My Positive Aging Publications

Books

Hill, R. D. (2008) The Seven Strategies for Positive Aging: Strategies to promote well-being in old age. WW Norton, New York: NY

Hill, R. D. (2005) Positive Aging: A guide for mental health professionals and consumers. WW Norton, New York: NY

Hill, R. D., Thorn, B., Bowling, J., & Morrison, T. (2002). Geriatric Residential Care. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New York: NY

Hill, R. D., Sigstdotter Neely, A. & Bäckman, L. (2000). Cognitive Rehabilitation in Old Age. Oxford University Press, New York: NY

Chapters

Hill, R. D. & Mansour, E. (2008). Positive aging and evidence-based psychotherapy. In D. Gallagher-Thompson, A. M. Steffen, &, L. Thompson (Eds), Handbook of behavioral and cognitive therapies with older adults. Springer: NY.

Hill, R. D., Thorn, B., & Packard, T. (2000). (Eds, Brown & Lent) Prevention in older adults. Handbook of Counseling Psychology, Plenum Press: NY

Bäckman, L. & Hill, R. D. (l996). Cognitive function and everyday competence: Patterns in normal aging and dementia. In R. Woods (Ed.), Handbook of the Clinical psychology of Ageing. John Wiley: London.

Hill, R. D., Lund, D. A., & Packard, R. E. (1996). Bereavement counseling in older adults: Intervention Strategies. In J. I Sheikh (Ed.). Managing psychiatric problems in the elderly. Jossey Bass: NY.

Articles

Hill, R. D. (2010). Positive aging principles for guiding geriatric interventions. Behavior Therapy (in press).

Hill, R. D., Valentijn, S.A.M., van Hooren, S.A.H., Jolles, J., van Boxtel, M.P.J. (2008). The SF-36 as a precursory measure of adaptive functioning in normal aging: The Maastricht Aging Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (in press)

Rupper R., Dailey N.K., Hill R.D., Luptak M., Hicken B.L., Noyes B., Juretic M. Bair, B. D. (2009). Reaching Out to Aging Veterans in Rural Areas: Innovative Use of Telehealth and Care Coordination. VA Practitioner. May, p. 21.

Valentijn, S. A. M., Hill, R. D., van Hooren, S., Bosma, H. van Boxtel, M. P. J., Jolles, J.  and Ponds, W.H.M. (2006). Memory self-efficacy predicts memory performance: Results from a six-year follow-up study. Psychology and Aging, 21, 165-172.

Tolman, J., Hill, R. D., Kleinschmidt, J., & Gregg, C. (2005). Psychosocial adaptation to visual impairment and its relationship to depressive affect in older adults with macular degeneration. Gerontologist, 45, 747-753.

Hill, R. D., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Ponds, R., Houx, P. J., & Jolles, J. (2005). Positive affect and its relationship to free recall memory performance in a sample of older Dutch adults from the Maastricht Aging Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, 1-7.

Masters, K. S., Hill, R. D.,Kircher, J. C., Lensegrav Benson, T. L., & Fallon, J. A. (2004). Religious orientation, aging, and blood pressure reactivity to interpersonal and cognitive stressors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 28, 171-178.

Hill, R. D., Nilsson, L-G, Nyberg, L., & Bäckman, L. (2003). Cigarette smoking and cognitive performance in healthy Swedish adults. Age and Ageing, 32, 1-4.

Dulin, P. & Hill, R. D. (2003). Relationships between altruistic activity and positive and negative affect among low income older adult service providers. Aging and Mental Health, 7, 294-300.

Derwinger, A., Sigsdotter Neely, A., Persson, M., Hill, R. D., & Bäckman, L. (2003). Remembering numbers in old age: Mnemonic training versus self-generated strategy training. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition, 10, 202-214.

Dulin, P., Hill, R. D., *Anderson, J. (2001). Altruism as a predictor of life satisfaction in older low income service providers Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 7, 349-359.