Diversity Toolbox
Chinese Bibliography
This bibliography identifies items of interest to those working with Alzheimer’s disease
in Chinese communities. The list is not exhaustive and selection does not constitute
endorsement. Additional information may be found in the general diversity bibliography.
Books
Activity guidebook on care of dementia. [In Chinese.]
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Failure Association, 1997.
Current research on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease [Lao nien ch’ih tai yen chiu chin
chan (wai kuo chuan chia pao kao chi)]. In English with a Chinese translation.
Shanghai: Shanghai shih ching shen wei sheng chung hsin, 1992.
Furuto, Sharlene Maeda, ed. Social work practice with Asian Americans.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992. ISBN: 0803938098
Green-Field Library Call no. HV 3186 S63 1992
Handbook for carers of people with senile dementia.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Failure Association, 1996.
Kaiser Permanente National Diversity Council. A provider’s handbook on culturally
competent care: Asian and Pacific Island American population.
[?], CA: Kaiser Permanente, 1999.
Green-Field Library Call no. WA 300 P969a 1999
Kaneko, Jiro. Tou nao hun kui di fang zhi. [In Chinese.]
Taibei: Zheng yi, edition: Chu ban, 1989.
Zen, Zhao-yuan. The light of the setting sun: facing dementia.
Taipei, Taiwan: Guang Qi Publisher, 1997.
Journal Articles
General
Adamson, J. Awareness and understanding of dementia in African/Caribbean and South
Asian families.
Health & Social Care in the Community. November 2001. Vol. 9(6), pp. 391-396.
Braun, Kathryn L.; Browne, Colette V. Perceptions of dementia, caregiving, and help
seeking among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Health & Social Work. 1998. Vol. 23(4), pp. 262-274.
Braun, Kathryn L.; Takamura, Jeannette C.; Forman, Sheila, M.; et al. Developing and
testing outreach materials on Alzheimer’s disease for Asian and Pacific Islander
Americans.
Gerontologist. February 1995. Vol. 35(1), pp. 122-126.
Green-Field Library owns.
Chen, Peijun; Yu, Elena S.; Zhang, Mingyuan; et al. ADL dependence and medical
conditions in Chinese older persons: a population-based survey in Shanghai, China.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. April 1995. Vol. 43(4), pp. 378-383.
Green-Field Library owns.
Cheung, Chau-Kiu; Chan, Cheung-Ming; Lee, Jik-Joen. Beliefs about elderly people
among social workers and the general public in Hong Kong.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. June 1999. Vol. 14(2), pp. 131-152.
Green-Field Library owns.
Chow, T.W.; Ross, L.; Fox, P.; et al. Utilization of Alzheimer’s disease community
resources by Asian-Americans in California.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. September 2000. Vol. 15(9), pp. 838-847.
Green-Field Library owns.
Chung, J.C. Empowering individuals with early dementia and their carers: an
exploratory study in the Chinese context.
American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. March/April 2001.
Vol. 16(2), pp. 85-88.
Green-Field Library owns.
Doody, R.; Whitehouse, P.J.; Chen, Q.; et al. Alzheimer disease-related activities in
China: a report from the International Working Group on the Harmonization of Dementia
Drug Guidelines.
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. December 1998. Vol. 12(4), pp. 263-265.
Green-Field Library owns.
He, Y.L.; Zhang, X.K.; Zhang, M.Y. Psychosocial risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease.
Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry. June 2000. Vol. 10(2), pp. 2-7.
Hinton, W. Ladson; Levkoff, Sue. Constructing Alzheimer’s: narratives of lost identities,
confusion and loneliness in old age.
Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry. December 1999. Vol. 23(4), pp. 453-475.
Ineichen, Bernard. Responding to dementia in East Asia: developments in Japan, China,
Taiwan, and South Korea.
Aging & Mental Health. November 1998. Vol. 2(4), pp. 279-285.
Mui, Ada C.; Domanski, Margaret Dietz. A community needs assessment among Asian
American elders.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 1999. Vol. 14, pp. 77-90.
Green-Field Library owns.
Ritch, A.E.; Ehtisham, M.; Guthrie, S.; et al. Ethnic influence on health and dependency
of elderly inner city residents.
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. May 1996. Vol. 30(3), pp. 215220.
Serby, Michael; Chou, James C.; Franssen, Emile H. Dementia in an American-Chinese
nursing home population.
American Journal of Psychiatry. June 1987. Vol. 144(6), pp. 811-812.
Silverman, Jeremy M.; Li, G.; Schear, S.; et al. A cross-cultural family history study of
primary progressive dementia in relatives of nondemented elderly Chinese, Italians, Jews
and Puerto Ricans.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. March 1992. Vol. 85(3), pp. 211-217.
Valle, R. Outreach to ethnic minorities with Alzheimer’s disease: the challenge to the
community.
Health Matrix. Winter 1988-1989. Vol. 6(4), pp. 13-27.
Caregivers/Caregiving
Chou, K.R.; LaMontagne, L.L.; Hepworth, J.T. Burden experienced by caregivers of
relatives with dementia in Taiwan.
Nursing Research. July/August 1999. Vol. 48(4), pp. 206-214.
Fuh, Jong-Ling; Liu, Ching-Kuan; Mega, Michael S.; et al. Behavioral disorders and
caregivers’ reaction in Taiwanese patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
International Psychogeriatrics. March 2001. Vol. 13(1), pp. 121-128.
Green-Field Library owns.
Fuh, Jong-Ling; Wang, Shuu-Jiun; Liu, Hsiu-Chih; et al. Predictors of depression among
Chinese family caregivers of Alzheimer patients.
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. July/September 1999. Vol. 13(3), pp.
171-175.
Green-Field Library owns.
Fung, W.Y.; Chien, W.T. The effectiveness of a mutual support group for family
caregivers of a relative with dementia.
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. June 2002. Vol. 16(3), pp. 134-144.
Goodman, Catherine Chase. The caregiving roles of Asian American women.
Journal of Women & Aging. 1990. Vol. 2(1), pp. 109-120.
Heok, Kua Ee; Li, Tan Swee. Stress of caregivers of dementia patients in the Singapore
Chinese family.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. April 1997. Vol. 12(4), pp. 466-469.
Green-Field Library owns.
Hicks, Madelyn Hsiao-Rei. Decision-making within the social course of dementia:
accounts by Chinese-American caregivers.
Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry. 1999. Vol. 23(4), pp. 415-452.
Ho, Cheryl J.; Weitzman, Patricia Flynn, Cui, Xingjia; et al. Stress and service use
among minority caregivers to elders and dementia.
Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 2000. Vol. 33(1), pp. 67-88.
Janevic, Mary R.; Connell, Cathleen M. Racial, ethnic, and cultural differences in the
dementia caregiving experience: recent findings.
Gerontologist. June 2001. Vol. 41(3), pp. 334-347.
Green-Field Library owns.
Levkoff, Sue; Levy, Becca; Weitzman, Patricia Flynn. The role of religion and ethnicity
in the help seeking of family caregivers of elders with Alzheimer’s disease and related
disorders.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. December 1999. Vol. 14(4), pp. 335-356.
Green-Field Library owns.
Levkoff, Sue; Lui, Ben; Fung, Shelley; et al. The evolution of a culturally distinct
support group for Chinese caregivers of dementia-impaired elders: trial and error.
Alzheimer’s Reports. 1998. Vol. 1(2), pp. 77-82.
Green-Field Library owns.
Lombardo, Nancy B.; Wu, B.; Hohnstein, J.K.; et al. Chinese Dementia Specialist
Education Program: training Chinese American health care professionals as dementia
experts.
Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 2002. Vol. 21(1), pp. 67-86.
Green-Field Library owns.
Nagy, M.C.; Beal, S.C.; Kwan, A.Y.; et al. Are health care professionals ready for
Alzheimer’s disease: a comparison of U.S. and Hong Kong nurses.
International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 1994. Vol. 39(4), pp. 337351.
Pang, F.C.; Chow, T.W.; Cummings, J.L.; et al. Effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms of
Alzheimer’s disease on Chinese and American caregivers.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. January 2002. Vol. 17(1), pp. 29-34.
Green-Field Library owns.
Patterson, Thomas L.; Semple, S.J.; Shaw, W.S.; et al. The cultural context of
caregiving: a comparison of Alzheimer’s caregivers in Shanghai, China and San Diego,
California.
Psychological Medicine. September 1998. Vol. 28(5), pp. 1071-1084.
Shaw, William S.; Patterson, Thomas L.; Semple, Shirley J.; et al. A cross-cultural
validation of coping strategies and their associations with caregiving distress.
Gerontologist. August 1997. Vol. 37(4), pp. 490-504.
Green-Field Library owns.
Tan, L.; Fleming, A.; Ledwidge, H. The caregiving burden of relatives with dementia:
experiences of Chinese-Australian families.
Geriaction. March 2001. Vol. 19(1), pp. 10-16.
Weitzman, Patricia Flynn; Chee, Yeon Kyung; Levkoff, Sue E. A social cognitive
examination of responses to family conflicts by African-American and ChineseAmerican caregivers.
American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. November/December 1999. Vol. 14(6), pp.
343-350.
Green-Field Library owns.
Clinical Issues
Chan, W.C.; Lam, L.C.; Choy, C.N.; et al. A double-blind randomized comparison of
risperidone and haloperidol in the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms
in Chinese dementia patients.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. December 2001. Vol. 16(12), pp. 11561162.
Green-Field Library owns.
Chow, T.W.; Liu, C.K.; Fuh, J.L.; et al. Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer’s
disease differ in Chinese and American patients.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. January 2002. Vol. 17(1), pp. 22-28.
Green-Field Library owns.
Guo, Zibin; Levy, Becca R.; Hinton, W. Ladson; et al. The power of labels; recruiting
dementia-affected Chinese American elders and their caregivers.
Journal of Mental Health & Aging. Spring 2000. Vol. 6(1), pp. 103-112.
Hart, Vicki R.; Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores; Davies, Helen D.; et al. Strategies for
increasing participation of ethnic minorities in Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic centers: a
multifaceted approach in California.
Gerontologist. April 1996. Vol. 36(2), pp. 259-262.
Green-Field Library owns.
Hinton, Ladson; Guo, Zibin; Hillygus, Jennifer; et al. Working with culture: a qualitative
analysis of barriers to the recruitment of Chinese-American family caregivers for
dementia research.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 2000. Vol. 15(2), pp. 119-137.
Green-Field Library owns.
Liu, C.Y.; Fuh, J.L.; Teng, E.L.; et al. Depressive disorders in Chinese patients with
Alzheimer’s disease.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandanavia. December 1999. Vol. 100(6): 451-455.
Liu, Hsiu-Chih; Chou, P.; Lin, K.N.; et al. Assessing cognitive abilities and dementia in
a predominantly illiterate population of older individuals in Kinmen.
Psychological Medicine. August 1994. Vol. 24(3), pp. 763-770.
Liu, Zhiying; Zhang, Xiaodong. Comparative research on cognitive functions of
Alzheimer’s disease and multi-infarct dementia. [in Chinese]
Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology. November 1998. Vol. 6(4), pp. 207-209.
Morton, Deborah J.; Stanford, E. Percil; Happersett, Catherine J.; et al. Acculturation
and functional impairment among older Chinese and Vietnamese in San Diego County,
California.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. April 1992. Vol. 7(2), pp. 151-176.
Green-Field Library owns.
Wang, Jian; Wang, Yinhua. Language disorders in Alzheimer’s disease. [in Chinese].
Chinese Mental Health Journal. 1999. Vol. 13(5), pp. 263-265.
Weekes, Brendan. Oral reading in Chinese: evidence from dementia of the Alzheimer’s
type.
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. October/December
2000. Vol. 35(4), pp. 543-559.
Wong, Wen-Jang; Liu, Hsiu-Chih; Fuh, Jong-Ling; et al. A double-blind, placebocontrolled study of tacrine in Chinese patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. July/August 1999. Vol. 10(4), pp. 289-294.
Green-Field Library owns.
Tests
Chan, A.; Tam, J.; Murphy, C.; et al. Utility of olfactory identification test for
diagnosing Chinese patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. April 2002. Vol. 24(2), pp.
251-259.
Chan, Agnes S.; Choi, Ming-Kwan; Salmon, David P. The effects of age, education, and
gender on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale performance of elderly Chinese and
American individuals.
Journals of Gerontology (Psychological Sciences). November 2001. Vol. 56(6), pp.
P356-P363.
Green-Field Library owns.
Chou, Kee-Lee; Chi, Iris; Leung, Antony Chi-tat; et al. Validation of Minimum Data Set
for nursing home in Hong Kong Chinese elders.
Clinical Gerontologist. 2001. Vol. 23(1-2), pp. 43-54.
Green-Field Library owns.
Choy, C.N.; Lam, L.C.; Chan, W.C.; et al. Agitation in Chinese elderly: validation of the
Chinese version of the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory.
International Psychogeriatrics. September 2001. Vol. 13(3), pp. 325-335.
Green-Field Library owns.
Fuh, Jong-Ling; Liu, Chia-Ying; Wang, Shuu-Jiun; et al. Revised memory and behavior
problems checklist in Taiwanese patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
International Psychogeriatrics. June 1999. Vol. 11(2), pp. 181-189.
Green-Field Library owns.
Fuh, Jong-Ling; Teng, E.L.; Lin, K.N.; et al. The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive
Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) as a screening tool for dementia for a predominantly
illiterate Chinese population.
Neurology. January 1995. Vol. 45(1), pp. 92-96.
Green-Field Library owns.
Fuh, Jong-Ling; Wang, Shuu-Jiun; Liu, Hsiu-Chih; et al. The Caregiving Burden Scale
among Chinese caregivers of Alzheimer patients.
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. May/June 1999. Vol. 10(3), pp. 186-191.
Green-Field Library owns.
Guo, Qihao; Lu, Chuanzhen; Hong, Zhen. Auditory Verbal Memory Test in Chinese
elderly. [in Chinese]
Chinese Mental Health Journal. January 2001. Vol. 15(1), pp. 13-15.
Jia, X.; Li, S.; Chen, C.; et al. Evaluation of the Chinese version of the Psychogeriatric
Assessment Scales (PAS).
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. November 2000. Vol. 15(11), pp. 10751076.
Green-Field Library owns.
Kua, E.H.; Ko, S.M. A questionnaire to screen for cognitive impairment among elderly
people in developing countries.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. February 1992. Vol. 85(2), 119-122.
Lam, Linda C.; Chiu, Helen F.; Li, S.W.; et al. Screening for dementia: a preliminary
study on the validity of the Chinese version of the Blessed-Roth Dementia Scale.
International Psychogeriatrics. March 1997. Vol. 9(1), pp. 39-46.
Green-Field Library owns.
Lam, Linda C.; Chiu, Helen F.; Ng, Kei O.; et al. Clock-face drawing, reading and
setting tests in the screening of dementia in Chinese elderly adults.
Journal of Gerontology (Psychological Sciences). 1998. Vol. 53B(6), pp. P353-P357.
Green-Field Library owns.
Lam, Linda C.; Tang, W.K.; Leung, Vivian, et al. Behavioral profile of Alzheimer’s
disease in Chinese elderly—a validation study of the Chinese version of the Alzheimer’s
disease Behavioral Pathology Rating Scale.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. April 2001. Vol. 16(4), pp. 368-373.
Green-Field Library owns.
Leung, V.P.; Lam, L.C.; Chiu, H.F. Validation study of the Chinese version of the
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (CNPI).
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. August 2001. Vol. 16(8), pp. 789-793.
Green-Field Library owns.
Liu, Hsiu-Chih; Teng, E.L.; Chuang, Y.Y.; et al. The Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment
Scale: findings from a low-education population.
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2002. Vol. 13(1), pp. 21-26.
Green-Field Library owns.
Luo, Guogang; Han, Jianfeng; Qu, Qiumin; et al. Applicability of the MMSE in west
China: Who is more suitable? [Chinese]
Chinese Mental Health Journal. April 2002. Vol. 16(4), pp. 246-248.
Meng, Chen; Yang, Peijie; Meng, Jaimei. The application of the Expansive Scale of
Dementia (ESD) in the diagnosis of dementia. [in Chinese]
Chinese Mental Health Journal. 1999. Vol. 13(5), pp. 269-271.
Sahadevan, Suresh; Lim, P’ing Ping Joy; Tan, Noellyn Jong Li; et al. Diagnostic
performance of two mental status tests in the older Chinese: influence of education and
age on cut-off values.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. March 2000. Vol. 15(3), pp. 234-241.
Green-Field Library owns.
Sahadevan, Suresh; Lim, Joy P’ing Ping; Tan, Noellyn Jong Li; et al. Psychometric
identification of early Alzheimer disease in an elderly Chinese population with differing
educational levels.
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. April/June 2002. Vol. 16(2), pp. 65-72.
Green-Field Library owns.
Wang, Huali; Shu, Liang; Si, Tiangmei; et al. Validity and reliability of the Chinese
version of the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale. [in Chinese]
Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology. May 2000. Vol. 8(2), pp. 89-93.
Wu, Chuanshen; Zhou, Dongfeng; Como, Peter; et al. Applicability of the Chinese
version of the Mini-Mental State Examination in the screening of Alzheimer’s disease in
rural areas of China.
Chinese Mental Health Journal. April 2002. Vol. 16(4), pp. 242-245.
Theses
Choi, Alice Kit Ming. Chinese women’s perspectives on the transitional process of
caring for spouses with dementia from home to institution. (Thesis, MSN)
Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia, 1993.
Chou, Kuei-Ru. Testing a theoretical model of caregiver burden in a Chinese
population. (Thesis, PhD)
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University, 1997.
Videocassettes
Alzheimer’s disease: a multi-cultural perspective by Celia Orona and Bob Gliner, San
Jose State University. Chicago, IL: Terra Nova Films, 1993.
1 videocassette (33 min.).
Green-Field Library Call no. WM 220 VC no.153 1993
Dr. Fen-lei Chang on CHINA CROSSTALK by produced by Westone Media.
Brisbane, CA: KTSF-Channel 26, 2002.
1 videocassette ( ? min.) Mandarin-based, live call-in TV program that aired June 18,
2002.
Green-Field Library Call no. WM 220 VC no.758 2002
Helping families understand Alzheimer’s disease. Honolulu, HI: State of Hawaii, Office
of the Governor, Executive Office on Aging, 1992.
1 videocassette (57 min.). Each videocassette contains information in Hawaiian,
Japanese, Cantonese, Illocano, Vietnamese, Samoan, Korean and provides booklets in
each of those languages.
Green-Field Library Call no. WM 220 VC no.63 1992
Orientation to Alzheimer’s disease. Cantonese voice over of the Alzheimer’s Association
“Orientation” video. Hong Kong: Hong Society for Rehabilitation, 1995.
1 videocassette (17 min.).
Green-Field Library Call no. WM 220 VC no.428chi 1990
Summer Snow [Nu ren sishi] by Chen Wenqiang; Xu, Anhua; Xiao, Fangfang; et al. In
Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Tibei Shi: Ju deng yu le gy fen you xian
gong si, 1995.
1 videocassette (102 min.).