Ann Morrison
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
10 Papers
74 Citations
Ann Morrison is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Needs assessment. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Quality of life of community-residing persons with dementia based on self-rated and caregiver-rated measures.
Betty S. Black,Deirdre Johnston,Ann Morrison,Peter V. Rabins,Constantine G. Lyketsos,Quincy M. Samus +5 more
TL;DR: Correlates of QOL in community-residing PWD depend on who rates the PWD’s QOL and which measure is used, and addressing health problems, medication use, and dementia-related unmet needs, reducing functional dependency, and treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in PWD, while reducing caregiver burden and depression, may maximize QOL.
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A Descriptive Study of Home Modifications for People with Dementia and Barriers to Implementation.
Gesine Marquardt,Deirdre Johnston,Betty S. Black,Ann Morrison,Adam Rosenblatt,Constantine G. Lyketsos,Quincy M. Samus +6 more
TL;DR: Home environmental features, safety issues, and health-related modifications in a community dwelling sample of 82 elderly people with dementia and the main barrier to the implementation of home modifications to accommodate the care recipient's memory loss was skepticism about their usefulness.
Identifying Donor Concerns to Increase Live Organ Donation
TL;DR: Interventional strategies including the use of the laparoscopic donor nephrectomy procedure are offered to address the health and socioeconomic concerns of live kidney donors from the Johns Hopkins Institutions between February 1, 1995 and December 1, 1997.
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Association of the spatial layout of the home and ADL abilities among older adults with dementia
Gesine Marquardt,Deirdre Johnston,Betty S. Black,Ann Morrison,Adam Rosenblatt,Constantine G. Lyketsos,Quincy M. Samus +6 more
TL;DR: The results imply that enclosed rooms with a clearly legible meaning and function might be better memorized and associated with the spatial layout of the home resulting in better basic ADL performance, and warrant further research on space syntax measures in the home environment of people with dementia.
Understanding the epidemiology and risk factors for alzheimer's disease
Ann Morrison,Constantine G. Lyketsos +1 more
- 01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: Current data on other risk factors under investigation, in addition to the role of APOE ´4 in mild cognitive impair ment (thought to be a possible precursor or early stage of AD) and other types of cognitive impairment are reviewed.
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