Renée Beard, PhD

Anderson LA, Day KL, Beard RL, Reed PS, Wu B. The public's perceptions about cognitive health and Alzheimer's disease among the U.S. population: A national review. Gerontologist. 2009 Jun;49(S1):S3-S11. [See abstract.]

Ayalon L, Arean P, Bornfeld H, Beard R. Long term care staff beliefs about evidence based practices for the management of dementia and agitation. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Feb; 24: 118–124. [See abstract.]

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. 2008 Mar;32(1):11-30.

Beard RL, Fetterman DJ, Wu B, Bryant L. The two voices of Alzheimer’s: Attitudes toward brain health by diagnosed individuals and support persons. Gerontologist. 2009 Jun;49(S1):S40-S49. [See abstract.]

Beard RL, Fox PJ. Resisting social disenfranchisement: negotiating collective identities and everyday life with memory loss. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Apr;66(7):1509-20.

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.

Laditka JN, Beard RL, Bryant LL, Fetterman D, Hunter R, Ivey S, Logsdon RG, Sharkey JR, Wu B. Promoting cognitive health: A formative research collaboration of the Healthy Aging Research Network. Gerontologist. 2009 Jun;49(S1):S12-S17. [See abstract.]

Laditka SB, Corwin SJ, Laditka JN, Liu R, Tseng W, Wu B, Beard RL, Sharkey JR,  Ivey SL. Attitudes about aging well among a diverse group of older Americans: Implications for promoting cognitive health. Gerontologist. 2009 Jun;49(S1):S30-S39. [See abstract.]