Prof. Carol Farran

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

National Institute of Nursing Research: Clinical Trial to Enhance Caregiver Physical Activity, $3,273,719, 2007 to 2012.
Portes Center/The Institute of Medicine of Chicago: Enhancing Family Caregiver Physical Activity: A Pilot Study, $30,000, 2005 to 2006.
National Institute on Aging, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center Pilot Grant: Assessment of Family Caregiver Gehavioral Skill: Pilot Study, $30,000, 2005 to 2006.
National Institute of Mental Health: Improving Affect & Behavior in Assisted Living Residents, $445,564, 2004 to 2007.
John A. Hartford Foundation: Nursing Home Placement in Alzheimer's Disease, $100,000, 2004 to 2006.
Midwest Nursing Research Society: Nursing Home Placement in Alzheimer's Disease, $5000, 2003 to 2004.
National Institute of Nursing Research, James A.Shannon Director's Award: Efficacy of an ADRD Caregiver Randomized Trial, $100,000, 2002 to 2004.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: SES and Age-Related Disability in a Biracial Community, $2,752,180, 2000 to 2005.
National Institute of Nursing Research: Physiological Effects of a Behavioral Intervention, $1,550,490, 2000 to 2004.
National Institute of Nursing Research: Disruptive Behavior in AD: Randomized Intervention Study, $1,176,728, 1998 to 2002.
National Institute on Aging: Request for Cooperative Agreement Application: Special Care Units for Alzheimer's Disease, $863,907, 1992 to 1996.
National Institute on Aging: Aggressive Behaviors in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, $212,991, 1991 to 1993.
National Institute on Aging: Gender and Race in Care of the Cognitively Impaired, $145,386, 1991 to 1993.
National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer's Disease Center Core, $19,539,878, 1991 to 2011.

• Lu, Y.Y., Haase, J.E., Farran, C.J. (2007) Perspectives of persons with mild cognitive impairment: Sense of being able, Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, 8 (1), 75-86
• Farran, C.J., Gilley, D.W., McCann, J.J., Bienias, J.L., Lindeman, D.A., Evans, D.A. (2007) Efficacy of behavioral interventions for dementia caregivers, Western Journal of Nursing Research, In Press
• Gilley, D.W., Farran, C.J., McCann, J.J., Bienias, J.L., Lindeman, D.A., Evans, D.A. (2007) Efficacy of two psychosocial interventions in reducing emotional distress for dementia caregivers, Submitted
• Farran, C.J., Gilley, D.W., Fogg, L. (2007) Developing a measurement strategy for assessing family caregiver skills, Submitted
• Bakas, T., Farran, C.J., Williams, L.S. (2006) Writing with a collaborative team, Rehabilitation Nursing, 31 (5), 222-224
• Bakas, T., Champion, V., Perkins, S.M., Farran, C.J., Williams, L.S. (2006) Psychometric testing of the revised 15-Item Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale, Nursing Research, 55 (5), 346-355
• Fernandez-Capo, M., Gual, P., Farran, C.J. (2006) Validacion De La version castellana de la Finding Meaning Through Caregiving Scale., Informaciones Psiquiatricas, 184 (2), 187-198
• Paun, O., Farran, C.J. (2006) Nursing home placement of persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, 7 (2), 104-114
• Gilley, D., Farran, C., McCann, J., Evans, D., Efficacy of two psychosocial interventions on caregiver distress to dementia behavioral symptoms, The Gerontologist, Special Issue II, 45, 616, 2005
• Bauer-Wu, S.M., Farran, C.J. (2005) Meaning in life and Psycho-spiritual functioning. A comparison of breast cancer survivors and healthy women., Journal of Holistic Nursing, 23 (2), 172-190
• Weaver, A., Kilpatrick, S.D., McCullough, M.E., Puchalski, C., Larson, D.B., Hays, J.C., & Farran C.J (2005) A review of spiritual and religious measures in nursing journals: 1995-1999., Journal of Religion and Health, 44 (1), 55-66
• Paun, O., Farran, C.J. (2005) Nursing home placement in Alzheimer's Disease, Midwest Nursing Research Society 29th Annual Research Conference
• Lee, E.E. & Farran, C.J, Depression among Korean, Korean American, and Caucasian American family caregivers, Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15(1), 18-25, 2004
• Farran, C.J., Loukissa, D., Perraud, S., & Paun, O, Alzheimer's disease caregiving information and skills. Part II: Family caregiver issues and concerns, Research in Nursing and Health, 27, 40-51, 2004
• Farran, C.J., Gilley, D.W., McCann, J.J., Bienias, J.L., Lindeman, D.A., Evans, D.A. (2004) Psychosocial intervention to reduce depressive symptoms of dementia caregivers: A randomized clinical trial compairing two approaches, Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 10 (4), 337-350
• Farran, C.J., Loukissa, D.A., Lindeman,D.A., McCann, J.J., Bienias, J.L. (2004) Caring for self while caring for others: The two-track life of coping with Alzheimer's Disease, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 30 (5), 38-46
• Gruss, V., McCann, J.J., Edelman, P.E., Farran, C.J. (2004) Job stress among nursing home certified nursing assistants: Comparison of empowered and non-empowered work environments, Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, 5 (3), 207-216
• Perraud, S., Farran, C.J., Loukissa, D., & Paun, O (2004) Alzheimer's disease caregiving information and skills: Group process issues and concerns (Part III), Research in Nursing and Health, 27, 110-120
• Paun, O., Farran, C.J., Perraud, S., & Loukissa, D. (2004) Successful caregiving of persons with Alzheimer's disease: Skill development over time, Alzheimer's Care Quarterly, 5 (3), 241-251
• Farran, C.J., McCann, J.J., Gilley, D.W., Bienias, J.L., Perraud, S. (2004) Cross-sectional predictors of Family Caregiver Skills, Proceedings of the National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington, DC, 371 pages
• Farran, C.J., McCann, J.J., Loukissa, D., Gilley, D., Bienias, J.L. (2004) Psychological and Physiologic Outcomes in a Family Caregiver Intervention, Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau 15th International Nursing Research Congress, Dublin, Ireland
• Farran, C.J., Paun, O. & Elliott, M.H., Spirituality in multicultural caregivers of persons with dementia, Dementia, 2(3), 353-377, 2003
• Farran, C.J., Loukissa, D., Perraud, S., & Paun, O, Alzheimer's disease caregiving information and skills. Part I: Care recipient issues and concerns, Research in Nursing and Health, 26, 366-375, 2003
• Lee, E., Farran, C.J., Tripp-Reimer, T., & Sadler, G.R (2003) Assessing the cultural appropriateness of the finding meaning through caregiving scale for Korean caregivers, Journal of Nursing Measurement, 11 (1), 19-28
• Perraud, S., Farran, C.J. (2003) Theoretical perspectives that guide family caregiver skill building, Proceedings of the National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington, DC, 374 pages
• Horton-Deutsch, S. L., Farran, C. J., Choi, E., Fogg, L, The PLUS Intervention: A pilot test with caregivers of depressed older persons, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 26(2), 61-71, 2002
• Farran, C. J., Loukissa, D., Hauser, P. M., McCann, J. J., Swanson, B., & Zeller, J. M., Psychoneuroimmunological outcomes in dementia caregiver intervention studies: An idea whose time has come?, The Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing, 8(6), 2001
• Farran, C.J., Caregiver intervention research: Where have we been? Where are we going?, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 27(7), 38-45, 2001
• Farran, C.J., Hopelessness, In M. L. Maas, K. C. Buckwalter, M. D. Hardy, T. Tripp-Reimer, M. G. Titler & J. P. Specht (Eds). Nursing care of older adults: Diagnoses, outcomes and interventions., Mosby(St. Louis, Mo), 601-612, 2001
• Beeson, R. A., C.J., Horton-Deutsch, Farran, C., Neundorfer, M. M., Loneliness and depression in caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 21, 779-806, 2000
• Farran CJ, Miller BH, Kaufman JE, Donner E, Fogg L, Finding meaning through caregiving: development of an instrument for family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease, Journal of Clinical Psychology, 55(9), 1107-25, September 1999
• Farran, C.J., Graham, K.L., & Loukissa, D, Finding meaning in caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease: African American and white caregivers’ perspectives, In G.T. Reker & K. Chamberlian (Eds.), Exploring existential meaning: Optimizing human development across the life span (pp. 139-156). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications., 1999
• Coen Buckwalter, K., Stolley, J.M., & Farran, C.J, Managing cognitive impairment in the elderly: Conceptual, intervention and methodological Issues, The Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing, 6(10), 1-16, 1999
• Loukissa, D., Farran, C.J., & Graham, K. L, Caring for a relative with Alzheimer's disease: The experience of African-American and Caucasian caregivers, American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 14(4), 207-216, 1999
• Farran CJ, Horton-Deutsch S, Meyer PM, Bourgard L, Quantifying psychosocial nursing interventions provided to geropsychiatric inpatients, Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice, 2(4), 167-73, 1998
• Sparks MB, Farran CJ, Donner E, Keane-Hagerty E, Wives, husbands, and daughters of dementia patients: predictors of caregivers' mental and physical health, Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, 12(3), 221-34; discussion 2, 1998
• Farran, C.J., Horton-Deutsch, S.L., Loukissa, D., & Johnson, L, Psychiatric home care of elderly persons with depression: Unmet caregiver needs, Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 16(4), 57-73, 1998
• Farran, C.J., & Kuhn, D. R, Finding meaning through caring for an elderly person with Alzheimer’s disease: Assessment and intervention, In P.T.P. Wong & P.S Fry (Eds.), Handbook of personal meaning: Theory, research and applications. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 335-358, 1998
• Farran CJ, Theoretical perspectives concerning positive aspects of caring for elderly persons with dementia: stress/adaptation and existentialism, Gerontologist, 37(2), 250-6, 1997
• Horton-Deutsch, S.L., Farran, C.J., Loukissa, D., & Fogg, L.F, Older adult recipients of home-based mental health care services: Who are these patients and what services do they receive?, Home Healthcare Nurse, 15(12), 846-854, 1997
• Farran, C.J., Kaufman, J., & Davis, L, Race, finding meaning and caregiver distress, Journal of Aging and Health, 9(3), 316-333, 1997
• Miller B, Campbell RT, Farran CJ, Kaufman JE, Davis L, Race, control, mastery, and caregiver distress, Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 50(6), S374-82, November 1995
• Farran, C.J., Herth, K.A., Popovich, J.M, Hope and hopelessness: Critical clinical constructs, Thousand Oaks, CA:Sage Publications., 1995
• Farran CJ, Keane-Hagerty E, Interventions for caregivers of persons with dementia: educational support groups and Alzheimer's association support groups, Applied Nursing Research, 7(3), 112-7, August 1994
• Farran, C.J., & Keane-Hagerty, E, Multi-modal intervention strategies for caregivers of persons with dementia, In E. Light, G. Niederehe & B.D. Lebowitz (Eds.), Stress effects on family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients (pp. 242-259). New York:Springer., 1994
• Farran CJ, Keane-Hagerty E, Salloway S, Kupferer S, Wilken CS, Finding meaning: an alternative paradigm for Alzheimer's disease family caregivers, Gerontologist, 31(4), 483-9, August 1991