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  1. Acceptability of the Veterans Health Administration’s Caregiver Health and Wellbeing Coaching Program: Evidence From a Mixed-Methods Evaluation

    Article • Journal of Applied Gerontology, December 2025, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  2. Empowering Older Veterans Through Self-Directed Care: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Technology Enabled Respite Homecare Model Pilot

    Article • Journal of Applied Gerontology, August 2025, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  3. RN Reflections: Lessons Learned, Recommendations, and Pearls of Wisdom in Caring for the COVID-19 Population

    Article • Western Journal of Nursing Research, March 2025, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  4. Characterizing Emergency Department Disposition Conversations for Persons Living With Dementia: Protocol for an Ethnographic Study

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, December 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  5. Health Experiences of LGBTQ+ People Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Scoping Review of Research and Policy

    Article • Journal of Aging and Health, November 2024, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  6. Characterizing Emergency Department Disposition Conversations for Persons Living With Dementia: Protocol for an Ethnographic Study (Preprint)

    Article • August 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  7. Family Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, May 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  8. Family Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (Preprint)

    Article • September 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  9. Financial Health of People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Care Partners: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study Background: There is a growing body of academic literature focusing on the significant financial burdens placed on cancer patients, bu...

    Article • March 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  10. Financial Health of People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Care Partners: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, March 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  11. Health Experiences of Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study

    Article • Western Journal of Nursing Research, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  12. Health Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority People Living with Dementia and their Caregivers: A Scoping Review (Preprint)

    Article • January 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  13. Health Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners: Protocol for a Scoping Review (Preprint)

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, January 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  14. Usability and Acceptability of Social Robot Pets Among Community-Dwelling Veterans Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers

    Article • American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias®, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  15. Time to dementia diagnosis by race: a retrospective cohort study

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, October 2022, Wiley

    Melissa Harris

  16. Development of a Home-Based Stress Management Toolkit for Dementia Caring Dyads: Protocol for A Pilot Intervention Development and Feasibility Study (Preprint)

    Article • September 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  17. Development of a Home-Based Stress Management Toolkit for Dementia Caring Dyads: Protocol for A Pilot Intervention Development and Feasibility Study (Preprint)

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, September 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Melissa Harris

  18. Depressive Symptoms and Caregiving Intensity Before and After Onset of Dementia in Partners

    Article • Medical Care, August 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Melissa Harris

  19. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Remotely Delivered Weighted Blanket Intervention for People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers

    Article • Journal of Applied Gerontology, June 2022, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  20. Medicare spending associated with a dementia diagnosis among older adults

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2022, Wiley

    Melissa Harris

  21. Experiences of Family Caregivers of People with Dementia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • Western Journal of Nursing Research, October 2021, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  22. The future speaks: The next generation of nurse scientist's perspectives on team science as the discipline's future

    Article • Nursing Outlook, April 2021, Elsevier

    Melissa Harris

  23. Development and preliminary testing of the collaboration for leadership and innovation in mentoring survey: An instrument of nursing PhD mentorship quality

    Article • Nurse Education Today, March 2021, Elsevier

    Melissa Harris

  24. Associations Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and Depressive Symptoms of Partner Caregivers

    Article • Journal of Applied Gerontology, August 2020, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  25. Acceptability of a Dyadic Psychoeducational Intervention for Patients and Caregivers

    Article • Oncology Nursing Forum, May 2020, Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)

    Melissa Harris

  26. Treating symptoms of dementia with acutherapy

    Article • Western Journal of Nursing Research, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    Melissa Harris

  27. ACUPUNCTURE AND ACUPRESSURE FOR DEMENTIA BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS: A SCOPING REVIEW

    Article • Innovation in Aging, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Melissa Harris