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Back to Publications Thomas Jefferson University - Laraine Winter
Laraine Winter

Project Reach
Thomas Jefferson University
College of Health Professions
CHORD (Community and Homecare Research Division)
Director
Mailing Address
2207 Edison Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
United States
Contact Information
Phone: (215) 503-4715
Laraine.Winter@jefferson.edu
Qualifications
Ph.D., New York University, Psychology, 1984

Expertise and Research Interests

Health and aging.
Quality of life.
Decision making in late life.
Family caregiving for ADRD.
Keywords
Health And Medicine
Publications
  • Haley, W.E., Gitlin, L.M., Wisniewski, S.R., Mahoney, D.F., Coon, D.W., Winter, L., Corcoran, M., Schinfeld, S., & Ory, M. (2004). Well-being, appraisal, and coping in African-American and Caucasian dementia caregivers: findings from the REACH study. Aging and Mental Health, 8, 316-329.
  • Winter, L., Lawton, M.P., & Ruckdeschel, K. (2003). Preferences for prolonging life: A prospect theory approach. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 56, 155-170.
  • Lawton, M.P., Moss, M.S., Winter, L., & Hoffman, C. (2002). Motivation in later life: Personal projects and well-being. Psychology and Aging, 17, 539-547.
  • Gitlin, L. N. Winter, L., Dennis, M., Corcoran, M, Schinfeld, S., & Hauck, W. (2002). Strategies used by families to simplify tasks for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders: Psychometric analysis of the task management strategy index. The Gerontologist, 42, 61-69.
  • Gitlin, L.N., Schinfeld, S., Winter, L., Corcoran, M., Boyce, A.A., & Hauck, W. (2002). Evaluating home environments of persons with dementia: Interrater reliability of the Home Environmental Assessment Protocol (HEAP). Disability and Rehabilitation, 24, 59-71.
  • Gitlin, L.M., Corcoran, M., Winter, L., Boyce, A., & Hauck, W.W. (2001). A randomized, controlled trial of a home environmental intervention: Effect on efficacy and upset in caregivers and on daily function of persons with dementia. The Gerontologist, 41, 4-14.
  • Lawton, M. P., Moss, M. Hoffman, C., Kleban, M.H., Ruckdescel, K., Winter, L. (2001). Valuation of Life: A concept and a scale. Journal of Aging and Health, 13, 3-31.
  • Winter, L., Lawton, M.P., Casten, R.J., & Sando, R.L. (2000). The relationship between external events and affect states in older people. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 50, 85-96.
  • Gitlin, L. N., Corcoran, M., Winter, L., Boyce, A., & Marcus, S. (1999). Predicting participation and adherence to a home environmental intervention among family caregivers of persons with dementia. Family Relations, 48, 363-372.
  • Lawton, M.P., Ruckdeschel, K., & Winter, L. (1999). Affect-experiential personality types in middle and Late Adulthood. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 5, 1-17.
  • Lawton, M.P., Winter, L., Kleban, M.H., & Ruckdeschel, K. (1999). Affect and quality of Life: Objective and subjective. Journal of Aging and Health, 11, 169-198.
  • Lawton, M.P., Winter, L., Kleban, M.H., & Ruckdeschell, K. (1999). Affect and quality of life. Journal of Aging and Health, 11, 169-198.
  • Casten, R.J., Lawton, M.P., Winter, L, Kleban, M., & Sando, R.L. (1997). The relationships of health to affect assessed in both state and trait form: How does age impact the relationships? Aging and Mental Health, 1, 230-237.

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