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Bereavement in Long-Term Care
Principal Investigator: Robert Rubinstein
Ethnographer: Anne R. Bower
Period: September 1996 - August 2000

Building Relationships to Enhance Resident-Centered Care: Taking Care of Your Feelings First and Taking Care of Residents' Feelings
Principal Investigator: Katy Ruckdeschel
Co-Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: 2001-2002

Depression in Dementia: A pilot project to develop a psychotherapeutic approach for persons residing in the nursing home
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: 1998-2000

Effects of Risperidone and Haldol for the treatment of psychotic and aggressive symptoms in nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease with respect to the patient's quality of life after treatment
Co-Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: November 1999 - October 2001

Emotion in Dementia: Its Measurement and Comprehension by Caregivers
Principal Investigator: M. Powell Lawton
Research Consultant: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: July 1994 - June 1996

An Environmental Design Lexicon for Dementia Care
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: September 2000 - March 2004

The Impact of Passive Nurse Call Technology on Nursing Home Fall Rates
Principal Investigator: Nancy Hodgson
Co-Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: November 2002-October 2004

Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interventions: Impact on Staff and ADRD Residents
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: 1996-1999

Lawton Digital Archive Planning
Principal Investigator: Rachel R. Resnick
Period: May 2004 - May 2005

Lawton Digital Archive Implementation
Principal Investigator: Rachel R. Resnick
Period: May 2006 - May 2007

Lexicon of Technologies in Long-Term Care Settings
Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: September 2002 - August 2005

Long Term Care Needs of Holocaust Survivors
Principal Investigator: Allen Glicksman
Co-Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: May 1999 - December 2003

A Model for Introducing Culture Change Initiatives into Long Term Care Settings
Principal Investigator: Anne R. Bower
Period: January 2006 - December 2006

Palliative care in the nursing home: an ethnographic study
Principal Investigator: Nancy A. Hodgson
Co-Investigator and Ethnographer: Anne R. Bower
Period: September 2002- August 2003

Passive Monitoring Technology
Investigators: Kimberly Van Haitsma, Kim Curyto, and Nancy Hodgson
Period: September 2002 - January 2004

Predicting Turnover of Certified Nursing Assistants
Co-Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: February 2001 - January 2005

Preferences for Every Day Living: Developing an Instrument to Inventory Lifestyle Choices
Co-Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: June 1998 - January 2000

Redefining Dementia Person-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Culture Change
Co-Investigators: Anne R. Bower and William Senders
Period: March 2003 - August 2005

A Stimulation-Retreat Program for Alzheimer's Patients
Principal Investigator: M. Powell Lawton
Project Director: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: September 1991 - August 1995

Sustainable Culture Change for Persons with Dementia in the Nursing Home: An Ethnographic Study of a Relationship Strengthened by Staff Training and Peer Support
Project Director: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Ethnographer: Anne R. Bower
Period: March 2003 - August 2005