Liat Ayalon

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The relationships between major lifetime discrimination, everyday discrimination, and mental health in three racial and ethnic groups of older adults.

Liat Ayalon, Amber M Gum
Aging & mental health
2011

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationships between perceived exposure to major lifetime discrimination, everyday discrimination, and mental health in three racial/ethnic groups of older adults. … (More)

Traumatic brain injury and sleep disturbance: a review of current research.

Henry J. Orff, Liat Ayalon, Sean P A Drummond
The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
2009

OBJECTIVE To summarize the current literature regarding the significant prevalence and potential consequences of sleep disturbance following traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly mild TBI. … (More)

Fears come true: the experiences of older care recipients and their family members of live-in foreign home care workers.

Liat Ayalon
International psychogeriatrics
2009

BACKGROUND Foreign home care services provided to frail older adults by individuals from the developing world are a global phenomenon. This study evaluated the challenges associated with live-in… (More)

Improving depression care for older, minority patients in primary care.

Patricia A Areán, Liat Ayalon, +6 authors Jürgen Unützer
Medical care
2005

OBJECTIVE Few older minorities receive adequate treatment of depression in primary care. This study examines whether a collaborative care model for depression in primary care is as effective in older… (More)

Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in older adults.

Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Liat Ayalon
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry…
2006

Among the most common complaints of older adults are difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep. These problems result in insufficient sleep at night, which then results in an increased risk of… (More)

Sleep in the elderly: normal variations and common sleep disorders.

Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Liat Ayalon, C. Daniel Salzman
Harvard review of psychiatry
2008

The most common complaints of older adults concern their difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, which results in insufficient sleep and an increased risk of falls, difficulty with concentration… (More)

'Do you think you suffer from depression?' Reevaluating the use of a single item question for the screening of depression in older primary care patients.

Liat Ayalon, Margalit D Goldfracht, Per Bech
International journal of geriatric psychiatry
2010

OBJECTIVES The majority of older adults seek depression treatment in primary care. Despite impressive efforts to integrate depression treatment into primary care, depression often remains undetected.… (More)

Evaluating the working conditions and exposure to abuse of Filipino home care workers in Israel: characteristics and clinical correlates.

Liat Ayalon
International psychogeriatrics
2009

BACKGROUND Filipino home care workers provide the majority of around-the-clock personal care to frail individuals in Israel. To date, the working conditions as well as exposure to work-related abuse… (More)

Effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia: a systematic review.

Liat Ayalon, Amber M Gum, Leilani Feliciano, Patricia A Areán
Archives of internal medicine
2006

BACKGROUND Recent reports documenting limited evidence supporting the use of pharmacological interventions for neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and increased risk of death, the black box warnings… (More)

Preferences for end-of-life treatment: concordance between older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and their spouses.

Liat Ayalon, Yaacov G. Bachner, Tzvi Dwolatzky, Jeremia Heinik
International psychogeriatrics
2012

BACKGROUND There is considerable debate about the ability of proxies to adequately reflect patients' preferences regarding end-of-life care, when patients are no longer capable of stating their… (More)

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