Alzheimer Disease” during the March 12 new research paper session. On March 13 he presented “Origins of the Current Treatment Model for Depression in Primary Care” as faculty in the symposium Geriatric Depression in Primary Care: Update 2006. The symposium brought together experts in geriatric psychiatry and medicine to summarize the implications for practice of the burgeoning research literature on depression in primary care seniors.

Glenda Westmoreland, MD, MPH, presented the “Future of Geriatrics Education in Indiana” at the 17th Annual Geriatric Conference “State of Change: Aging in Indiana” held March 16, 2006 at the Ritz Charles. Dr. Westmoreland informed attendees of the innovative models of teaching geriatrics, such as Geripardy, Council of Elders, and GENI Players, being applied statewide as a part of the Geriatrics Education Network of Indiana (GENI) project funded by the Reynolds Foundation.

Kevin Terrell, DO, presented the poster “Challenges in Transitional Care between Nursing Homes and Emergency Departments” on March 17 at the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Annual Symposium held March 16-19 in Dallas, Texas . Kevin's co-investigator is Douglas K. Miller, MD. AMDA is the professional association of medical directors and physicians practicing in the long term care continuum. The paper is in press in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Gene Lammers, MD, MPH, and Dave Wilcox, MD have been appointed to a 3-year term on the Public Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) of the American Geriatrics Society after being nominated by Steve Counsell, MD, current Chair of PPAG.

Chris Callahan, MD, reviewed applications as a member of the Selection Committee for the Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards Program on February 2-3, 2006 in New York City. This career development program supports physician-scientists committed to improving the health care of older adults during the critical transition from junior faculty to independent researcher and is supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation and the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging. 

Leo Solito, MD, Cathy Schubert, MD , Steve Counsell, MD , Alex Arizmendi, MD, Kevin Terrell, DO attended the American Medical Directors Association Annual Symposium held March 16-19 in Dallas, Texas. The theme was “Mastering the Challenges Across the Spectrum of Long Term Care.”