Publications

Publications by Dr. John Zeisel, Hearthstone CEO and Founder of the I’m Still Here® Approach

Zeisel, J. (1999). Life-quality Alzheimer care in assisted living. Aging, autonomy, and architecture: advances in assisted living, 110-129.

Zeisel, J. (2001). Universal design to support the brain and its development. Universal Design Handbook. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Zeisel, J. (2005). Environment, neuroscience, and Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s Care Today, 6(4), 273-279.

Zeisel, J. (2006). Inquiry by design: Environment/behavior/neuroscience in architecture, interiors, landscape, and planning. WW Norton & Co.

Zeisel, J. (2007). Creating a therapeutic garden that works for people living with Alzheimer’s. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 21(1-2), 13-33.

Zeisel, J. (2009). I’m still here: A breakthrough approach to understanding someone living with Alzheimer’s. Penguin.

Zeisel, J., Hyde, J., & Levkoff, S. (1994). Best practices: An environment-behavior (EB) model for Alzheimer special care units. American Journal of Alzheimers Disease, 9(2).

Zeisel, J. & Tyson, M. M (1999). Alzheimer’s Treatment Gardens. In Marcus, C. C., & Barnes, M. (Eds.). Healing gardens: Therapeutic benefits and design recommendations. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.

Zeisel, J., & Raia, P. (2000). Nonpharmacological treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: A mind-brain approach. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 15(6), 331-340.

Zeisel, J., Silverstein, N. M., Hyde, J., Levkoff, S., Lawton, M. P., & Holmes, W. (2003). Environmental correlates to behavioral health outcomes in Alzheimer’s special care units. The Gerontologist, 43(5), 697-711.

Publications by Hearthstone Research Division, in collaboration

Camp, C., Breedlove, J., Malone, M. L., Skrajner, M. J., & McGowen, A. (2007). Adjusting activities to meet CMS guidelines using Montessori-Based Dementia Programming. Activities Directors’ Quarterly, 8, 34-46.

Camp, C. J., & Skrajner, M. J. (2004). Resident-Assisted Montessori Programming (RAMP): training persons with dementia to serve as group activity leaders. The Gerontologist, 44(3), 426-431.

Camp, C.J., Skrajner, M.S., & Gorzelle (2015). Engagement in dementia. In Volicer, L, & Hurley, A (Eds.), Assessment Scales for Advanced Dementia (71-78). Baltimore, Maryland: Health Professions Press.

Camp, C. J., Skrajner, M. J., & Kelly, M. (2005). Early stage dementia client as group leader. Clinical gerontologist, 28(4), 81-85.

Camp, C. J., Skrajner, M. J., Lee, M. M., & Judge, K. S. (2010). Cognitive assessment in late stage dementia. In P. A. Lichtenberg (Ed.), Handbook of assessment in clinical gerontology (2nd edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Malone, M. L., Skrajner, M. J., Camp, C. J., Neundorfer, M., & Gorzelle, G. J. (2007). Research in practice II: spaced retrieval, a memory intervention. Alzheimer’s Care Today, 8(1), 65-74.

Neundorfer, M. M., Camp, C. J., Lee, M. M., Skrajner, M. J., Malone, M. L., & Carr, J. (2004). Compensating for cognitive deficits in persons aged 50 and over with HIV/AIDS: A pilot study of a cognitive intervention. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 3(1), 79-97.

Rose, M. S., Camp, C. J., Skrajner, M. J., & Gorzelle, G. J. (2003). Enhancing the quality of nursing home visits with Montessori-based activities. Activities Directors’ Quarterly, 3, 4-10.

Skrajner, M. J., & Camp, C. J. (2007). Resident-assisted Montessori programming (RAMP™): Use of a small group reading activity run by persons with dementia in adult day health care and long-term care settings. American journal of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, 22(1), 27-36.

Skrajner, M. J., Camp, C. J., Haberman, J. L., Heckman, T. G., Kochman, A., & Frentiu, C. (2009). Use of videophone technology to address medication adherence issues in persons with HIV. HIV/AIDS (Auckland, NZ), 1, 23.

Skrajner, M. J., Camp, C. J., Heckman, T. G., Haberman, J. L., & Kochman, A. (2011). A fluctuating pattern of over-and under-adherence for HAART: A case study from a Videophone Intervention Project. Clinical gerontologist, 34(2), 144-153.

Skrajner, M. J., Haberman, J. L., Camp, C. J., Tusick, M., Frentiu, C., & Gorzelle, G. (2012). Training nursing home residents to serve as group activity leaders: Lessons learned and preliminary results from the RAP project. Dementia, 11(2), 263-274.

Skrajner, M. J., Haberman, J. L., Camp, C. J., Tusick, M., Frentiu, C., & Gorzelle, G. (2014). Effects of using nursing home residents to serve as group activity leaders: Lessons learned from the RAP project. Dementia, 13(2), 274-285.

Skrajner, M. J., Malone, M. L., Camp, C. J., Mcgowan, A., & Gorzelle, G. J. (2007).

Publications by Other Researchers that Provide Additional Evidence

Ayalon, L., Gum, A. M., Feliciano, L., & Areán, P. A. (2006). Effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia: a systematic review. Archives of internal medicine, 166(20), 2182-2188.

Beck, C. K., Vogelpohl, T. S., Rasin, J. H., Uriri, J. T., O’Sullivan, P., Walls, R., … & Baldwin, B. (2002). Effects of behavioral interventions on disruptive behavior and affect in demented nursing home residents. Nursing research, 51(4), 219-228.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Libin, A., & Marx, M. S. (2007). Nonpharmacological treatment of agitation: a controlled trial of systematic individualized intervention. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 62(8), 908-916.

Groene, R. W. (1993). Effectiveness of music therapy 1: 1 intervention with individuals having senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Journal of Music Therapy, 30(3), 138-157.

Hermans D, Htay UH, McShane R. (2009). Non-pharmacological interventions for wandering of people with dementia in the domestic setting. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2009(3).

Holliman, D. C., Orgassa, U. C., & Forney, J. P. (2001). Developing an interactive physical activity group in a geriatric psychiatry facility. Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 26(1), 57-69.

Inouye, S. K., Bogardus Jr, S. T., Charpentier, P. A., Leo-Summers, L., Acampora, D., Holford, T. R., & Cooney Jr, L. M. (1999). A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients. New England journal of medicine, 340(9), 669-676.

Kong, E. H., Evans, L. K., & Guevara, J. P. (2009). Nonpharmacological intervention for agitation in dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Aging & mental health, 13(4), 512-520.

Lauriks, S., Reinersmann, A., Van der Roest, H. G., Meiland, F. J. M., Davies, R. J., Moelaert, F., … & Dröes, R. M. (2007). Review of ICT-based services for identified unmet needs in people with dementia. Ageing research reviews, 6(3), 223-246.

Livingston, G., Johnston, K., Katona, C., Paton, J., & Lyketsos, C. G. (2005). Old Age Task Force of the World Federation of Biological P. Systematic review of psychological approaches to the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. Am J Psychiatry, 162(11), 1996-2021.

Logsdon, R. G., McCurry, S. M., & Teri, L. (2007). Evidence-based psychological treatments for disruptive behaviors in individuals with dementia. Psychology and aging, 22(1), 28.

O’Connor, D. W., Ames, D., Gardner, B., & King, M. (2009). Psychosocial treatments of psychological symptoms in dementia: a systematic review of reports meeting quality standards. International Psychogeriatrics, 21(02), 241-251.

Proctor, R., Burns, A., Powell, H. S., Tarrier, N., Faragher, B., Richardson, G., … & South, B. (1999). Behavioural management in nursing and residential homes: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 354(9172), 26-29.

Robinson, L., Hutchings, D., Dickinson, H. O., Corner, L., Beyer, F., Finch, T., … & Bond, J. (2007). Effectiveness and acceptability of non‐pharmacological interventions to reduce wandering in dementia: a systematic review. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 22(1), 9-22.

Teri, L., Logsdon, R. G., & McCurry, S. M. (2002). Nonpharmacologic treatment of behavioral disturbance in dementia. Medical Clinics of North America, 86(3), 641-656.

Teri, L., Logsdon, R. G., Uomoto, J., & McCurry, S. M. (1997). Behavioral treatment of depression in dementia patients: a controlled clinical trial. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 52(4), P159-P166.

Verkaik, R., van Weert, J., & Francke, A. L. (2005). The effects of psychosocial methods on depressed, aggressive and apathetic behaviors of people with dementia: a systematic review. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 20(4), 301-314.