Renee Beard, PhD
Formerly, Post-doctoral fellow, IHRP Gerontological Public Health Training Program
Recent and Noteworthy Publications
Beard RL. Advocating voice: organisational, historical and social milieux of the Alzheimer's disease movement. Sociol Health Illn. 2004 Sep;26(6):797-819.
Beard RL. Trust and Memory: Organizational Strategies, Institutional Conditions and Trust Negotiations in Specialty Clinics for Alzheimer's Disease. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2007 Dec 28; [Epub ahead of print]
Beard RL, Fox PJ. Resisting social disenfranchisement: Negotiating collective identities and everyday life with memory loss. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print]
Estes CL, Goldberg S, Wellin C, Linkins KW, Shostak S, Beard RL. Implications of welfare reform on the elderly: a case study of provider, advocate, and consumer perspectives. J Aging Soc Policy. 2006;18(1):41-63.
Kayser-Jones J, Schell E, Lyons W, Kris AE, Chan J, Beard RL. Factors that influence end-of-life care in nursing homes: the physical environment, inadequate staffing, and lack of supervision. Gerontologist. 2003 Apr;43 Spec No 2:76-84.
Contact Info
Assistant Professor of sociology
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
IHRP Affiliation(s)
Current IHRP Research Studies (PI)