Anna Song Beeber, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, and Research Fellow, Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD, is Kenan Distinguished Professor and Director of Aging Research, School of Social Work, Adjunct Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health, and Co-Director, Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Susan Fletcher, MSW, is a doctoral candidate, School of Social Work; Hartford Doctoral Fellow; and 2009 recipient of the Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Award, Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
C. Madeline Mitchell, MURP, is Research Associate, Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Elizabeth Gould, MSW, is Director, Quality Care Programs, Alzheimer's Association National Office, Chicago, Illinois.
Address correspondence to: Anna Song Beeber, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, CB 7460, Charington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 ([email protected]).
This research was supported by a grant from the National Alzheimer's Association Medical and Scientific Division (grant IIRG-05-14332) and the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Institutional K12 Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.