Ronald W Toseland
Biographic Data
| ID | 1729288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald W Toseland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald W |
| FAMILY NAME | Toseland |
| SIGNATURE | TOSELAND R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 135 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Education and Support Programs for Caregivers
Effectiveness of Advanced Illness Care Teams for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
This study evaluated the effectiveness of advanced illness care teams (AICTs) for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. The AICTs used a holistic approach that focused on four domains: (1) medical, (2) meaningful activities, (3) psychological, and (4) behavioral. The authors recruited 118 residents in two nursing homes for this study and randomly assigned them to AICT or to usual care (UC). They assessed the participants before and after…
The Impact of a Caregiver Health Education Program on Health Care Costs
Objectives: This study examined health care cost outcomes resulting from a health education program (HEP), a social work intervention for spouse caregivers of frail older adults. Method: One-hundred five spouses were recruited and randomly assigned to HEP or usual care (UC). Health care utilization and cost data were collected from the HMO's management information system for both the spouse caregivers and care recipients in quarterly increments f…
Long-Term Effects of Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Survival
Purpose: The long-term effectiveness and efficiency of an outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) program was compared to usual primary care (UPC). Design and Method: A randomized controlled group design was used. Health care utilization, cost of care, and survival were assessed during a 48-month period among a sample of 160 male veterans age 55 and over who were above-average users of outpatient services. Results: The results indica…
Increasing the Use of Formal Services by Caregivers of People with Dementia
This study evaluated the impact of an information and referral intervention designed to help family caregivers of people with dementia obtain needed health and human services. Caregivers (N = 608) of community-residing people with dementia were surveyed about their need for and use of community services. Of the 608 caregivers, 203 agreed to be referred to a staff member of an Alzheimer's Association chapter to get help finding needed health and c…
Supporting Caregivers of Frail Older Adults in an HMO Setting
The long-term effectiveness of a structured health education program (HEP) for spouses and frail older adults was evaluated in a staff model health maintenance organization (HMO). HEP is a multicomponent group program that includes emotion-focused and problem-focused coping strategies, education, and support. For caregivers, HEP was more effective than usual care (UC) in reducing depression, increasing knowledge of community services and how to a…
Predictors of health and human services use by persons with dementia and their family caregivers
Use of Health and Human Services by Community-Residing People with Dementia
This article reports on the use of and need for health and human services by community-residing people with dementia. Telephone interviews were conducted with a sample of 608 caregivers of such individuals who were randomly selected from a dementia registry. Caregivers reported using an average of 3.2 health services and 3.7 human services to assist them in the care of the person with dementia. Despite the high level of services use, 73 percent o…
Does Geriatric Evaluation and Management Improve the Health Behavior of Older Veterans in Psychological Distress
A randomized, controlled trial compared prospective 16-month health service use among 160 frail, elderly veterans receiving outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) or usual primary care (UPC). In this secondary analysis, multivariable regression was used to determine if the psychosocial assessment and support provided by the GEM team moderated the use of medical services by patients in psychological distress. The results indicate tha…
Trends in caregiving intervention research
This article examines trends in the latter part of the 20th century in intervention research designed to support caregivers of chronically ill, older adults. The article focuses primarily on the work of Toseland and colleagues but also reviews other selected caregiver intervention research studies. The aims, content, methodology, and outcomes of studies conducted over the past two decades are reviewed and analyzed. The article also discusses whic…
Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management
The effectiveness and efficiency of outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) was compared with usual outpatient primary care (UPC). One hundred sixty frail elderly outpatients were assigned randomly to GEM or UPC and assessed at baseline and at 8 months on measures of (1) health and functional status, (2) psychosocial well-being, (3) quality of health and social care, (4) use of inpatient and outpatient services, and (5) cost of care.…
Self-help
The Impact of a Spouse-Caregiver Support Group on Care Recipient Health Care Costs
Frail elderly veterans who received care at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center and whose spouse-caregivers participated in support groups to which they had been randomly assigned had lower health care costs over a 1-year period than did control participants. The greatest impact was observed for participants perceived by their spouse-caregivers to be in the poorest health. What is important to consider about this result in terms of he…
A problem solving intervention for caregivers of cancer patients
Social Work Practice With Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
This article provides a review of the empirical literature on social work practice with the family caregivers of frail older adults, focusing on the evidence in support of a variety of short- and long-term interventions. Practical applications for direct practice are described, along with suggestions for future research in this area
Long-term effectiveness of a group program for caregivers of frail elderly veterans
Long-term results of an evaluation of a multicomponent support-group program for spouses caring for frail elderly veterans indicated that participants experienced significant reductions in subjective burden. As compared to those of the control group, caregivers' perceptions of their husbands' health improved significantly from pretest to one year, while perceptions of their husbands' functioning on measures of instrumental daily activities showed…
Long-Term Effectiveness of Peer-Led and Professionally Led Support Groups for Caregivers
After 1 year, peer-led and professionally led groups were found to be more effective than no treatment for helping caregivers of frail older persons reduce the stress of pressing problems, increase formal and informal social supports, make personal changes in their caregiving role, and increase their interpersonal competence. No differences were found between peer-led and professionally led groups. The present study is a follow-up to an article p…
Social Work
The Effectiveness of Two Kinds of Support Groups for Caregivers
Adult women caring for frail older relatives were assigned to peer-led or professionalled support groups or to a control condition. Compared to control participants, group participants experienced significantly greater improvements in their ability to cope with the stresses of caregiving. As with past research, few differences were found between participants in the peer-led and professional-led conditions
The effectiveness of three group intervention strategies to support family caregivers
Participants in two types of professionally-led groups and one peer-led group reported significant changes in personal problems related to caregiving as compared to controls. No significant changes were found on measures of psychological status and caregiving burden
Teamwork in Psychiatric Settings
A study designed to examine factors that contribute to effective team functioning in inpatient psychiatric facilities showed that most respondents, who were all members of such teams, agreed that teamwork helped to improve treatment plans for individual clients. Using data from the study, roles that social workers take as team members are examined and important issues about team functioning are raised
Social Workers' Use of Self-Help Groups as a Resource for Clients
Self-help groups are an important part of the network of community resources that are available for social workers to use in working with clients. This article describes the results of a survey conducted by the authors to identify the factors that influence such use. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the impact on social work practitioners and their clients, and recommendations are offered for improving the relationship betwe…
An Evaluation of Decision-Making Methods in Task Groups
Social workers frequently meet in groups to make important clinical and administrative decisions. This article evaluates the comparative effectiveness of three methods for making decisions in groups. It also examines group members' satisfaction with each decision-making method and the extent to which each method builds consensus among members for decisions made by the groups
Fear of crime
Self-help groups and professional involvement
Journal Article Self-help groups and professional involvement Get access Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D, Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D Assistant Professor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lynda Hacker, MSW Lynda Hacker, MSW Research Assistant Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, School of Social Welfare, State University of New YorkAlbany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Pu…
Predictors of health and human services use by persons with dementia and their family caregivers
Self-help groups and professional involvement
Journal Article Self-help groups and professional involvement Get access Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D, Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D Assistant Professor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lynda Hacker, MSW Lynda Hacker, MSW Research Assistant Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, School of Social Welfare, State University of New YorkAlbany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Pu…
A problem solving intervention for caregivers of cancer patients
Fear of crime
The Effectiveness of Two Kinds of Support Groups for Caregivers
Adult women caring for frail older relatives were assigned to peer-led or professionalled support groups or to a control condition. Compared to control participants, group participants experienced significantly greater improvements in their ability to cope with the stresses of caregiving. As with past research, few differences were found between participants in the peer-led and professional-led conditions
Social Workers' Use of Self-Help Groups as a Resource for Clients
Self-help groups are an important part of the network of community resources that are available for social workers to use in working with clients. This article describes the results of a survey conducted by the authors to identify the factors that influence such use. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the impact on social work practitioners and their clients, and recommendations are offered for improving the relationship betwe…
Use of Health and Human Services by Community-Residing People with Dementia
This article reports on the use of and need for health and human services by community-residing people with dementia. Telephone interviews were conducted with a sample of 608 caregivers of such individuals who were randomly selected from a dementia registry. Caregivers reported using an average of 3.2 health services and 3.7 human services to assist them in the care of the person with dementia. Despite the high level of services use, 73 percent o…
Long-Term Effectiveness of Peer-Led and Professionally Led Support Groups for Caregivers
After 1 year, peer-led and professionally led groups were found to be more effective than no treatment for helping caregivers of frail older persons reduce the stress of pressing problems, increase formal and informal social supports, make personal changes in their caregiving role, and increase their interpersonal competence. No differences were found between peer-led and professionally led groups. The present study is a follow-up to an article p…
Teamwork in Psychiatric Settings
A study designed to examine factors that contribute to effective team functioning in inpatient psychiatric facilities showed that most respondents, who were all members of such teams, agreed that teamwork helped to improve treatment plans for individual clients. Using data from the study, roles that social workers take as team members are examined and important issues about team functioning are raised
The Impact of a Spouse-Caregiver Support Group on Care Recipient Health Care Costs
Frail elderly veterans who received care at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center and whose spouse-caregivers participated in support groups to which they had been randomly assigned had lower health care costs over a 1-year period than did control participants. The greatest impact was observed for participants perceived by their spouse-caregivers to be in the poorest health. What is important to consider about this result in terms of he…
Trends in caregiving intervention research
This article examines trends in the latter part of the 20th century in intervention research designed to support caregivers of chronically ill, older adults. The article focuses primarily on the work of Toseland and colleagues but also reviews other selected caregiver intervention research studies. The aims, content, methodology, and outcomes of studies conducted over the past two decades are reviewed and analyzed. The article also discusses whic…
Effectiveness of Advanced Illness Care Teams for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
This study evaluated the effectiveness of advanced illness care teams (AICTs) for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. The AICTs used a holistic approach that focused on four domains: (1) medical, (2) meaningful activities, (3) psychological, and (4) behavioral. The authors recruited 118 residents in two nursing homes for this study and randomly assigned them to AICT or to usual care (UC). They assessed the participants before and after…
Increasing the Use of Formal Services by Caregivers of People with Dementia
This study evaluated the impact of an information and referral intervention designed to help family caregivers of people with dementia obtain needed health and human services. Caregivers (N = 608) of community-residing people with dementia were surveyed about their need for and use of community services. Of the 608 caregivers, 203 agreed to be referred to a staff member of an Alzheimer's Association chapter to get help finding needed health and c…
The Impact of a Caregiver Health Education Program on Health Care Costs
Objectives: This study examined health care cost outcomes resulting from a health education program (HEP), a social work intervention for spouse caregivers of frail older adults. Method: One-hundred five spouses were recruited and randomly assigned to HEP or usual care (UC). Health care utilization and cost data were collected from the HMO's management information system for both the spouse caregivers and care recipients in quarterly increments f…
Long-Term Effects of Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Survival
Purpose: The long-term effectiveness and efficiency of an outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) program was compared to usual primary care (UPC). Design and Method: A randomized controlled group design was used. Health care utilization, cost of care, and survival were assessed during a 48-month period among a sample of 160 male veterans age 55 and over who were above-average users of outpatient services. Results: The results indica…
Social Work Practice With Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
This article provides a review of the empirical literature on social work practice with the family caregivers of frail older adults, focusing on the evidence in support of a variety of short- and long-term interventions. Practical applications for direct practice are described, along with suggestions for future research in this area
An Evaluation of Decision-Making Methods in Task Groups
Social workers frequently meet in groups to make important clinical and administrative decisions. This article evaluates the comparative effectiveness of three methods for making decisions in groups. It also examines group members' satisfaction with each decision-making method and the extent to which each method builds consensus among members for decisions made by the groups
Fear of crime
Self-help groups and professional involvement
Journal Article Self-help groups and professional involvement Get access Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D, Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D Assistant Professor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Lynda Hacker, MSW Lynda Hacker, MSW Research Assistant Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, School of Social Welfare, State University of New YorkAlbany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Pu…
An Evaluation of Decision-Making Methods in Task Groups
Social workers frequently meet in groups to make important clinical and administrative decisions. This article evaluates the comparative effectiveness of three methods for making decisions in groups. It also examines group members' satisfaction with each decision-making method and the extent to which each method builds consensus among members for decisions made by the groups
Social Workers' Use of Self-Help Groups as a Resource for Clients
Self-help groups are an important part of the network of community resources that are available for social workers to use in working with clients. This article describes the results of a survey conducted by the authors to identify the factors that influence such use. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the impact on social work practitioners and their clients, and recommendations are offered for improving the relationship betwe…
Teamwork in Psychiatric Settings
A study designed to examine factors that contribute to effective team functioning in inpatient psychiatric facilities showed that most respondents, who were all members of such teams, agreed that teamwork helped to improve treatment plans for individual clients. Using data from the study, roles that social workers take as team members are examined and important issues about team functioning are raised
The Effectiveness of Two Kinds of Support Groups for Caregivers
Adult women caring for frail older relatives were assigned to peer-led or professionalled support groups or to a control condition. Compared to control participants, group participants experienced significantly greater improvements in their ability to cope with the stresses of caregiving. As with past research, few differences were found between participants in the peer-led and professional-led conditions
The effectiveness of three group intervention strategies to support family caregivers
Participants in two types of professionally-led groups and one peer-led group reported significant changes in personal problems related to caregiving as compared to controls. No significant changes were found on measures of psychological status and caregiving burden
Long-Term Effectiveness of Peer-Led and Professionally Led Support Groups for Caregivers
After 1 year, peer-led and professionally led groups were found to be more effective than no treatment for helping caregivers of frail older persons reduce the stress of pressing problems, increase formal and informal social supports, make personal changes in their caregiving role, and increase their interpersonal competence. No differences were found between peer-led and professionally led groups. The present study is a follow-up to an article p…
Social Work
Long-term effectiveness of a group program for caregivers of frail elderly veterans
Long-term results of an evaluation of a multicomponent support-group program for spouses caring for frail elderly veterans indicated that participants experienced significant reductions in subjective burden. As compared to those of the control group, caregivers' perceptions of their husbands' health improved significantly from pretest to one year, while perceptions of their husbands' functioning on measures of instrumental daily activities showed…
Social Work Practice With Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
This article provides a review of the empirical literature on social work practice with the family caregivers of frail older adults, focusing on the evidence in support of a variety of short- and long-term interventions. Practical applications for direct practice are described, along with suggestions for future research in this area
The Impact of a Spouse-Caregiver Support Group on Care Recipient Health Care Costs
Frail elderly veterans who received care at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center and whose spouse-caregivers participated in support groups to which they had been randomly assigned had lower health care costs over a 1-year period than did control participants. The greatest impact was observed for participants perceived by their spouse-caregivers to be in the poorest health. What is important to consider about this result in terms of he…
A problem solving intervention for caregivers of cancer patients
Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management
The effectiveness and efficiency of outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) was compared with usual outpatient primary care (UPC). One hundred sixty frail elderly outpatients were assigned randomly to GEM or UPC and assessed at baseline and at 8 months on measures of (1) health and functional status, (2) psychosocial well-being, (3) quality of health and social care, (4) use of inpatient and outpatient services, and (5) cost of care.…
Self-help
Does Geriatric Evaluation and Management Improve the Health Behavior of Older Veterans in Psychological Distress
A randomized, controlled trial compared prospective 16-month health service use among 160 frail, elderly veterans receiving outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) or usual primary care (UPC). In this secondary analysis, multivariable regression was used to determine if the psychosocial assessment and support provided by the GEM team moderated the use of medical services by patients in psychological distress. The results indicate tha…
Trends in caregiving intervention research
This article examines trends in the latter part of the 20th century in intervention research designed to support caregivers of chronically ill, older adults. The article focuses primarily on the work of Toseland and colleagues but also reviews other selected caregiver intervention research studies. The aims, content, methodology, and outcomes of studies conducted over the past two decades are reviewed and analyzed. The article also discusses whic…
Use of Health and Human Services by Community-Residing People with Dementia
This article reports on the use of and need for health and human services by community-residing people with dementia. Telephone interviews were conducted with a sample of 608 caregivers of such individuals who were randomly selected from a dementia registry. Caregivers reported using an average of 3.2 health services and 3.7 human services to assist them in the care of the person with dementia. Despite the high level of services use, 73 percent o…
Predictors of health and human services use by persons with dementia and their family caregivers
Increasing the Use of Formal Services by Caregivers of People with Dementia
This study evaluated the impact of an information and referral intervention designed to help family caregivers of people with dementia obtain needed health and human services. Caregivers (N = 608) of community-residing people with dementia were surveyed about their need for and use of community services. Of the 608 caregivers, 203 agreed to be referred to a staff member of an Alzheimer's Association chapter to get help finding needed health and c…
Supporting Caregivers of Frail Older Adults in an HMO Setting
The long-term effectiveness of a structured health education program (HEP) for spouses and frail older adults was evaluated in a staff model health maintenance organization (HMO). HEP is a multicomponent group program that includes emotion-focused and problem-focused coping strategies, education, and support. For caregivers, HEP was more effective than usual care (UC) in reducing depression, increasing knowledge of community services and how to a…
The Impact of a Caregiver Health Education Program on Health Care Costs
Objectives: This study examined health care cost outcomes resulting from a health education program (HEP), a social work intervention for spouse caregivers of frail older adults. Method: One-hundred five spouses were recruited and randomly assigned to HEP or usual care (UC). Health care utilization and cost data were collected from the HMO's management information system for both the spouse caregivers and care recipients in quarterly increments f…
Long-Term Effects of Outpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Survival
Purpose: The long-term effectiveness and efficiency of an outpatient geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) program was compared to usual primary care (UPC). Design and Method: A randomized controlled group design was used. Health care utilization, cost of care, and survival were assessed during a 48-month period among a sample of 160 male veterans age 55 and over who were above-average users of outpatient services. Results: The results indica…
Effectiveness of Advanced Illness Care Teams for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
This study evaluated the effectiveness of advanced illness care teams (AICTs) for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. The AICTs used a holistic approach that focused on four domains: (1) medical, (2) meaningful activities, (3) psychological, and (4) behavioral. The authors recruited 118 residents in two nursing homes for this study and randomly assigned them to AICT or to usual care (UC). They assessed the participants before and after…
Education and Support Programs for Caregivers
Medicine (19 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (15 works) · Gerontology (15 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (9 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Social Work (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works)