Ladislav Volicer

School of Aging Studies

University of South Florida, USA

Courtesy Full Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1964 Ph.D., Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Pharmacology

1959 M.D., Charles University, General Medicine

Publications (Selected)

1. Bavelaar, L., McCann, A., Cornally, N., Hartigan, I., Kaasalainen, S., Vankova, H., Volicer, L.,... & mySupport study group. (2022). Guidance for family about comfort care in dementia: a comparison of an educational booklet adopted in six jurisdictions over a 15 year timespan. BMC Palliative Care, 21(1), 76.
2. Vankova, H., Holmerova, I., & Volicer, L. (2021). Geriatric depression and inappropriate medication: benefits of interprofessional team cooperation in nursing homes. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(23), 12438.
3. Jester, D. J., Molinari, V., Zgibor, J. C., & Volicer, L. (2021). Prevalence of psychotropic polypharmacy in nursing home residents with dementia: a meta-analysis. International Psychogeriatrics, 33(10), 1083-1098.
4. Tosato, M., Carfì, A., Martis, I., Pais, C., Ciciarello, F., Rota, E., Volicer, L.,... & Team, P. A. C. (2021). Prevalence and predictors of persistence of COVID-19 symptoms in older adults: a single-center study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(9), 1840-1844.
5. Volicer, L. (2021). Importance of distinguishing reactive and proactive aggression in dementia care. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 34(3), 243-247.
6. Sternberg, S. A., Shinan-Altman, S., Volicer, L., Casarett, D. J., & van der Steen, J. T. (2021). Palliative care in advanced dementia: comparison of strategies in three countries. Geriatrics, 6(2), 44.
7. Jester, D. J., Lee, S., Molinari, V., & Volicer, L. (2020). Cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease with excessive daytime sleepiness: a systematic review. Aging & Mental Health, 24(11), 1769-1780.
8. Simard, J., & Volicer, L. (2020). Loneliness and isolation in long-term care and the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(7), 966-967.
9. Volicer, L. (2020). Physiological and pathological functions of beta-amyloid in the brain and Alzheimer's disease: a review. Journal of Physiological Investigation, 63(3), 95-100.
10. Kaasalainen, S., Hunter, P. V., Dal Bello-Haas, V., Dolovich, L., Froggatt, K., Hadjistavropoulos, T., ... & Volicer, L. (2020). Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the Namaste Care program in long-term care settings in Canada. Pilot and feasibility studies, 6(1), 34.
11. Volicer, L., Pope, T. M., & Steinberg, K. E. (2019). Assistance with eating and drinking only when requested can prevent living with advanced dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20(11), 1353-1355.
12. Volicer, L. (2019, April). Review of programs for persons facing death with dementia. In Healthcare (Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 62). MDPI.
13. Volicer, L., & Vitturi, B. (2019). Neurobiological differences between aggression and agitation in persons with dementiaaffiliation. J Neurol Res Ther, 2, 28-36.
14. Macháčová, K., Vaňková, H., Holmerová, I., Čábelková, I., & Volicer, L. (2018). Ratings of activities of daily living in nursing home residents: comparison of self-and proxy ratings with actual performance and the impact of cognitive status. European Journal of Ageing, 15(4), 349-358.
15. Volicer, L., & Galik, E. (2018). Agitation and aggression are 2 different syndromes in persons with dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 19(12), 1035-1038.
16. Hughes, J. C., Volicer, L., & Van Der Steen, J. T. (2018). Complexity and gaps: The high-hanging fruit of dementia and palliative care research. Palliative medicine, 32(3), 591-593.
17. Machacova, K., Vankova, H., Volicer, L., Veleta, P., & Holmerova, I. (2017). Dance as prevention of late life functional decline among nursing home residents. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 36(12), 1453-1470.
18. Stacpoole, M., Hockley, J., Thompsell, A., Simard, J., & Volicer, L. (2017). Implementing the Namaste care program for residents with advanced dementia: exploring the perceptions of families and staff in UK care homes. Annals of palliative medicine, 6(4), 327-339.
19. Volicer, L., Citrome, L., & Volavka, J. (2017). Measurement of agitation and aggression in adult and aged neuropsychiatric patients: review of definitions and frequently used measurement scales. CNS spectrums, 22(5), 407-414.
20. Holup, A. A., Hyer, K., Meng, H., & Volicer, L. (2017). Profile of nursing home residents admitted directly from home. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 18(2), 131-137.
21. van der Steen, J. T., Sternberg, S., & Volicer, L. (2017). Palliative care in dementia 1986–2016: Progress and remaining challenges. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 18(2), 190-191.
22. Steffl, M., Musalek, M., Kramperova, V., Petr, M., Kohlikova, E., Holmerova, I., & Volicer, L. (2016). Assessment of diagnostics tools for sarcopenia severity using the item response theory (IRT). The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 20(10), 1051-1055.
23. Seredova, M., Maskova, A., Mrstinova, M., & Volicer, L. (2016). Effects of hippotherapy on well-being of patients with schizophrenia. Archives of Neuroscience, 3(4), e39213.
24. Ali, N., Luther, S. L., Volicer, L., Algase, D., Beattie, E., Brown, L. M., ... & Joseph, I. (2016). Risk assessment of wandering behavior in mild dementia. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 31(4), 367-374.
25. Volicer, L., & Stets, K. (2016). Acceptability of an advance directive that limits food and liquids in advanced dementia. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 33(1), 55-63.
26. van der Steen, J. T., Radbruch, L., de Boer, M. E., Jünger, S., Hughes, J. C., Larkin, P., Volicer, L.,... & Hertogh, C. M. (2016). Achieving consensus and controversy around applicability of palliative care to dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(1), 133-145.
27. Volicer, L., & Simard, J. (2015). Palliative care and quality of life for people with dementia: medical and psychosocial interventions. International psychogeriatrics, 27(10), 1623-1634.
28. Stacpoole, M., Hockley, J., Thompsell, A., Simard, J., & Volicer, L. (2015). The Namaste Care programme can reduce behavioural symptoms in care home residents with advanced dementia. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 30(7), 702-709.
29. Galindo-Garre, F., Volicer, L., & van der Steen, J. T. (2015). Factors related to rejection of care and behaviors directed towards others: a longitudinal study in nursing home residents with dementia. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra, 5(1), 123-134.

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WoS Researcher ID: K-7576-2019