Tamar Heller
Biographic Data
| ID | 1187489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamar Heller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamar |
| FAMILY NAME | Heller |
| SIGNATURE | HELLER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Life Story Research with People Aging with Intellectual Disabilities
A key feature of inclusive research is the accessibility of research procedures to meaningfully engage people with intellectual disabilities in research processes. Creating accessible research procedures requires innovations in methods traditionally used in research. This paper describes how the Lifeline Interview Method by Assink and Schroots was adapted and implemented in a study using life story research to better understand the experiences of…
Ladies with Secrets
Noting striking similarities between two femme fatales – Lady de Winter in Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers (1844) and Lady Audley in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret (1862) – I theorise that Dumas’s tale is a hitherto unacknowledged influence on Braddon’s iconic sensation novel. My reading of this influence focuses on three ways in which the French text anticipates important aspects of the British one. First, even though Bradd…
Impacts of family-informed care for people with disabilities enrolled in Medicaid managed care
This paper explores the impact of family-informed care on Medicaid enrollees with disabilities’ unmet needs for medical services and long-term services and supports (LTSS) and family members’ appraisal of the services received by those enrollees within a Medicaid managed care program in one Midwestern state. Families play an important role in the lives of people with disabilities. However, little is understood about the relationship between unmet…
Utilization of and Relationships With Primary Care Providers During the Transition to Medicaid Managed Care
The objective of this study was to determine whether seniors and disabled adults in Illinois’s Medicaid managed care (MMC) were more likely to see, maintain longitudinal relationships with, and have continuity of care with a primary care provider (PCP) compared with fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid enrollees. Medicaid PCP service claims for 13,221 MMC and 54,625 FFS enrollees were analyzed using an inverse propensity score weighted difference-in-di…
Health Service Utilization and State Costs Among Adults Aging With Early-Acquired Physical Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care
Objective: We evaluated the impact of Medicaid managed care (MMC) on health service use and state costs among adults with early-acquired physical disabilities. Method: Using claims data, we tracked utilization of the emergency department (ED), inpatient admissions, outpatient physician visits, and state expenditures on enrollees who transitioned to MMC ( n = 881). The inverse propensity score weight and a difference-in-differences regression mode…
Low Levels of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are more likely to lead sedentary lifestyles and have low levels of physical activity (LLPA). The present study investigated the prevalence of reported LLPA and time spent watching TV in adults with ID and identified the associated factors for these behaviors. The proxy informants of 1618 adults with ID completed the surveys regarding their health behaviors. Multiple logistic regressions were employed fo…
A building blocks strategy for developing bridging and knowledge transfer between ageing and disability care and policy
The need for bridging between disability and ageing is significant for two primary reasons: 1) the growing population of persons aging with long-term chronic conditions and disabilities who have not been part of most traditional long-term care supports and service programs for older adults, and 2) the increasing trends towards both integrated health and social care systems and merged care systems for older and younger adults with disabilities
The Toronto declaration on bridging knowledge, policy and practice in aging and disability
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Advancing a research agenda for bridging ageing and disability
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Consumer-directed support
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Sex in Mind
Reviewed by: Sex in Mind: The Gendered Brain in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Mental Sciences Tamar Heller (bio) Sex in Mind: The Gendered Brain in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Mental Sciences, by Rachel Malane; pp. xiv + 229. Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature No. 22. New York and London: Peter Lang, 2005, $67.95, £37.00. My students always look amazed when I tell them about Edward Clarke's argument, in his 1873 book Sex i…
George Eliot, Judaism, and the Novels
Reviewed by: George Eliot, Judaism and the Novels: Jewish Myth and Mysticism Tamar Heller (bio) George Eliot, Judaism and the Novels: Jewish Myth and Mysticism, by Saleel Nurbhai and K. M. Newton; pp. vi + 216. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, £55.00, $69.95. "My Gentile nature kicks most resolutely against any assumption of superiority in the Jews," declared George Eliot in 1848, adding that "everything specifically Jewish is …
Leadership by People with Disabilities in Self-Determination Systems Change
People with disabilities have been in the forefront of advancing self-determination services and policies. This article discusses the involvement of individuals in person-directed services and the roles of individual leaders with disabilities and disability organizations led by people with disabilities in shaping policies and systems. Findings from 3 surveys of the involvement of individuals with disabilities in disability organizations and agenc…
Textual Seductions
Margaret oliphants ghost story “The Library Window” (1896) — one of the last works of its author's prolific career — is haunted by images of reading and writing. Visiting her aunt, the young narrator (never named) reads obsessively, perched in the window seat where she witnesses another scene of textuality. Some claim that a window in the college library across the street is only “fictitious panes marked on the wall” (296), yet in a series of inc…
Benefits of support groups for families of adults with severe mental illness
Predictors of benefits derived from participating in support groups for families of persons with mental illness were examined. A survey of 131 families indicated that social support resources outside the group, as well as support received from and provided by the group, were associated with information acquired by the participant. Improved relationships with family and the ill relative were predicted by the participant's health and provision of s…
Recent Work on Victorian Gothic and Sensation Fiction
The effects of involuntary residential relocation
Research on the effects of involuntary residential relocation on the personal adjustment of individuals is examined. These relocations include institutional transfers, job transfers, and urban renewal projects. The research indicates that although such relocations frequently result in physical and emotional stress reactions, these effects are stronger for some groups and occur only under certain circumstances. The variability in personal reaction…
An empirical analysis of the correlations between leadership status and participation rates reported in the literature
An empirical analysis of the correlations between leadership status and participation rates reported in the literature
Leadership by People with Disabilities in Self-Determination Systems Change
People with disabilities have been in the forefront of advancing self-determination services and policies. This article discusses the involvement of individuals in person-directed services and the roles of individual leaders with disabilities and disability organizations led by people with disabilities in shaping policies and systems. Findings from 3 surveys of the involvement of individuals with disabilities in disability organizations and agenc…
Life Story Research with People Aging with Intellectual Disabilities
A key feature of inclusive research is the accessibility of research procedures to meaningfully engage people with intellectual disabilities in research processes. Creating accessible research procedures requires innovations in methods traditionally used in research. This paper describes how the Lifeline Interview Method by Assink and Schroots was adapted and implemented in a study using life story research to better understand the experiences of…
Recent Work on Victorian Gothic and Sensation Fiction
An empirical analysis of the correlations between leadership status and participation rates reported in the literature
The effects of involuntary residential relocation
Research on the effects of involuntary residential relocation on the personal adjustment of individuals is examined. These relocations include institutional transfers, job transfers, and urban renewal projects. The research indicates that although such relocations frequently result in physical and emotional stress reactions, these effects are stronger for some groups and occur only under certain circumstances. The variability in personal reaction…
Recent Work on Victorian Gothic and Sensation Fiction
Textual Seductions
Margaret oliphants ghost story “The Library Window” (1896) — one of the last works of its author's prolific career — is haunted by images of reading and writing. Visiting her aunt, the young narrator (never named) reads obsessively, perched in the window seat where she witnesses another scene of textuality. Some claim that a window in the college library across the street is only “fictitious panes marked on the wall” (296), yet in a series of inc…
Benefits of support groups for families of adults with severe mental illness
Predictors of benefits derived from participating in support groups for families of persons with mental illness were examined. A survey of 131 families indicated that social support resources outside the group, as well as support received from and provided by the group, were associated with information acquired by the participant. Improved relationships with family and the ill relative were predicted by the participant's health and provision of s…
Leadership by People with Disabilities in Self-Determination Systems Change
People with disabilities have been in the forefront of advancing self-determination services and policies. This article discusses the involvement of individuals in person-directed services and the roles of individual leaders with disabilities and disability organizations led by people with disabilities in shaping policies and systems. Findings from 3 surveys of the involvement of individuals with disabilities in disability organizations and agenc…
George Eliot, Judaism, and the Novels
Reviewed by: George Eliot, Judaism and the Novels: Jewish Myth and Mysticism Tamar Heller (bio) George Eliot, Judaism and the Novels: Jewish Myth and Mysticism, by Saleel Nurbhai and K. M. Newton; pp. vi + 216. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002, £55.00, $69.95. "My Gentile nature kicks most resolutely against any assumption of superiority in the Jews," declared George Eliot in 1848, adding that "everything specifically Jewish is …
Sex in Mind
Reviewed by: Sex in Mind: The Gendered Brain in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Mental Sciences Tamar Heller (bio) Sex in Mind: The Gendered Brain in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Mental Sciences, by Rachel Malane; pp. xiv + 229. Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature No. 22. New York and London: Peter Lang, 2005, $67.95, £37.00. My students always look amazed when I tell them about Edward Clarke's argument, in his 1873 book Sex i…
The Toronto declaration on bridging knowledge, policy and practice in aging and disability
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Advancing a research agenda for bridging ageing and disability
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Consumer-directed support
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
A building blocks strategy for developing bridging and knowledge transfer between ageing and disability care and policy
The need for bridging between disability and ageing is significant for two primary reasons: 1) the growing population of persons aging with long-term chronic conditions and disabilities who have not been part of most traditional long-term care supports and service programs for older adults, and 2) the increasing trends towards both integrated health and social care systems and merged care systems for older and younger adults with disabilities
Low Levels of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are more likely to lead sedentary lifestyles and have low levels of physical activity (LLPA). The present study investigated the prevalence of reported LLPA and time spent watching TV in adults with ID and identified the associated factors for these behaviors. The proxy informants of 1618 adults with ID completed the surveys regarding their health behaviors. Multiple logistic regressions were employed fo…
Health Service Utilization and State Costs Among Adults Aging With Early-Acquired Physical Disabilities in Medicaid Managed Care
Objective: We evaluated the impact of Medicaid managed care (MMC) on health service use and state costs among adults with early-acquired physical disabilities. Method: Using claims data, we tracked utilization of the emergency department (ED), inpatient admissions, outpatient physician visits, and state expenditures on enrollees who transitioned to MMC ( n = 881). The inverse propensity score weight and a difference-in-differences regression mode…
Utilization of and Relationships With Primary Care Providers During the Transition to Medicaid Managed Care
The objective of this study was to determine whether seniors and disabled adults in Illinois’s Medicaid managed care (MMC) were more likely to see, maintain longitudinal relationships with, and have continuity of care with a primary care provider (PCP) compared with fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid enrollees. Medicaid PCP service claims for 13,221 MMC and 54,625 FFS enrollees were analyzed using an inverse propensity score weighted difference-in-di…
Impacts of family-informed care for people with disabilities enrolled in Medicaid managed care
This paper explores the impact of family-informed care on Medicaid enrollees with disabilities’ unmet needs for medical services and long-term services and supports (LTSS) and family members’ appraisal of the services received by those enrollees within a Medicaid managed care program in one Midwestern state. Families play an important role in the lives of people with disabilities. However, little is understood about the relationship between unmet…
Ladies with Secrets
Noting striking similarities between two femme fatales – Lady de Winter in Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers (1844) and Lady Audley in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret (1862) – I theorise that Dumas’s tale is a hitherto unacknowledged influence on Braddon’s iconic sensation novel. My reading of this influence focuses on three ways in which the French text anticipates important aspects of the British one. First, even though Bradd…
Life Story Research with People Aging with Intellectual Disabilities
A key feature of inclusive research is the accessibility of research procedures to meaningfully engage people with intellectual disabilities in research processes. Creating accessible research procedures requires innovations in methods traditionally used in research. This paper describes how the Lifeline Interview Method by Assink and Schroots was adapted and implemented in a study using life story research to better understand the experiences of…
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · History (5 works) · Bridging (networking (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works)