Publications by authors named "Erin Y Sakai"
Article Synopsis
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense created apps to help veterans with mental health issues, especially because many veterans are older than 65.
- Older veterans often struggle with using apps because they don't know about them or need help with their devices, so education materials were made to show how to download and use these apps.
- Feedback from older veterans and healthcare providers showed that the materials were helpful and easy to understand, encouraging more veterans to use the mental health apps.
The Big Shortage: Geropsychologists Discuss Facilitators and Barriers to Working in the Field of Aging.
Transl Issues Psychol Sci
December 2017
Geropsychology is a vibrant field of scientific study, pedagogy, and clinical practice, and the need for more geropsychologists will only expand as the population ages. This study involved in-depth, semi-structured telephone interviews with 30 clinical geropsychologists about their training and current work. Qualitative coding of interviews was undertaken using an inductive coding approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAddressing the geropsychology workforce shortage requires ongoing training of psychologists to develop geropsychology competencies, as well as expanding the number of geropsychology supervisors to train them. This study surveyed graduates of geropsychology doctoral and postdoctoral training programs regarding their current geropsychology practice and supervision activities and perceptions of their own training preparation for these activities. One hundred psychologists (87 who had completed all formal training and 13 current postdoctoral fellows) responded to an online survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF"What's wrong with grandma?": depictions of Alzheimer's disease in children's storybooks.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen
December 2012
Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects the entire family system, including young children. Yet there are few resources to help children understand AD. Storybooks are used to educate children about other diseases and may be useful in AD as well.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLinguistic features of power dynamics in triadic dementia diagnostic conversations.
Patient Educ Couns
November 2011
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine linguistic expressions of power during dementia diagnosis disclosure.
Methods: Videotapes of dementia diagnosis disclosure sessions were reviewed to examine linguistic features of 86 physician-patient-companion triads. Verbal dominance and pronoun use were measured as indications of power.